Now in our third year, we have a fantastic range of events tackling a broad range of challenges with attendees from many different sectors:

Every Second Counts – this Hack will raise the bar for customers who experience a water supply interruption. We need your help to use data effectively in order to manage interruption events, provide the best possible service to customers during an outage and minimise the disruption it can cause. More details via this link.

Cloudbusting - We’ve got a great cloud, but can we make it rain? Tapping into the capabilities of AI and advanced analytics in the Azure cloud we want to explore how to generate more value out from our existing data.  We will see how can we use the cloud capabilities to gather in more contextual data from media such as video, images and sound.  We will then use these insights to help tackle big challenges like climate change and employee safety. More details via this link.

Absolute Clarity - We monitor the quality of our water throughout each stage of production process, right from source to tap, to make sure our customers receive the very best. Real-time monitoring generates a huge volume of data and we are confident that with your help there is insight to be found to help us improve things even more. Could you work out what the ‘perfect blend’ is for our customers? This hack will combine water science with data analytics to ensure every last glassful is perfect! More details via this link.

As well as cash prizes, an internship within our Intelligence & Analytics team is up for grabs and we will also be looking to turn the best ideas into project reality – fast!

• Funding of up to £25k for ‘projects with potential’!

• Placement/internship up for grabs with NWG’s award winning Intelligence & Analytics team!

• Cash prizes in all three hackathons – Best overall solution (£750); best data insight (£500); best visualisation (£250)!

And as usual we’ll be laying on a whole range of fun and inspirational activities to go with the serious matter of solving some of the industry’s biggest challenges!

Please confirm your attendance by registering for the Innovation Festival 2019 on the following link (https://innovationfestival.org/datahacks), choosing between "Every second counts! - Data Hack with Aiimi", "Cloudbusting - Data Hack with Microsoft", and "Absolute Clarity - Data Hack with NWG".

• Prize judging
  Each Prototype will be evaluated against the following criteria: practicality in application, completion of evidence solution, novelty, data expression and usability.