On Friday, 22nd October 2021, Sam joined others from the Ipswich & Suffolk tech Network, as well as University of Suffolk students and staff, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Highways and BT Applied Research in a day-long hackathon.
The challenge given to the students was to transform local authority services using innovation, imagination, collaboration and just a little bit of data!
We were there early for a 9am start at the Digitech Centre, excited to see what the day would have in store.
Sam was joined by other ISTN board members: Andy Bristow of Bristow Holland, Abi Turner of All About Users, David Atkins of 3a Designs and David Flint from Mobile and Secure. We were also lucky enough to be joined by Matt Applegate of the Creative Computing Club and Steve Chalkey of Ipswich Makerspace.
What a day! This is exactly the reason we founded the network.
Make sure you visit the ISTN website to read the full story.
Sam parnell and abi turner from all about users