Stuart Coggins Technology Advocate and Innovation Practitioner talks about the role and importance of Hackathons, and the benefits they provide for individuals, teams and organisations. Hackathons provide a great vehicle for learning, teaming and validating ideas with high energy and fast outcomes. Stuart talks about Innovation as a skill, that can be developed, helping turn ideas into something you can see and touch, that can then be iterated with creativity and imagination. Stuart highlights, hackathons being a great and safe place for exercising innovation skills and ideas.