First Central Insurance and Technology Group has teamed up with the Digital Greenhouse in Guernsey to run a series of day-long ideathons.
The sessions are part of the Digital Innovator Programme, which is an ongoing partnership between First Central Group and the Digital Greenhouse.
Lucy Kirby, head of digital, Digital Greenhouse said: “Ideathons are a fun, fast and engaging way to learn essential skills like problem solving and conceptual thinking. They’re about teaching young people how to turn that critical or creative thinking into something tangible.”
Each ideathon will have different themes based around ‘How technology can be used to solve local issues and problems? Rather than a traditional hackathon, which sees teams develop code solutions, this type of session takes you through the stages of idea creation, collaboration and then creates mock-ups of your digital concepts.
John Davison, chief information officer at First Central Group said: “These ideathons are part of our ongoing involvement with the Digital Innovator Programme and Digital Greenhouse. The technology and creative sectors are fast becoming local industries to watch and the career opportunities on-island are more exciting and diverse than they have ever been before.
“The programme is designed to help young people apply creative thought practically and to develop the skills required for our evolving digital economy.”
The first Digital Innovators session takes place Saturday 16 March between 10am – 4pm at the Digital Greenhouse and is open to anyone between the ages of 12 – 21. The next two sessions will take place in the summer.
Register for your free space via the Digital Greenhouse event page:
