Innovation Hubs Hackathon

The Innovation Hubs Hackathon is an innovation-focused event where participants will work collaboratively in small teams with diverse skillsets and experience to re-imagine how organisations, large and small, can establish, collaborate in, and take advantage from innovation and digital hubs.

An Innovation Hub is defined as a business ecosystem - a network of organisations and individuals - who work collaboratively to develop and deliver value that they could not individually provide by themselves.

The development of innovation hubs represents an opportunity to integrate competencies from different ecosystem actors and accelerate collaboration towards the co-development of novel solutions. It is certainly a promising proposal; however the creation of such hubs also represents a challenge, especially when open and collaborative innovation practices have not yet been implemented in many organisations.

Therefore, the challenge you will be solving at this hackathon is “How to collaborate in hubs to accelerate innovation?”

Join us at the LSE on Saturday, 14th December 2019 and put your brain cells, skills and experiences to work during this one-day event full of fun and learning. Everyone can contribute and make a difference!

Applications are open until midnight on Monday 9th December, and spots are limited!

So what are you waiting for? Register today!

* In case of large demand for the tickets, we reserve the right to select the participants based on the fit to the challenge in accordance to the answers provided through the registration form.

PLEASE READ THE FAQ BELOW BEFORE REGISTERING

DO I HAVE TO BE A DEVELOPER OR DESIGNER TO TAKE PART?

No! We welcome everyone to apply to this hackathon, regardless of their skills and experience. The event is not a typical coding hackathon, but is rather oriented towards solving a business challenge.

WHEN DOES THE STARTS AND FINISHES?

• Registrations open at 8:30 AM
• Event starts at 9:00 AM
• Event finishes at 6:00 PM

WHO CAN APPLY?

• Professionals working in large companies, SMEs or startups with passion to drive change
• Agile change agents interested in scaling agile from a single department to an entire company
• Ambitious, career-oriented and creative young individuals (18+) that are currently enrolled in full- or part-time study program at any university or starting a new career.
• Undergraduate and post-graduate, as well as executive MBA students, subject matter experts, academics, entrepreneurs are also welcome to attend this event.

IS THERE A SELECTION PROCESS?

Yes, we'd like to create cross-functional diverse teams to compete in the hackathon, which is why we will be selecting the participants and letting you know as soon as the applications are reviewed.

DO I NEED A TEAM TO REGISTER?

No. We are looking for individual participants who will be later placed in inter-disciplinary teams (4-6 members) to solve the challenge during the event. But make sure to invite your friends and colleagues to join as well. There will be plenty of networking and socialising opportunities.

IS THERE A FEE TO PAY?

Not. This is a free event. Also food, drinks and refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

WILL THERE BE SOME FOOD?

Yes. We will be providing you with snacks, drinks, lunch and a lot of coffee leaving you to concentrate on your project.

IS THIS AN OVER-NIGHT EVENT?

No. The event will run from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday 14th Dec 2019.

WHERE IS THE VENUE?

LSE New Academic Building

54 Lincoln's Inn Fields

Holborn

London

WC2A 3LJ

WHEN DO APPLICATIONS CLOSE & WHEN WILL I FIND OUT IF I AM SELECTED?

Applications are now open and will close on Monday, 9th December at midnight. Applicants will be notified on first register - first notified basis the latest on Wednesday, 11th December but generally at least a week earlier.

WHAT SHOULD I BRING?

Laptop/mobile device with internet connectivity. This is an interactive session, so make sure you bring energy and a lot of open, positive thinking!

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Email them over to [email protected] and we will get back to you asap.