Past events
Data Hackdays BE 2021
Gemeinsam wollen wir den Kanton Bern und deren Verwaltung digital vorwärtsbringen mit einem einfacheren Zugang zu Daten und Informationen.
Smart Regio Lab - Lenzburg Seetal
Nimm teil und entwickle in interdisziplinären Teams neue digitale Lösungen, um unsere intelligenten Städte und Regionen zu mitgestalten!
Energy Data Hackdays 2021
Energy companies, public administrations and other organisations make data available for the development of creative ideas and prototypes.
Open Farming Hackdays 2021
Vom 3.-4. September fanden am Landwirtschaftlichen Zentrum Liebegg in Gränichen die Open Farming Hackdays zum zweiten Mal, statt.
Energy & Climate Hack
The two-day hackathon to connect young talents from Switzerland and the UK to develop new ideas for decarbonisation efforts.
Agricathon 2021
Collaborer à la production de prototypes d’outils et de services innovants en lien avec l’agriculture.
Rethink Journalism Hackathon
Over the past decades, journalism has been continuously reinventing itself. Small and innovative media establishments charge into battle for attention and users. Come and join us in the quest to stimulate and promote progressive journalism. Help us in the fight against fake news and hate speech. Be part of in overturning information monopolies.
Tourism Hackdays 28./29. April 2021
For the third time, the HSLU - Open Data Hackdays are dedicated to the topic of tourism in Switzerland. With approx 45 Billion total revenue and 180 000 full time jobs eq. in 2018, tourism is a major swiss industry. Nowadays, not only Covid-19 puts local tourism in a difficult situation, but also the strong Swiss franc limits visitors. Ecological concern, individual tourism, globalization, technological progress, urbanization and mobility are all issues that tourism will increasingly face but also constitute emerging opportunities. To deal with these megatrends, the whole industry must respond with new, innovative and transparent offers and products. At the Tourism Hackdays 2021, we will address these topics and work together, reflecting on transformation processes, analysing existing data and developing ideas and solutions. The students of the 3rd and 4th semester of the MSc "Applied Information and Data Science" of the HSLU organize this 2-days long collaborative workshop cooperation with HotellerieSuisse, Toursit Office Lab and opendata.ch, . Everyone is welcome to contribute their ideas and knowledge at the "Tourism Hackdays 2021". Programming skills are welcome but not required. If your talents include design, creative, analytical, social or any other topic-relevant skill or interest, then take part to our hackathon and help us rethink Swiss tourism together! More information and registration: https://innovationfestival.ch/en/
Shape My City
Take a peek at our challenges, which are always being updated. Together in teams, you will solve tough and exciting city challenges like reducing traffic congestion and traffic times, improving the utilization of pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes or optimizing the use for energy resources. These topics are constantly being expanded and are not complete. When the Hackathon starts, you will be able to start a project by clicking below the challenges-tiles. This platform allows you to document your project and link to your code repository. <a href="https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/beginners-guide-to-docs/" target="_blank">Here</a> a few hints on how to document the technical part, but don't forget: we need from you a short executive summary, a nugget of text that we can post and talk about, show how awsome the project is. It's often quite abstract to anyone outside the precise field of the project: so how can one communicate about your project? Please help us with that!
Smart City Lab - Lenzburg
Smart City Lab - Lenzburg war am 13-14 November [Online veranstaltet](https://opendata.ch/projects/smart-city-lab-lenzburg-2020/). Möchtest du unsere intelligenten Städte mitgestalten? Nimm am Smart City Lab teil und entwickle in interdisziplinären Teams neue digitale Lösungen für die Stadt Lenzburg innerhalb von 32 Stunden! Smart City Lab - Lenzburg [took place online](https://opendata.ch/projects/smart-city-lab-lenzburg-2020/) on November 13-14. Hackdays make a valuable contribution to the development of new solutions for complex problems. By bringing all the actors of the field as well as designers, programmers, data analysts, students and creative minds in general together in a collaborative process, great ideas bloom and prototypes come to life. Let’s build a sustainable and smarter city together!
Open Farming Hackdays
Die Landwirtschaft ist im Umbruch und steht vor grossen Herausforderungen. Die Digitalisierung verspricht viele Lösungsansätze und Innovationen. Engagiere dich für eine nachhaltige und produktive Schweizer Landwirtschaft, die die Ernährung der Schweizer Bevölkerung sicherstellt. Engagiere dich für die Landwirtschaft von morgen. Nimm an den ersten Open Farming Hackdays teil und entwickle in interdisziplinären Teams neue digitale Lösungen für die Schweizer Landwirtschaft innerhalb von 32 Stunden!
Energy Hackdays 2020
The Open Energy Data Hackdays 2020 took place on the 28th and 29th of August in the Hightech Zentrum in Brugg. We ran a virtual workshop in March to celebrate [Open Data Day](https://opendataday.org/) - find a [blog post here](https://blog.datalets.ch/066/) with a recap - postponing the initial date due to the onset of COVID-19. In August we ran the event with social distancing and multiple other measures to keep our participants safe. This [challenge platform](https://hack.opendata.ch/event/31), a [chat workspace](https://openenergydat-ehr6560.slack.com/home), [online forums](https://forum.opendata.ch/t/6-7-03-energy-data-hackdays/611/1) and [social media](https://twitter.com/hashtag/energyhack2020) enabled virtual participation and audience.
