ZuriHac

March 2010

Zurich, Switzerland

About

The Haskell Hackathon is an international, grassroots collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure.

ZuriHac will be held in March at the Google office in Zurich. It is open to all -- you do not have to be a Haskell guru to attend. All you need is a basic knowledge of Haskell, a willingness to learn, and a project you're excited to help with (or a project of your own to work on).

There will be lots of hacking, some talks, good food, and, of course, fun!

• Mailing list: hackathon@haskell.org

News

• Nov 6: registration is now open!

Registration

If you will be attending, please register. If you like, you can also list yourself as an attendee.

When

March 19-21, 2010, from 2:30-6:30pm Friday, 10am-6pm Saturday, and 10am-6pm Sunday.

Where

We will be in the TechTalk area of the Google office.

Equipment

You should bring a laptop with wireless (802.11). The room has whiteboards and a projector for any discussions or should anyone wish to give a talk.

Travel

Online timetables for travel within Zurich can be found at ZVV. For trains within Switzerland and to neighboring countries go to SBB.

Getting to Zurich

There are direct flight to Zurich airport (code: ZRH) from most major European cities. Switzerland also has excellent and reasonably priced train connections with the rest of Europe.

Accommodations

Please feel free to organize amongst yourselves on the accommodations page. Here are some suggestions that are near the office.

Hostels:

• City Backpacker Hostel: Close to the main station in the Niederdorf. Very central, but the sleeping rooms and the lounge are quite cramped.
• Youth Hostel Zurich: Closer to the google office, but further away from the city center in Wollishofen. More roomy and comfortable than City Backpacker.

Getting to the Google Office

The train and tram stop closest to the Google office is Bahnhof Enge. You can take tram 5, 6, 7, 13, or S-Bahn S2 to get there. It takes about seven minutes by tram from the main train station (Zurich HB) to Bahnhof Enge and another five minutes to walk to the office.

From the Airport

Take S-Bahn S2 directly to Bahnhof Enge and walk from there. Alternatively, take any S-Bahn that goes to the main train station (Zurich HB) and take tram 6, 7, or 13 to Bahnhof Enge.

Preparations

What to bring

• A laptop
• Wireless card if necessary. There will be wireless network access. Ethernet access will probably not be available. If you really need ethernet access, please contact the organizers.
• Mobile phone

Contact

For any questions or emergencies, you can always call Johan Tibell at +41-787-978230, or Christophe Poucet at +41-79-669-1013.

Possible Attendees

Note: this section was just to gauge the level of interest in having a hackathon. To actually register, please visit the registration page.

• Johan Tibell (tibbe)
• Christophe Poucet (poucet)
• Duncan Coutts (dcoutts)
• Ganesh Sittampalam (Heffalump)
• Iustin Pop
• Tom Harper (sioraiocht)
• Simon Meier
• Marc A. Ziegert (coeus)
• Joachim Breitner (nomeata)
• Reinier Lamers (tux_rocker)
• Chris Eidhof (chr1s)
• Ian Lynagh (Igloo)
• Valery V. Vorotyntsev (vvv)
• Eric Kow (kowey)
• Guillaume Hoffmann (gh_: impossible: 5-7)
• Jürgen Nicklisch-Franken (jutaro)
• Eelco Lempsink (eelco)
• Muharem Hrnjadovic (almaisan)
• Andres Löh (kosmikus; impossible: 12-14)
• Clara Löh (smurfpje; impossible: 12-14)
• Mathias Koerner (difficult: 5-7)
• George van den Driessche
• Valentin Wüstholz
• Harald Holtmann
• Lennart Kolmodin (kolmodin)

Organizers

• Johan Tibell (irc: tibbe, e-mail: johan.tibell+zurihac@gmail.com)
• Christophe Poucet (irc: poucet, e-mail: christophe.poucet+zurihac@gmail.com)