**Databricks UK: Databricks Innovation Hackathon** Hello and welcome to the first Databricks UK event, hosted by Community Stack and our founding partner [Colibri Digital](https://www.colibridigital.io/). The Databricks Innovation Hackathon is a hands-on build session for Databricks Champions, MVPs, and mid-to senior-level data and platform engineers. Over one evening, teams will build working functionality on the newest Databricks tooling, including Lakeflow Designer, Databricks Apps, Genie and Lakebase, with Colibri Digital's principal engineers on hand as mentors throughout. **Agenda** 16:30 / Arrival, kick-off and team formation (or go solo) 17:00 / Build sprint, with mentors on hand throughout 20:00 / Showcase: five-minute live demos, no slides required 20:30 / Judging, prizes and networking 21:00 / Close **What's provided** A pre-built Databricks sandbox, sample datasets, food and refreshments, and on-hand support from Colibri Digital's principal engineers. Winning teams take home premium LEGO prizes, and strong builders will have the chance to talk with Colibri Digital about contract and permanent opportunities on their Databricks teams. **Who should attend** Databricks Champions, MVPs and certified practitioners, plus strong data or platform engineers from any stack who can pick up Databricks quickly and think in templates. **Venue** To be confirmed. **About the community** Databricks UK is a practitioner-led community for people building and running data platforms on Databricks, run by Community Stack with founding partner Colibri Digital, our Global Headline Data & AI Sponsor. It forms part of the Community Stack ecosystem, bringing together practitioners, leaders and partners across cloud, data, AI and open technology. We are always keen to hear from speakers, hosts, sponsors and community partners. If you would like to get involved in a future event, please reach out to [Ethan Sumner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansumner404/) via LinkedIn. This event

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