{"id":304,"date":"2012-11-26T20:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/digitaleconomy\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2012-11-26T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T20:54:30","slug":"random-hacks-of-kindness-event-1st-2nd-december-at-university-of-southampton-rhoksoton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/multidisciplinary\/2012\/11\/26\/random-hacks-of-kindness-event-1st-2nd-december-at-university-of-southampton-rhoksoton\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Hacks of Kindness Event: 1st \u2013 2nd December at University of Southampton #rhoksoton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dirk Gorissen<\/a> from Engineering is running this weekend’s Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event in the University of Southampton Mountbatten Building (53). It takes place in the Common Room on Level 3.<\/p>\n

A RHoK (founded by Google, Microsoft, Nasa, and others) is all about bringing domain experts, programmers, and makers together for a weekend in order to solve problems related to humanity and international development.The University of Southampton will be one of the satellite cities as part of the global Random Hacks of Kindness Event<\/a><\/p>\n

RHoK are an awesome way to learn something new, test your skills, meet new people, and do something for the good of the world. For more details about how they work see this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event will be supported by the Student Digital Champions<\/a> led by Ivan Melendez.
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\nRegistration Deadline:
\nFriday, November 30. Get your tickets via Eventbrite<\/a>
\nReception: Friday, November 30, 2012 6pm in the Trago Lounge<\/a>, 190-192 Portswood Road, Southampton. \u200e<\/p>\n

You can read Dirk’s report of the previous RHoK event here<\/a><\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 1st<\/p>\n

9:00am – Welcome & problem statement presentations
\n10am – Form groups and hackathon begins
\n12:00 – Lunch
\nPresentation by Mark Lunney from the London Google Developer Group <\/a>
\nPresentation by Jack Townsend form CleanWebUK<\/a>
\nPresentation by Justing MacKinnon, founder of crisismappersUK<\/a>
\n5:30pm – Team status reports
\n6pm – Pizza
\nHackathon continues until 11pm<\/p>\n

Sunday, December 2nd<\/p>\n

8am – Doors open
\n9am – Breakfast
\n10am – Team status report
\n12pm – Pizza
\n3:00pm – Hackathon ends & judging begins
\n5:00pm – Judging completed & prizes awarded.<\/p>\n

Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n