Open Data Hackdays: Tourism
On November 29-30 the Open Hackdays Lucerne edition will take place at the Laboratorium in Lucerne. This will be the very first episode of a yearly event series presented by students from the Lucerne University of Applied Science seeking their master’s degree in Applied Information and Data Science. In this episode, we’re all about tourism. Tourism in Switzerland is an important economic engine and key to many Swiss incomes. Let’s create new solutions that have the potential to disrupt tourism in Switzerland, create mind-blowing happenings and make the industry more transparent, social and sustainable.
#mixnhack 2019
This year [OpenGLAM.ch](https://openglam.ch) - the Open Cultural Data working group of Opendata.ch - is collaborating with [Museomix.ch](https://www.museomix.ch/) to combine the make-a-thon approach of Museomix with our traditional open data hackathon – **“mix’n’hack 2019”** taking place on **6-8 September 2019** at the brand new cultural center **Les Arsenaux in Sion**. Follow [#mixnhack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mixnhack) for more updates!
Agricathon 2019
Le vendredi 17 mai 2019, la <a href="https://www.hevs.ch/fr/">HES-SO Valais-Wallis</a>, en partenariat avec <a href="https://www.agridea.ch/">Agridea</a> (Association suisse pour le développement de l’agriculture et de l’espace rural) a organisé un hackathon sur le thème de l’agriculture à Sierre. Cet événement interdisciplinaire est un marathon de l’innovation d’une journée qui rassemblera agriculteurs, informaticiens, designers et autres curieux de tout bord souhaitant collaborer à la production de prototypes d’outils et de services innovants en lien avec l’agriculture. Partenaires : <a href="https://www.hevs.ch/fr/">HES-SO Valais-Wallis</a>, <a href="https://www.agridea.ch/">Agridea</a>, <a href="https://www.theark.ch/fr/">The Ark</a>, <a href="https://www.technoark.ch/fr/">Technoark</a>, <a href="https://opendata.ch/">Opendata.ch</a>
Energy Data Hackdays 2019
<p>Am 15. und 16. Februar 2019 haben die Energy Data Hackdays im Hightech Zentrum Aargau in Brugg statt gefunden. Dank offenen Energie-Daten haben wir unser gemeinsames Energie-Verständnis verbessert, und an 13 Projekten gearbeitet welche dazu beitragen, in Zukunft die Energieeffizenz in der Schweiz zu steigern. Mehr Informationen über die Veranstaltung gibt es auf der <a href="https://opendata.ch/projects/energy-data-hackdays-2019/" target="_blank">Hackdays Webseite</a>, die <b><a href="https://hack.opendata.ch/event/24">Ergebnisse sind hier</a></b> und in den <b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/energyhack2019" target="_blank">sozialen Medien</a></b>.</p> <!-- <p>On 15 and 16 February 2019 the Energy Data Hackdays took place in the Hightech Centre Aargau in Brugg. Thanks to open energy data, we improved our common understanding of energy, and worked on 13 potential solutions to increasing energy efficiency in Switzerland in the future. You can find more information on the <a href="https://opendata.ch/projects/energy-data-hackdays-2019/" target="_blank">Hackdays Website</a> and find the <b><a href="https://hack.opendata.ch/event/24">results here</a></b> and on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/energyhack2019" target="_blank">social media</a></b>.</p> -->
Mehrsprachigkeit - Plurilinguisme - Plurilinguismo - Plurilinguitad
<center> Gestalte die Zukunft der Schweizer Sprachenvielfalt!<br> Façonne le futur de la diversité linguistique en Suisse!<br> Dai forma al futuro della diversità linguistica in Svizzera!<br> Concepescha l’avegnir da la diversitad linguistica svizra!<br> Shape the future of Swiss linguistic diversity! 👈 </center><br clear="all">
#GLAMhack 2018
Our fourth Open Cultural Data Hackathon will take place on 26-28 October 2018 at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich – in cooperation with the ETH Library, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, the Swiss Social Archives, the State Archives of the Canton of Zurich, the Basel Historical Museum, Wikimedia CH, infoclio.ch and further partners and sponsors. If you wish to participate in the hackathon, you must register. This regards data-providers, programmers, designers, artists, experts and so on. If you just want to come by and check out how the hackathon works or attend the project presentations and Swiss GLAMhack Awards on Sunday, you do not need to register. <!-- <center><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swiss-open-cultural-data-hackathon-2018-registration-46606413036" class="btn btn-lg btn-warning"><b>Register here</b> by September 30</a></center> -->
Open Food Data x Smart Kitchen Hackdays
At the «Open Food Data Hackdays» we invite engineers, designers, agricultural and nutrition experts, entrepreneurs and students to jointly develop new solutions for a transparent and sustainable food system based on open food data. At the Hackdays on 7 - 9 September at Zugorama in Zug, we added hardware aspects and challenges under the slogan: "Open Food Data meets Smart Kitchen". For more information visit [food.opendata.ch](https://food.opendata.ch)
[Un]conference 2018
At the [Opendata.ch/2018](http://Opendata.ch/2018) Conference on July 3, 2018, we will set up a community showcase, supported by [«IT rockt!»](https://www.itrockt.ch), of new and upcoming open datasets and projects. These will be collected here and promoted during the month of June. At the conference we will have a physical display, as well as opportunities to connect with other attendees for spontaneous meetups around your topic.
