SoTA's Rebooting State Capacity Hackathon

​The Society for Technological Advancement (SoTA)'s next hackathon on 26-27th April will accelerate and apply science & tech to reimagine government. Following It’s Time to Build… in Government, we were met with a clear response from our community, How can we actually contribute right now?

​Rebooting State Capacity is our answer to that question: The opportunity to ship a new capability solving a real problem over a weekend, with direct feedback from end users, frontline operators, and potential adopters across critical public functions.

​The hack will bring together SoTA's researchers, scientists, developers, engineers, and technologists who want to apply their abilities to creating functional capabilities for essential government operations (defence/security, health, transport, education, infrastructure) or otherwise reinventing government to capitalise on the opportunities generated by technological progress.

​On Day 1 (Saturday 26th), we will have interactive sessions on Hacking Public Procurement for Startups and Securely Building Products with Sensitive Data. On Day 2 (Sunday 27th), presentations and awards will take place in the early afternoon.

​Prizes are £1,000, £500 and £250, with an additional (stackable) Basis Prize of £1,000 for the best demo Outcompeting the Government — creating a commercially viable alternative to a public service.