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Hackathon & Packathons

 A Packathon is like a cheaper version of a Hackathon. All the necessary prototypes are developed with simulation software. There is no need to buy specific hardware or extra software.

Best practices for the organization of Hackathons and Packathons can be found here:

PPT:  Download Story IoT Hackathons Netacad Day 17 MAY 17 -v2-1
PDF: Download Story IoT Hackathons Netacad Day 17 MAY 17 -v2-1

 

Global Online Climathon on 27 October 2017

On October 27 there is a global Hackathon called Climathon. Participants are able to take part from their own city.

Last year, around 60 cities on all continents participated. We are expecting more than 100 participating institutions this year. 

The registration for interested partner is now open: https://climathon.climate-kic.org/ You will also find more background information on the website. Also for reference, here is an overview of 2016 highlights: https://climathon.climate-kic.org/climathon-highlights/climathon-2016-highlights

 

 

 

Hackathons in Brussels - April/ May 2017

 Le CIRB et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale soutiennent activement les hackathons bruxellois. Ce sont pas moins de 3 hackathons qui auront lieu à Bruxelles durant les mois d’avril et de mai.

    Brussels TechCare (Molengeek- The Egg) le 21-22-23 avril

    Hack My Ride (STIB) le 28-29-30 avril

    Hack Belgium (Tour & taxis) le 4-5-6 mai

University Business Forum - Brussels - 6 and 7 April 2017

Innovation competences through Hackathons

Yvan Rooseleer (BiASC) was involved in Workshop 1.2 Innovation Competences and presented an initiative launched in cooperation with companies, namely the use of Hackathons to foster innovation competences and to teach hard and soft skills which are needed for the labor force. The Hackathon also serves as an example of regional cooperation amongst students and how to get them involved in social innovation challenges.

Yvan's Presentation
PDF: Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1
PPT:  Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1
PPT Long:  Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1-long

PICS:  https://goo.gl/photos/pWFBPSAEUFnPezed9

"Innovation competencies" are essential for graduates and professionals to be successful in our changing and evolving environment.

 

WORKSHOP 1.2: Innovation Competencies
Today we live in a world of continuous change. This is visible in societal challenges, such as climate change, energy resources, increased rarity of certain materials and, of course, demographic change. "Innovation competencies" are essential for graduates and professionals to be successful in this changing and evolving environment. This session will present and discuss innovation competencies, what they are, how they can be developed and how they can be assessed and recognised. The workshop will explore these questions in the context of higher education, as well as that of professional development.
Moderator: Ms Ann Branch, European Commission, DG EMPL
Speakers
Mr Harri Lappalainen, Manager, Senior Advisor, Turku University of Applied Sciences
Mr Christoph Auch, Professional Education Lead Europe, Climate KIC
Ms Hannah Johnson, Business Psychologists, Carter Corson
Mr Yvan Rooseleer, Senior Lecturer, Odisee University College Brussels

More information

• Download ForumDraftProgramme - 310317
• Download Brussels UBF April 2017 Input Paper - final
• Download Bios speakers WS 1.2
• Download W1.2 Guiding doc 

 

About Being a Global Problem Solver

Innovate as a technologist. Think as an entrepreneur. Act as a social change agent. Be a global problem solver.

1 Digital Skills
2 Creativity
3 Critical Thinking
4 Entrepreneurial Spirit
5 Social Consciousness
6 Teamwok Skills

Are you ready? Take the quiz.

Full Brochure
URL: http://www.cisco.com/assets/csr/pdf/Global-Program-Solver-Infographic.pdf

Conducting an IoT Hackathon (Instructor Forum 9 March 2017)

Instructor Forum for EMEAR Region, 9 March 2017
Topic: Conducting an IoT Hackathon
Presentations and pictures compiled by Yvan Rooseleer @yroosel
This is a collection of documentation, presentations and pictures helping me to remember how to organize IoT Hackathons

Goal of a Hackathon

Engage students to learn IoT Technical and 21st Century Skills in a fun and meaningful way

Student Value
Recognize and understand the concepts and challenges of the transformational IoE society and economy
Gain hands-on experience with IoT and rapid prototyping 
Enhance your experience with IoT and embark on the paths to become “IoT specialists”
Gain “IoT generalists’” knowledge and “foundational” skills

