Edinburgh Apps has been running for two years, and aims to involve start-ups and students, designers and developers, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers in creating new ideas to benefit Edinburgh and the people who live here. The challenge pits teams and individuals against each other in a challenge to come up with innovative new ways to use data available from the council and its partners, in a way that brings value and new thinking to the city. Edinburgh Apps was the first event of its kind when it launched in 2013, and this year the contest returns with five challenges to intrigue participants. They focus on themes around health, sports and culture, which has engaged a number of participants working on their ideas.
The more stickies, the better the innovation. Fact.
This year’s Edinburgh apps launched on September 5 with a bustling icebreaker. Last weekend marked the midway of this year’s challenge, and for two days on October 4 and 5 teams and individuals worked on a variety of challenges and ideas. After a pitching event in the morning, participants gathered in thein the stunning Informatics Forum to hear from the council as departments involved detailed some of the thoughts behind this year’s challenges. The health focus was on managing behaviour and staying safe after addressing drug, addiction and abuse issues, and accessing information for patients with deteriorating illnesses like MS or dementia. The culture and sports department focused on getting people more physically active, and how to experience the many monuments and museums in the city in a new and better way.
The amazing organisers behind Creative Edinburgh would like to invite you to the Creative Circles meetup. It’s a casual monthly meetup for creatives and technologists to talk ideas, discuss projects, share advice and stories over a cup of amazing Brew Lab coffee.
In partnership with The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, three Starter for 6 businesses, Jill Boulton (Visorcat®), Belinda Goldsmith and Christine Manson (FitSip®) and Jamie Bruski Tetsill (Shapes of Things) will be exhibiting their products and services, providing an insight into the variety of businesses that participate in the programme.
The lovely folks over at Creative Edinburgh are putting on a really interesting day based around multi-platform content and collaborations on 21st March.
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