Diversity Hackathon++

Our mission is to provide individuals from underrepresented backgrounds with opportunities to solve real-world problems, learn, collaborate and showcase their skills through our free and regular Innovation Lab days.Our free and inclusive events are sponsored by the biggest disruptors in technology, such as Google, Monzo, the UK Department for Education, Amido, Neyber, Accenture and HubHub.Why Innovation Labs? At Code Untapped we want to do more than upskill individuals. We want to instil in them an entrepreneurial spirit and provide them with startup spinout opportunities. We also help them acquire jobs with our sponsors.Our Innovation Lab days cover a wide range of skills important to product and start-up development so that we can produce the best entrepreneurial technologists.Our events provide a series of workshops covering team formation, project ideation and planning. Followed by a choice of workshops covering user experience design, pitch deck writing, presenting and full-stack web & mobile development.Our sponsors provide a real-world problem, we provide our amazing coaches and together we then spend half a day actually building and deploying a real product. Teams with innovative solutions get the opportunity to spin out as a funded start-up.Ultimately we tailor the event to you guys regardless of your level or technical background!

Code Untapped

An opportunity for BAME talent to learn, collaborate and showcase their skills through a regular programme of themed Hackathons

Code Untapped Studio

Thank you for registering for a place on this free to attend Code Untapped Hackathon++. And for showing your dedication and support to the aim of empowering the BAME community through technology!

Thank you from the Code Untapped team.

IntroductionOur mission is to provide individuals from a BAME background with an opportunity to learn, collaborate and showcase their skills through a regular programme of themed Hackathons.Why Hackathon++? At Code Untapped we know that there is so much more to technology than just coding.Our Hackathon++ events cover a wide range of skills important to product development, so that we can produce the best technologists, not just the best coders.Our events provide a series of product workshops covering team formation, project ideation and planning. As well as workshops on pitch deck writing and presenting.Finally we have a workshop on how to use github, and then a half day of actually building and deploying a real product, where the coders get to work with our amazing code coaches.Ultimately we tailor the event to you guys regardless of your level or technical background.Not only that but you get free croissants, juice, and even pizza to power you through the day!ThemeWe feel diversity is important. You know diversity is important. So what better theme for our Hackathon++ events than “Why is diversity important?ChallengesOn the day there will be a real world challenge to solve. based around web site development and data capture, storage and retrieval.CoachesWe will have some amazing coaches on the day to help with the various workshops and dev.Please follow on LinkedIn and say hello!<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezechi-britton-452a893/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ezechi Britton - Pitch and Presentation coach</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-halstead-a1334610/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jason Halstead - Ideation and Coding coach</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcaddy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mark Caddy - Team Building and Planning coach</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeangeorges/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jean Georges - Full Stack Coach</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-harris-5704708/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chris Harris - UX/UI Coach</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marlondavids/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marlon Davids - Cloud Hosting Coach</a>*Please note that coaches are subject to changeDate and LocationThe Hackathon++ will take place on Saturday 16th February and will run from 10:00 - 18:00We will be starting promptly at 10:00am so please dont be late!The Hackathon++ will be at our Code Untapped Studio near Sydenham train station.FoodWe will be providing (non-alcoholic) drinks and pizza during the day. However if anyone wishes to eat something else there are lots of great places to eat on Sydenham high street just round the corner.PrerequisitesThe core skills that this Hackathon will cover will be Web Site Development and data capture and storage, so for the coders amongst you we recommend that you brush up on your HTML5, CSS, Javascript, and for the more adventurous amongst you we suggest looking at Express, NodeJS and MongoDB.Code Of ConductAt Code Untapped we strongly believe in providing a safe, and inclusive space for all. So we adhere to the Hack Code Of Conduct, which we advise you to read <a href="https://hackcodeofconduct.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://hackcodeofconduct.org/</a>AccessibilityIf you do have any specific needs please let us know and we will do all we can to support you.PartnersBig thank you to the team at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alfamunk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alfa Munk</a> who will be helping us with Social Media on the day.Social MediaPlease feel free to tweet, snap, and post to as many social media platforms as you like!You can follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/CodeUntapped" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/codeuntapped/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/code-untapped/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/codeuntapped/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>.Please use #DiversityInTech &amp; #CodeUntapped when posting!ReminderPlease remember to bring your laptop and chargers!Contact DetailsYou can email us at contact@codeuntapped.comWe will be sending out reminder emails leading up to the event with updated information so please keep an eye on your inbox.See you soonThank you and we look forward to seeing you on February 16th.And don’t forget your laptops and chargers!Ez &amp; Jason, Code Untapped Co-Founders<a href="http://www.codeuntapped.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.codeuntapped.com</a>

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