Events

From Code to Care: Challenges, Success Stories, and Future Directions of Open-Source Medical Robotics

📆 2026-06-26 🕐 09:00 – 17:00
📍 The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AR, UK
🗒️ Open-source development is transforming computing and medical robotics by improving access to advanced tools across academia and industry. However, clinical translation introduces challenges such as regulation, risk management, patient privacy, and differing international requirements. The “From Code to Care” workshop brings together researchers, industry experts, and regulators to share experiences through talks, posters, and discussions on open-source medical robotics, including AI, surgical systems, and clinical integration. It explores best practices, global collaboration, and equitable healthcare solutions, especially for low- and middle-income countries. A poster call is open, with travel awards available, and participants are warmly encouraged to submit and join the workshop community.
– Organised by UCL/ARC, Imperial College London, John Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital

nf-core NextFlow hackathon

📆 2026-03-11 – 2026-03-11
🕐 10:00
📍 UCL East
🗒️ nf-core Hackathons are collaborative events held throughout the year, bringing together Nextflow users from both academia and industry. Whether you want to contribute to an existing project, propose a new pipeline, develop new modules, or simply connect with fellow Nextflow users, this event is the perfect opportunity.
– Organised by Eco-Flow

nf-core NextFlow pre-training for hackathon

📆 2026-03-05 🕐 13:00 – 17:00
📍 UCL East - Room 414
🗒️ Training for people with some experience in Nextflow who are interested in contributing to nf-core, in preparation for the nf-core Hackathon the following week.
– Organised by Eco-Flow

Working With Open Source: A roundtable for PhD students and early-career researchers

📆 2026-02-12 🕐 14:00 – 15:30
📍 Room 104 (Elvin Hall), IOE Bedford Way (20)
– Organised by UCL Centre for Digital Humanities

Open source good-first issue hackathon

📆 2025-12-03 🕐 13:30 – 16:30
📍 90 High Holborn, Function Space
– Organised by ARC

Open Software Week

📆 2025-08-11 – 2025-08-11
📍 Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
🗒️ Hands-on training, community-building and hacking around open-source neuroscience software
– Organised by NIU

First contribution to open-source software workshop

📆 2025-07-15 🕐 13:30 – 14:30
📍 Medical Sciences and Anatomy Building, UCL Main Campus
– Organised by ARC

Healing Through Collaboration: Open-Source Software in Surgical, Biomedical, and AI Technologies

📆 2025-06-27 – 2025-06-27
📍 Royal Geographical Society
– Organised by The Hamlyn Symposium / ARC / UCL

Linux Install Party

📆 2025-03-26 🕐 16:00 – 19:00
📍 G11 Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
🗒️ A Linux install party is both, a place for newcomers who want a taste of Linux or help with installations, and a place for Linux enthusiasts who want to experiment with new distros or help the newcomers in choosing their first distro.
– Organised by TechSocial / ARC

Google Summer of Code - What is it? How can I participate?

📆 2025-03-11 🕐 16:00 – 18:00
📍 1st Floor - 90 High Holborn
🗒️ Do you want to know more about Google Summer of Code programme? Come to learn more about it.
– Organised by ARC