Soft skills
Critical thinking and problem solving
Creativity: brainstorming and other ideation techniques
Collaboration
Communication: effectively present or pitch an idea

Terminology

• HACKATHON = 3 days + IT related + Prototyping + Pitching + PRIZE
• CREATHON = 1 day + Idea generation + Pitching + PRIZE
• STARTUP WEEKEND 3 days + Prototyping + Business Modelling + Pitching + PRIZE

Best Practices

• Students need to be well prepared (6-10 weeks) both in business modelling and in IoT technology, also in pitch training
• During a Hackathon students teams should be multidisciplinary (IT, Business, ...)
• Invite partner schools and students from other disciplines
• Max. 6 competition teams, but additional specialized service teams are possible
• Kickoff with an inspiring keynote
• The theme of the hackathon should be difficult enough; the topic of the hackathon has to be a real challenge for the participants
• Quality of rooms, furniture, network and equipment makes a big difference
• Role and variety of coaches is very important
• Number and variety of jury members is important
• Teachers and coaches need to be well prepared on how to coach for innovation and creativity
• The jury ideally consists of a mix of business companies, incubators and professionals from education

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation criteria for the final presentation and demonstration during a Hackathon include:

• Quality of Hackathon Map
• Quality of the presentation   
• Quality of the prototype 
• Creativity and originality   
• Potential social impact of the solution 
• Business opportunity
• Group Dynamics

PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HACKATHONS 

-1- ABOUT THE MOST RECENT HACKATHON EVENT IN BRUSSELS
URL: http://biasc.be/2016/11/open-data-challenge-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016.htm
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/chroma/2016/12/report-with-pictures-smart-city-marketing-hackathon-odisee-1-2-dec-2016.html

-2- PREPARATION OF AN ACTUAL HACKATHON (6-10 weeks)
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/chroma/2016/11/how-to-prepare-for-the-open-data-challenge-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016.html

-3- EXPERIENCES FROM PREVIOUS HACKATHONS AND OTHER EVENTS IN BRUSSELS (STARTUP WEEKEND/ HACKATHON/ CREATHON)
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/files/story-iot-hackathons-benelux--v1-4.pdf
URL: http://biasc.be/2016/11/bring-iot-to-life-with-hackathons-experiences-best-practices.html 

IoT Fundamentals Curriculum Overview PPT

Here is the latest information concerning the new IoT Fundamentals Curriculum (2 March 2017):

PPT: Download BiASC_IoT Fundamentals 2 0 Curriculum Overview-March 2

Two great days in Berlin for Hackathon Winners

Two great days in Berlin organized by NetAcad Team Germany

All the winners of the Brussels City Marketing Hackathon on 1-2 December are invited to Berlin on 22-23 February 2017. Belgian Netacad Members are able to join some of the activities.

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 - 19:00
Happy Hour Drink for Hackathon Winners & Netacad Members (Yvan Rooseleer +32 474 56 45 76)
Hotel Berlin, Berlin
Lutzowplatz 17
Berlin,Berlin 10785
Germany
Phone: 49-30-2605-0
Fax: 49-30-2605-392716

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 - 12:00
Arrival of the participants until 12:00 at the EUREF Campus http://www.euref.de/de in Berlin
Address: Torgauer Strasse 12-14 - meeting and welcome at Cisco openBerlin Innovation Center
Lunch at EUREF Campus
Starting at 13:00: Visit of the EUREF Campus and guided tour on the e-mobility and future campus in combination with a guided tour plus participation in the program at openBerlin Innovation Center http://www.cisco.com/c/m/de_de/innovationcenter/berlin.html

Thursday, 23 February 2017
Academy Day at CiscoLive! http://www.ciscolive.com/emea/?zid=cl-global-upcoming
Kick off in conference style and after that some great hours in the exhibition ground. We also intend to arrange an activity with the Cisco DevNet colleagues 

Cisco Student Workshop & Creathon

 

Belgian Schools have the opportunity to attend a Student Workshop & Creathon organized by Cisco, BiASC and NASC.
More information: <[email protected]>

Example workshop

Amsterdam 1 February 2017 - Around 75 students from ROC A12 are participating in an IoT Creathon. Coaches: M. Verleun (NASC), Y. Rooseleer (BiASC), Cisco coaches

What's a creathon?

