25th & 26th of November, 2016 St. John’s Hoxton, London, UK www.overtheair org @overtheair #ota16 [email protected][email protected]Over the Air London’s Summer Tech Fest Over the Air is a celebration of creativity and technology. A festival of all things hackable. A place to learn and debate about new technologies & their applications, new techniques & opportunities, and issues to be addressed - together with other creative technologists. Now in it’s 8th year running, this tech-agnostic event held in the heart of Shoreditch attracts more than 500 developers, designers, & entrepreneurs. Along side 2 days of community-run workshops to learn about new tech, tools, platforms & techniques, Over the Air also features an overnight Hackathon with camping on the grounds, and Lightning Talks on the Friday night. 30 WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS 8 LIGHTNING TALKS and 2 KEYNOTES 15 HACK DAY CHALLENGES
Over the Air London’s Summer Tech FestOver the Air is a celebration of creativity and technology. A festival of all things hackable. A place to learn and debate about new technologies & their applications, new techniques & opportunities, and issues to be addressed - together with other creative technologists.
Now in it’s 8th year running, this tech-agnostic event held in the heart of Shoreditch attracts more than 500 developers, designers, & entrepreneurs. Along side 2 days of community-run workshops to learn about new tech, tools, platforms & techniques, Over the Air also features an overnight Hackathon with camping on the grounds, and Lightning Talks on the Friday night.
30 WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS
8 LIGHTNING TALKS and 2 KEYNOTES
15 HACK DAY CHALLENGES
“This is the 2nd year we’ve sponsored the event as we love meeting a strong group of developers specifically focused on mobile, learning about their ideas and advising on different ways of monetising their applications. The event allows us to showcase our innovations and gain valuable feedback on how we can make our services better for them...in a world where
innovation is happening so quickly.” (PayPal, now a 5-time Sponsor)
B E C O M E A S P O N S O R A great opportunity to gain kudos, gratitude and great brand exposure at the best grassroots event for the developer community in the UK. Sponsorship possibilities include a cosy Lounge area or Code Clinic, branded Challenges for the Hackathon, Meals and Refreshments.
How to Get Involved
Branded Hackathon Challenge + Awards
Creative brand presence with event features
Sponsorship branding of throughout the event
Over the Air
Our participants are typically:85% UK based, 10% EU based, 5% other
80% technical, 10% creative, 5% commercial, 5% other
58% SME, 15% entrepreneurs, 15% freelancers, 10% corporate, 2% students
D O N A T E A P R I Z E The Hackathon concludes with a Show & Tell of all of the entries, followed by an Awards Ceremony for the winners of the various categories and bespoke Challenges - and we love to give away fun prizes. Think in terms of devices & gadgets, prototyping hardware, programming books, or value-in kind for access to software and platforms.
J O I N T H E P R O G R A M M E Come share what you’ve learned, what you love, what you’re working on next – by way of hands-on technical tutorials and demonstrations. Topics cover an expanded definit ion of “mobi le development”, which includes all things hackable – from the web to mobile applications to connected devices to Augmented & Virtual Reality.
4 Workshop streams across the 2 days
Robot building & hardware hacking in the Crypt
Friday Night Dinner in the Marquis at Bletchley Park
"One of the most important things on show at OTA was not in a specific tool, hack, or presentation, it was that when creative people are given toolboxes & told to have fun, (a) they will and (b) there’s every
chance that what comes out will actually be genuinely useful. Promoting that spirit of hacking and improvisation in the community is the real success of OTA” (Ewan Spence, Forbes)
Participants collaborating in the Hacckathon
Bean Bags and Keynotes in the Main Hall
What are we hacking?
Mobile apps, mobile web, mobile devices, prototyping platforms such as Arduino, mBed & Raspberry Pi, wearable technology, robotics, AR & VR …everything and anything, with a focus on
connected devices and “things.”
Celebrating Creativity
Show & Tell of the Hackathon entries
LEGO Mindstorms donated for workshops & awards
Give-aways and Marketing Materials
3D Scanning & Printing shared with attendees
Over the Air
Friday, November 25th
9:00 - 10:00 Registration & Coffee
10:00 - 11:00 Welcome & Keynote
11:00 - 18:30 Workshops across 4 rooms 55 min each / Hacckathon
launches
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
18:30 - 23:00 Dinner & Drinks & Lightning Talks
23:00 .... Overnight on the Grounds
Saturday, November 26th
7:00 Morning Wake-up Activity
7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 Morning Keynote
9:30 - 12:30Workshops across 4 rooms
55 min each / final dash for hacking
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Hackathon Show & Tell
15:00 - 15:30 Break for Judging
15:30 - 16:30 Awards & Wrap-up
Over the Air 8 Years of Over the AirWe launched OTA to encourage creative collaboration and foster learning in the mobile developer community. First held at Imperial College London, and then the fabulous Bletchley Park, OTA is now at a unique new venue in Shoreditch that still keeps that grassroots, community festival atmosphere for which we have become well loved.
We are proud to have attracted an amazing list of Keynote Speakers over the years - people who share an inspirational message of how the world of tech is shifting, where it’s all going and how developers & designers can make an impact. Not a sales pitch in sight.
Hack Day Code of Conduct & Diversity Charter
H O W A R D B A K E R
A R I E L W A L D M A N
D R S U E B L A C K
Professor of Computer Science, Sue spoke about her campaign to
save Bletchley Park at OTA11. (Photo credit Caz Mockett)
Founder of the Science Hack Day community and the Space Hack
platform, Ariel spoke about hacking for space at OTA12.
‘Father’ of the BBC micro:bit, Howard spoke about it’s journey from the BBC Micro to it’s first
public launch at OTA15.
T I M B E R N E R S - L E E
Inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim spoke at our second ever event at Imperial College (OTA10) about Open
Data, SPARQL and the Open Web.
We consistently achieve female representation amongst both participants and speakers of at least 40%, and are not resting on our laurels. We actively reach out and invite a wide range of people who are typically under-represented at tech events, and in keeping with that have committed to both the Hack Day Code of Conduct and the Diversity Charter. All are welcome!
GOLD £15k PARTY £12k SILVER £10k EVENT £7k MEALS £2k*N.B. Bespoke categories also available £500 ~ £5k
Set the focus of all of that creative energy with a
branded challenge + lounge
Get front and centre on the best attended night -
Lightning Talks with a bang!
Share the glory with solid brand exposure at the heart
of the event
Be our rock - a solid cornerstone of the event, supporting the community
Fuel both the creative energy and social time with fellow
community members
HACK DAY
Set a Branded Hackathon Challenge XMeet developers as a Coach during the hacking & Judge at the Awards
X X X if donating a prize if donating a prize
Shine on stage when you present your Award X X X if donating a prize if donating a prize
PROGRAMME
Workshop slot on the Programme
2 reserved and branded slots
1 reserved and branded slot
1 reserved and branded slot
1 reserved slot
Lightning Talks Introduction of the Talks
AT THE EVENT
Dedicated, branded lounge area / code clinic X Branding on stage during
Talks and onwardsBranding during meals
Distribution of marketing & giveaways to attendees X X X X XIntegration of sponsor product with event feature X X X XGuaranteed event entry Whole Team Whole Team 5 tickets 5 tickets 2 tickets
MARKETING
Pre-event communications Dedicated e-mail Included in main e-mail Included in main e-mail Included in main e-mail Included in main e-mail
Brand exposure on website, banners, posters & promotional materials
