Join us for the ENCRYPT Hackathon!
The hackathon is designed to empower researchers, data scientists and industry professionals with the skills to handle sensitive data responsibly.
As the digital landscape evolves, the need to ensure data privacy becomes ever more important for sectors including healthcare, finance, insurance and public policy.
This hackathon will guide you through the essentials of data anonymization, data preparation and the application of cutting-edge Privacy Preserving Technologies (PPTs).
Date: Monday 30th June 2025 – 11:00 – 16:00 Central European Time.
Location: This will be an online event
Agenda of Hackathon
- 11:00 – 11:15 – Welcome, Introduction to ENCRYPT and the Hackathon
- 11:15 – 11:30 – Lecture: Introduction to Privacy, GDPR and Ethical Data Sharing
- 11:30 – 12:00 – Workshop: Techniques for Anonymizing Datasets
- 12:00 – 12:20 – Break
- 12:20 – 12:40 – Workshop: Preprocessing Datasets for ENCRYPT PPTs
- 12:40 – 13:00 – Workshop: A brief introduction to Differential Privacy
- 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
- 14:00 – 14:15 – Presentation of Use Case and Dataset
- 14:15 – 15:00 – Practical Exercise: Preparation of a Sample Dataset
- 15:00 – 15:15 – Practical Exercise: Open discussion on solution
- 15:15 – 15:30 – Demonstration: Using Differential Privacy on Extended Dataset, Python Code, Extended Dataset
- 15:30 – 15:45 – Break
- 15:45 – 16:00 – Presentation of ENCRYPT Privacy Preserving Technologies, Use Cases and Opportunities
- 16:00 – 16:10 – Wrap-Up and Q&A
Discover and Learn
Discover and Learn:
- Foundations of Privacy – Deep dive into privacy principles, GDPR compliance and ethical data-sharing practices.
- Hands-On Anonymization and Data Pre-processing Techniques – Gain practical experience in techniques to anonymise datasets and prepare them for data analytics.
- Using ENCRYPT PPTs – Learn how you can use ENCRYPT Privacy Preserving Technologies to retain privacy standards and data utility for analysis and decision-making.
Why Participate?
The ENCRYPT Hackathon is not just an event, it is a step towards transforming the way we handle and process data in an increasingly privacy-focused world through the use of privacy-preserving technologies.
The hackathon will provide you with:
- Expert Guidance: Learn from leading experts in the field of data privacy.
- Practical Experience: Apply what you learn in real-time using synthetic datasets designed to mimic real-world scenarios.
- Tools and Knowledge: To integrate into your work for privacy preserving data analytics.
How to Attend!
This will be an online event, so all you need is to register at the link below and join us online with your computer!
Join us and take the first step in secure data processing and utilizing privacy-preserving technologies effectively.