Tech City on Sea Digital Futures

Wed 12th July 2017 6pm – 9pm
The Hive, Southend

Join us for another Southend Tech City on Sea at The Hive, Southend and find out about digital futures, including :

Southend Raspberry Jam
BBC Microbit workshops and loan scheme
Pioneers (11-16 year olds) competition to create and share their inventions.
Southend Makerspace
Monthly Code Club and Makerspace at The Old Waterworks

and more….

Future Events

Southend Makerspace
Sat 27th April
The Old Waterworks, Southend
Just being organised
Booking coming soon .

Southend Tech Meetup
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - 6pm - 10pm
The Old Waterworks
Meetup for adults on the first Thursday of the month. Book here.

Southend Invite only event
Thursday 16th May 2019 - 6.30pm
Southend
for Southend Tech regulars who use hypervisors.
See the group here.

Southend Makerspace
Sun 19th May
The Old Waterworks, Southend
Just being organised
Booking coming soon .

Southend Women in Tech Meetup
Thursday 6th June 2019 - 6pm - 10pm
The Old Waterworks
Celebrating local women in tech.
Book here.

Southend Coding Evening
Thursday 4th July 2019 - 6pm - 10pm
The Old Waterworks
Meetup for teachers, STEM Ambassadors, ed tech mentors
Book here.

Southend Tech Meetup
Thursday 1st August 2019 - 6pm - 10pm
The Old Waterworks
Meetup for adults on the first Thursday of the month. Book here.

Southend Tech Meetup
Thursday 5th September 2019 - 6pm - 10pm
The Old Waterworks
Meetup for adults on the first Thursday of the month. Book here.

Southend 3D design, print, VR Meetup
Thursday 3rd October - 6pm
Being organised, contact to be included here.

Latest News

Southend Smart City Raspberry Jam
Sunday 3rd March 2019
Over 200 people attended the Southend Tech Festival
See more here.

Hour of Code: Dance Party
Various dates and locations in local libraries
Coding a dance party
See here.

2 #ChallengeDementia winners
from the Southend Dementia hackathon and Southend Raspberry Jam who each won £5,000
See more here.

Tech Nation Report
Southend has been listed in the report as a "Silicon Suburb" Tech Town.
Details here

Southend #TechCityonSea DL100
Southend has been nominated for cross sector collaboration

Southend Hackathon #ChallengeDementia
Saturday 7th April 2018 5 entries to the Challenge competition
See more here.

Southend Raspberry Jam Tech Fest
150 people celebrated the 6th birthday of the Raspberry Pi with talks, workshops and projects on show.
See details

International Space Station computers
Code written by Southend school children was run on the Raspberry Pi computers in space on 1st feb 2018 sending messages to astronauts including use of temperature sensors.
See details

Microbit library loan scheme
You can now borrow Microbits from Southend and Essex Libraries. Southend Tech ran Microbit workshops.
See details