Agricathon 2018
Le vendredi 18 mai 2018, la <a href="https://www.hevs.ch/fr/">HES-SO Valais-Wallis</a> a organisé un hackathon sur le thème de l’agriculture à Sierre. Cet événement interdisciplinaire est un marathon de l’innovation d’une journée qui rassemblera agriculteurs, informaticiens, designers et autres curieux de tout bord souhaitant collaborer à la production de prototypes d’outils et de services innovants en lien avec l’agriculture.
Open Food Hackdays Basel
Part II of the «Open Food Data Hackdays» in 2018 will continue in February, in Basel. At the «**Open Food Data Hackdays**» diverse food-interested actors, including big data specialists, software engineers, nutrition experts, farmers, app designers, students and entrepreneurs, are united. This potential is combined with publicly available data on the production, movement, consumption and impact of food, in order to enable groundbreaking projects. Please visit [food.opendata.ch](https://food.opendata.ch) for more information. See also the results and challenges from [Lausanne](https://hack.opendata.ch/event/16#top) and the [2017 Hackdays](https://hack.opendata.ch/event/6).
Open Food Hackdays Lausanne
If you care about food, no matter if it’s due to ecological, health, social or gourmet reasons, this is the place to be! At the «**Open Food Data Hackdays**» diverse food-interested actors, including big data specialists, software engineers, nutrition experts, farmers, app designers, students and entrepreneurs, are united. This potential is combined with publicly available data on the production, movement, consumption and impact of food, in order to enable groundbreaking projects. Please visit [food.opendata.ch](https://food.opendata.ch) for more information.
Open Tourism Data Hackdays
On the 27. - 28. October 2017 at our hackathon in Arosa we explored the topic of innovation in and the future of [#opentourism](https://twitter.com/hashtag/opentourism?src=hash). Please visit [tourism.opendata.ch](http://tourism.opendata.ch) for more information.
Hackons l'éducation!
Le vendredi 19 mai 2017 aura lieu à Sierre au TechnoPôle (Espace Mérope, TP 10) pendant toute une journée un hackathon sur les nouveaux outils pédagogiques. <!-- Cette journée sera l’occasion pour des professionnels de la pédagogie de venir proposer des challenges et de développer des prototypes de solutions en étant accompagnés par des développeurs, des designers et des curieux de tous bords. Les résultats, incluant des prototypes techniques ainsi que des vidéos présentant le fonctionnement de chaque solution, pourront être communiqués et réutilisés par la suite selon les besoins.--> **[Plus d'infos ...](https://fr.opendata.ch/2017/04/28/2282/)** // Am Freitag, dem 19. Mai 2017 organisiert das Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik der HES-SO Valais-Wallis einen Hackathon zum Thema “Pädagogik” in Siders. <!-- Diese interdisziplinäre Veranstaltung stellt die Innovation ins Zentrum und bringt Pädagogen, Informatiker, Designer und andere Interessierte zusammen. Es ist das Ziel, das Prototypen und Tools zur Unterstützung der Pädagogik entwickelt werden. --> **[Weiter lesen ...](https://opendata.ch/2017/04/5463/)**
Open Data Day Zurich
Can you imagine ways to improve public transport in your city? Do you know or wish to learn how to wrangle, analyse, visualize or communicate with data? Join our upcoming hackathon in Zürich, meet people from the open data community on occasion of **[Open Data Day](http://opendataday.org/)** - and make an impact together on all the ways we get around!
Open Food Hackdays 2017
The [Business Innovation food.opendata.ch program](http://food.opendata.ch) supports creative, entrepreneurial and scientific projects in the area of food and nutrition data on their way from the first idea to market readiness by providing new open data, intense coaching and mentorship, and financial support.
The Climathon
<a href="https://climathon.climate-kic.org/" target="_blank">Climathon</a> is a global 24-hour Hackathon which will take place simultaneously in more than 50 cities around the world on 28 October 2016. The word "hack" is used to describe how multiple technologies can be used together in a new and innovative way, which is what we will be doing during [Climathon Zurich](https://climathon.climate-kic.org/zurich).
Hack for Ageing Well
A two-day event for developing ideas in a creative, interdisciplinary environment: with a focus on teamwork, design thinking and prototyping. We look forward to seeing you at [Startfeld St.Gallen](http://startfeld.ch), Switzerland on September 25 and 26, 2016.
Open Energy Data Hackdays
To make open energy data, we are going up to the sources of sustainable energy. Developers and designers, data scientists and app producers, experts and amateurs, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, concerned citizens and data journalists - we will collaborate as individuals to address urgent energy problems and create critical insights.