A creathon is an event where students are solving business cases in the domain of Internet of Things, mobile & cloud. There are several stages in the workhops: preparation - forming student teams - learning the problem statement - defining the problem - searching solutions (ideation & creativity) - come up with a solution - present proof of concept (business model, prototype)

Here is an example of a problem statement for a student creathon.

PROBLEM STATEMENT - DIGITAL SERVICES FOR SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS

We are a multidiscplinary team (team name) working for a startup NORAIN.

We develop applications and systems for the retail sector.

Our new customer BLINX, a Benelux based company, owns  25 shopping centers all over the Benelux.

BLINX want to collect and integrate useful information to improve the operations and management of shopping centers, making the tenants, shop owners and retailers happy about the new digital services and possibilities. Also they expect to make better business decisions about future projects.

EXPECTATIONS

FUNCTIONAL

• building intelligence for shopping centers
• intelligent connections: people, process, data, things
• => improve customer experience; engaging the shopper; recognize people, lifestyle, gender, ...
• => improve logistics, transportation, ...
• => The solution has to consist of a new digital IoT service for our customer BLINX, that will improce their relations with shop tenants

TECHNICAL

=>access to all data in once place for BLINX management (data lake)

=> combine data to get new information to allow BLINX to find opportunities

=> add new IoT data sources to create a bigger, better and up-to-date data lake

Getting access to this will give BLINX a competitive advantage in their field in addition to give them a value proposition to negotiate better rents with their tenants as they also can benefit from the products.

 

DATA SOURCES

INTEGRATING DATA => DATA LAKE => BIG DATA

Collecting all data sources, enriching the data with useful information like weather data, bank holidays, ...

Capturing and storing real-time data => wifi, cameras, sensors, ...

REAL-TIME vs BATCH processing

 

TO DO

Develop a Proof of Concept for your solution => inspiration, creativity, empathy, solution, description, presentation.

TIPS

Using video: https://goo.gl/photos/ttQcLWX9ypNnE2S9A

Using Wifi: https://goo.gl/photos/CPep3NhEWwTqebWM8

Using Digital Ceiling: https://goo.gl/photos/gx5xTEjim5rgzuU16

 

 

CiscoLive | Networking Academy Student Day | Berlin | 23 FEB 2017

Networking Academy Student Day 2017 - 500 seats

Max 500 particpants will be able to attend the Networking Academy Student Day in Berlin on 23 February 2017. There will be keynote presentations and visits to the World of Solutions: Cisco, Netapp, Citrix, DevNet Zone ...

Click to Register (agenda shown below).

HIGHLIGHTS
Workshops and presentations about Cybersecurity, NetAcad Opportunities, Country Digitization  + Internet of Things LiveHack 
Visit of Cisco & Partner Exhibitions: Netapp, VMware, Devnet Zone

IoT Hackathon Instructor Workshop | openBerlin | 17-18 November 2016

  

On 17 and 18 November 2016 an IoT Hackathon Workshop for Cisco Networking Academy Instructors was organized at openBerlin. Participants were 45 instructors from all around the EMEAR region. Although this Hackathon was run at double speed, the results were still quite impressive. Both green ideas and technology innovation are found among the solutions and prototypes invented by the teams. The hackathon was conducted by BiASC and NASC, two Cisco Academy Support Centers from the Benelux.

THEME OF THE HACKATHON
General theme: Developing Digital Economy/ Developing Digital Business 
Subtheme: Internet of Things/ Internet of Everything
Topic: Smart Shopping/ Smart Shopping Center

TASK
The task given to the participants was to develop creative ideas and a prototype for Smart Shopping or for the Smart Shopping Center.

 

Bring IoT To Life | Experiences & Best Practices With Hackathons

For the Networking Academy Partner Summit in Berlin, Yvan Rooseleer prepared a presentation for a best practices workshop on 15 November 2016. The title of the workshop was Bring IoT To Life #netacadPS16

 

Open Data Challenge & IoT Hackathon | Brussels | 1-2 December 2016 | Agenda

 


On 1 and 2 December 2016 Odisee University College Brussels is organizing an Open Data Hackathon with the support of the Brussels Capital District Government. The theme of the hackathon is "Smart City Marketing".

