October 12th to 14th
Hackference 2018: another year, another three days to learn and play with something new. Join us for the conference on Friday and build something at the hackathon over the weekend!
Speakers
Alex Lakatos +
Bastian Hofmann +
Chris Miller +
Danielle Tomlinson +
Doug Sillars +
James Thomas +
Jeremy Meiss +
Jess Rose +
Jo Franchetti +
Karina Popova +
Lily Madar +
Mark Needham +
Marta Bondyra +
Martin Sonnenholzer +
Terence Eden +
Schedule
| Innovate | |
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| 08.15 |
Registration and light breakfast Escape |
| 09.15 |
 Welcome to Hackference 2018! |
| Move between tracks as you please | |
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| Innovate | Develop |
| 09.35 | |
 Fast and Beautiful: Modern Image Delivery Techniques Doug Sillars |
 D̶u̶n̶n̶o̶ - Deno what it is Martin Sonnenholzer |
| 10.20 | |
 From cave paintings 🎨 to emoji 😀: a visual tradition Lily Madar |
 A Geospatial Analysis of Twitter Content During The 2014 FIFA World Cup Karina Popova |
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Break Escape |
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| 11.30 | |
 That's magic! - Combining WebVR and Web Speech API Marta Bondyra |
 Running systems without setting your hair on fire Danielle Tomlinson |
| 12.15 | |
 And here we have some happy little svgs: painting for the web Chris Miller |
 Getting started with Kubernetes Bastian Hofmann |
| 13.00 | |
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Lunch Escape |
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| 14.00 | |
 Why you should become an editor on the HTML5 spec Terence Eden |
 All About GRAND Stack: GraphQL, React, Apollo, and Neo4j Mark Needham |
| 14.45 | |
 Get Connected with Web Bluetooth Jo Franchetti |
 Introduction to Modern Identity Jeremy Meiss |
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Break Escape |
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| 15:55 | |
 The age of Conversation or Bots! Bots! Bots! Alex Lakatos |
 Serverless: The Missing Manual James Thomas |
| All back together (Innovate) | |
|---|---|
| 16.40 |
 Burnout and Your Meat Computer Jess Rose |
| 17.20 |
Goodbye and thanks! |
Hackathon
The hackathon is one of the biggest public hackathons in the United Kingdom - you don't have to be a student, or even a coder to come along and get involved!
We will have plenty of API's and technology for you to put your skills to, for the chance to win some amazing prizes, or even just impress your peers!
We don't have any parking at Impact Hub, but Digbeth has plenty of Carparks or you can use the Selfridges carpark by the Bullring.
- Saturday
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10:00am Registration
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11:00am Opening presentations
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12:00pm Lunch
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12:00pm Hacking Starts
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19:00pm Dinner
- Sunday
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08:00am Breakfast
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12:00pm Hacking ends
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12:00pm Lunch
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13:00pm Presentations
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17:30pm Home time
Sponsors
Do you want your brand to be a part of Hackference 2018? Contact us for sponsorship opportunities.
Venues
We are returning to the same wonderful venues used for Hackference 2017!
Conference Venue
The conference will take place at The Studio on Cannon Street: unfortunately no parking is available on site but there are many car parks available nearby
Hackathon Venue
Impact Hub Birmingham has been a fantastic and creative space for the Hackference hackathon and we are returning again this year!