Duration Seven days Type Hackathon Website festival.yrs.io | Also known as YRS FoC Organised by Young Rewired State | |
The Festival of Code is a yearly event organized by Young Rewired State to motivate young coders to "build something awesome". The festival has attracted sponsors ranging from the Met Office to Google and SAP.
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Format
The Festival of Code occurs over five days, usually in the last week of July to the first week of August. Between Monday and Thursday, participants take part in the festival through one of 67 local centres across the UK, plus two international centres in Kosovo and Bern. Afterwards, between Friday and Sunday, participants all travel to one location within the UK to present their work from the week. In 2015, the weekend was held in Birmingham's International Convention Centre, whereas in 2014 the event was at Plymouth University.
Participants
In 2009, when the event first started, there were only 50 participants attending a weekend at Google's London offices. Since then, the number has gone up to roughly a thousand young people participating across the country, and at the foreign centres. YRS has also managed to increase takeup of the event by young female coders from 2% at their first event in 2009, to 30% in 2014.