Topic of Open Data Challenge & IoT Hackathon
Smart City Marketing With Digital Assistants and Other Digital Instruments

General theme: Developing Digital Economy/ Developing Digital Business
Subtheme: Internet of Things, Internet of Everything
Topic: Smart City Marketing with Open Data

PDF Information File: Download Smart-city-marketing-open-data-challenge-and-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016-v1-11

Participants are kindly requested to register for the event

• Coaches & Jury Registration/ URL: https://goo.gl/forms/IquqRHZy1rfG2V7m1
• Contact: Yvan Rooseleer <[email protected]> +32 (0)474 56 45 76
• Venue & Address: Odisee University College – Warmoesberg 15 – 1st Floor – 1000 Brussels
  

Introduction to IoT | Networking Academy Course Updates 2016

Course Overview

The Introduction to IoT (Internet of Things) course introduces learners to the technologies that support IoT, and the career and social opportunities created by the growing number of networked connections between people, processes, data, and things.

Benefits

For students seeking an overview of trends, technologies, and career opportunities in the Internet of Things.

This course also serves as a foundation for CCNA-level courses.

Learning Components

• 5 modules of interactive content featuring IoT experts
• Activities, videos, and simulations to enhance the learning experience
• Pre-test, module quizzes, and a final exam

Features

Target Audience: General audience

Prerequisites: None

Languages: Arabic, Chinese-S, Chinese-T, English, French, German, Italian , Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-BR, Russian, Spanish

Course Delivery: Instructor -led or Self-paced

Estimated Time to Complete: 20 hours

Recommended Next Course: IT Essentials or CCNA R&S Introduction to Networks

21st Century Skills

IoE Hackathon Brussels | Digital City Marketing with Intelligent Assistants | 1-2 DEC 2016

On 1 and 2 DECEMBER  2016 we are organizing a new Hackathon for students regarding Smart City Marketing with Interactive Digital Assistants and robots. The teams taking part are multidisciplinary teams with IT, multimedia, business, marketing and communication students. As usual, the winning team will receive sufficient funds for activities like taking part in international conferences and hackathons.

Hackathon Nova College | Hoofddorp | 5+6+7 Oktober

Bericht van Nova College

Op woensdag 5 t/m vrijdag 7 oktober organiseren we de 2^e editie van de Nova College - PWN Smart Solutions Makathon. Gedurende 3 dagen gaan leerlingen/studenten in multidisciplinaire teams samen met experts uit bedrijfsleven en PWN slimme oplossingen bedenken.

IoE Hackathon Benelux Final | Photos | Seraing

Some pictures of the students pitching during the Benelux IoE Hackathon Final in Seraing.

                                   

Benelux Instructor Event 2016 | 128 instructors and 31 students

 Picture of organizers, presenters and BiASC board members

A message Arie Van Duijn, Program Manager Cisco CSR Benelux

Thank you all again for the fantastic work you did to make Benelux Instructor Event 2016 so successful. I specially thank Pierre De Fooz for hosting us and organizing the logistics with the venue and the evening party. Great job.

From the reactions of the audience during and after the event, I can conclude that it was very well received.

The combination of the event with the hackathons organized in Belgium and Netherlands was a winner. Everybody liked the student presentations and it brought the hackathon concept really in the picture.

My sincere thanks go to Marc Khayat and Leonard Janer for hosting the really successful IoE workshops (all 4 of them!).

I won´t exaggerate when I say this was the best Benelux Event in 17 Years.

I´ll end with some metrix: in total 128 professionals and 31 students attended the event during the two days, a number we have not reached before.

 

Equipment List Internet of Everything Courses & Hackathons

For an Internet of Everything Course or an IoE Hackathon the following equipment can be used. Versions and prices of components change more than once in a year.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT (2000 € for 10 units)
Raspberry Pi 2|3 - Ultimate Starter Kit
Arduino Starter Kit

OPTIONAL
Cisco 819 IoT Router (1000-1500 € per unit)

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
Relayr developer kit (350 € for 10 units)
GrovePi+ Starter Kit (99€ per unit -10% educational discount)