Hackference is back for 2016

If you want to attend either the conference or hackathon in 2016, head to https://2016.hackference.co.uk

Hackference is a conference and hackathon based around learning and inspiring people to hack.

Birmingham UK2nd, 3rd and 4th October 2015

1 Conference. 1 Hackathon. 3 Amazing Days.

Want to listen to the experts or just play with tech? How about both? Here's an amazing opportunity to listen to the best people explain tech subjects and then get stuck in!

The Conference

Fri 2nd October 2015

Our amazing conference is back, this time with 3 tracks - including a lightning and workshop track - 16 amazing speakers all packed into 1 day.

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The Hackathon

Sat 3rd - Sun 4th October 2015

What better way to spend a weekend than to build something awesome in the company of people who love to build stuff as well. It's free.

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Locations within the centre of Birmingham

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Conference Speakers

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn" - Benjamin Franklin

Callum Hopkins

Web & Social Media Genius

Dan Jenkins

Founder @ Nimble Ape

Etiene Dalcol

Inventor of SailorMVC

Hugh Rawlinson

Music Computerer

Joe Nash

DevAdv @ Braintree

John Stevenson

Dev & Clojure enthusiast

Jonathan Kingsley

Developer @ Refractal

Manoj Nathwani

Banter Ventures

Martin Beeby

Evangelist @ Microsoft

Martin Kearn

Evangelist @ Microsoft

Melinda Seckington

Miss Geeky

Nicolas Grenié

Hacker @ 3Scale

Phil Leggetter

Realtime Expert

Rob Spectre

Punk Rock Technolologist

Robin Johnson

Dev Evangelist @ Sendgrid

Ruth John

Craft & Code | Browser VJ

Sam Phippen

Director of Plausibility

Simon Tabor

APIs @ GoSquared

Tim Messerschmidt

Head of DevRel @ Paypal

Tim Perry

Open-Source Champion