{"id":45,"date":"2026-01-01T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:13:15","slug":"acknowledgements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/acknowledgements\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HackaCon wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without time, money, and dedication, so we&#8217;d like to thank the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/data-science-and-artificial-intelligence\/\">DSAIL<\/a> for admin support, prizes, and getting the word out<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crestresearch.ac.uk\/nabs\/\">NABS+<\/a> for prizes and getting the word out<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/social-sciences\/\">The School of Social Sciences<\/a> for admin support and prizes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/security-lancaster\/\">Security Lancaster<\/a>\u00a0and particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/security-lancaster\/research\/emergent-concepts\/series1\/boundaries-of-being\/\">Boundaries of Being<\/a> for getting the word out<\/li>\n<li>And last but not least,\u00a0our amazing team, past and present, including Hope McVean, Lucy Breen, and Anurag Kacherikar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-303\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-1024x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-1536x295.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner-676x130.png 676w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/files\/2026\/06\/hackacon_sponsors_banner.png 2030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HackaCon came out of the broader <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/botornot\">Bot or Not?<\/a> suite, which has itself been supported in many ways, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESRC IAA funding<\/li>\n<li>Interns Amy Dixon and Lydia Cooper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HackaCon wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without time, money, and dedication, so we&#8217;d like to thank the following: DSAIL for admin support, prizes, and getting the word out NABS+ for prizes and getting the word out The School of Social Sciences for admin support and prizes Security Lancaster\u00a0and particularly Boundaries of Being for getting the word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hackacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}