List of hackathons in Liverpool, Australia in 2015

MYHACK @ Fishburners comes to Sydney for the first time in 2015! Do you want to work on important global challenges and develop cutting-edge solutions? This is your chance to showcase your skills and learn new things while meeting a great network of changemakers.  MYHACK is supported by the Australian Government and Google and is the first hackathon with a focus on countering violent extremism (CVE).  Date: 2-4th December 2015 Location: Fishburners Who are we looking for? We're on the lookout for young developers, designers and story-tellers with interests in data analysis, visualisation, product development, design, international relations and technology. Through storytelling and problem solving, teams are tasked with creating prototypes to solve real world problems.  Register before 22nd November 2015!!! If you don’t have a team of four, we can help you find one. The winners will receive: 1.   Initial seed funding of $10,000 to help incubate and implement their idea. 2.   Training opportunities with Google Australia. 3.   Networking opportunities with industry leaders and politicians. What happens over the three days? Day 1 (Half Day) Teams formulate problems and conduct their research to develop their understanding and insights. Each team will get a knowledge expert to help them coordinate and develop these insights into concepts and ideas that will drive the evolution of practical solutions. Day 2 (Full Day) The teams literally Hack a solution which involves testing, iterating and refining prototypes as minimally viable products. Day 3 (Evening) The teams pitch their prototypes to a high-level audience and select judges at a fundraising event. The winning team will win the proceedings to realise their prototype into a fully functional model. Have any questions? Drop us a line at info@myhack.org.au

GE is a company who makes jet engines, locomotives, MRI machines, water treatment and power generation equipment for customers have complex and large-scale industrial operations, and are constantly on the look out for more efficient, reliable and safe operations. If you have a mind for innovation and a passion for technology, then take part in the GE Industrial Hackathon in Sydney to work with industry experts to find real-life solutions for energy optimisation, fuel efficiency, safety, and many more issues of this challenging industry.

TECHFUGEES HACKATHON Saturday/Sunday, 28-29 November TechFugees Australia is the Sydney tech community's response to the current refugee crisis involving a network of concerned individuals and inspired by a similar event in Europe two months ago. The TechFugees Australia Hackathon will bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs and community members to develop creative tech solutions so that refugee families can settle quickly into the Australian community. Hacker Teams will develop tech solutions for refugee settlement challenges articulated by our partners, Settlement Services International (SSI) the largest not-for-profit humanitarian settlement organisation in Australia and STARTTS a not-for-profit providing psychological and counselling support for refugees to help them rebuild their lives in Australia. Refugees who have already settled in Australia will participate in the event to help teams deeply understand problems and challenges faced by new settlers. Leaders from the Tech Community will mentor teams through the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, teams will pitch their solutions to a Judging Panel of Tech and Community Leaders. The event will be held in Liverpool, Western Sydney because this is where most refugees are expected to settle. We will be hosted by the Liverpool City Council and catering will be provided by local ethnic communities.Transport will be organised from Central Station for those who need it.  Come make a difference, have some fun, learn a lot and help to welcome refugees to the Australian community.   HACKATHON PROGRAM DATES Saturday to Sunday 28-29 November, 9 to 6pm both days. Pitches Sunday Afternoon from 4pm VENUE Liverpool Library (Sydney) – Transport will be organised from Central Station for those who need it For questions about the event including media enquiries please email Nicole Williamson at techfugeesaustralia@gmail.com. We are also looking for sponsors to cover provide in-kind support for the event.  

Come to Dan's Educational Hackathon to learn from extremely smart people assisting with the proceedings, incl Sven from Docker, Scott Coulton from Coultonworld, Paul Harris from TrickBooter, and Alan Milligan from Last Bastion Networks.

HackFood is Australia’s first ever hackathon focused on developing innovative digital solutions tailored to our evolving food industry.  It’s a weekend long start-up bootcamp and business building-competition which will bring together Australia’s most passionate and brightest entrepreneurs, foodies, chefs, business minds and developers unified in one goal: to validate unique digital technology solutions created to address some of the biggest challenges faced by the Australian food industry.  Throughout the weekend, teams will work together and be mentored by some of Australia’s most future-thinking digital professionals to go from whiteboard concept to validated digital solution.  They will be judged by a panel of influential industry leaders who themselves play a major part in the direction of the Australian food industry. HackFood will create the environment to support a growing community of food-focused problem-solvers in sprouting new solutions to solve real challenges faced by food producers, distributors, restaurateurs and consumers alike and strengthen this vital industry. For full event details and FAQ's, head to http://www.HackFood.com.au!

Bitcoin and blockchain technology is rapidly evolving every day, creating ever growing possibilities for distributed applications (Dapps). Bitcoin, Ethereum and other distributed ledger technologies are giving us entirely new ways to contract, trade and trust - from decentralised exchanges and proof of ownership registers, to self executing contracts and micro payments between robots and self-driving cars, the opportunities are endless. Do you have an idea for how bitcoin or blockchain technology could be applied in a new way, or spread to new audiences? Come along for a day and build an application that adds value to the financial web. What you build at HackaDapp might just be the seed for a future unicorn. Win prizes, drink caffeine, and create the future with us!   Who should apply? Individual developers or developer teams. Anyone interested in bitcoin or other blockchain technologies.

  THE LARGEST STARTUP & GROWTH CONFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA IS BACK.   Sold out 5 years in row - this year the 2000 person conference sees the teaming up of SydStart and Warrior Forum to create an event that focuses on startups and growth. Speakers include some of the world’s biggest startup success stories including: Ray Chan from 9GAG, Matt Barrie from Freelancer.com, Sean Ellis from Growth Hackers, Cyan Ta’eed from Envato, the world-famous controversial Kim Dot Com! and many more!   Full speaker line-up can be found at www.sydstart.com.   With 2 full days jam-packed with actionable insights from world class speakers, your startup will never be the same. Startup founders and growth marketing will learn the secrets of hyper hockey stick growth and how to build a billion dollar company. The event will also feature a huge expo with top tech companies such as Salesforce, Microsoft, Softlayer, and more, plus a dedicated “Startup Alley” where Australia’s leading emerging tech companies can get exposure. Plus: A 2-day long hackathon with a top prize of $10,000. A pitching competition with a top prize of $120k worth of hosting credits from Softlayer. Masterclasses where attendees will get to participate in in-depth Q&A with leading experts in CRM, conversion optimization, customer acquisition, and more. Get one-on-one time with Australia’s top investors who are looking to make their next investment A drone demo from Goran Stefkovski (Kogan’s CTO) Friday night TechWreck Halloween themed party is included with your 2 day ticket!   This year we are expecting another sell out year with 2,000 attendees. Founders and Entrepreneurs, Individual contributors such as Programmers, Designers, Internet / Growth Marketers & Business Professionals, Small-Medium Businesses, and Investors should attend.   Sold out 5 years in a row. Get your ticket now.         This event is part of     See More Events   

Ever wondered what it would be like to conceptualise, develop and build a launch-worthy startup in less than 72 hours? Not just your run-of-the-mill hackathon, StartupBus is an event of magnanimous expectations. Not only are participants expected to build a startup worthy of investment in less than 3 days, they do so whilst travelling 100km/hr on a standard tour bus travelling along the NSW coast line with little sleep and loads of caffeine. The 2015 cohort of buspreneurs will emerge from three days of intense hacking to deliver a show worthy of hiking out to Stone & Chalk for a pitching battle to determine which startups will get to present their ideas at SydStart and ultimately go on to win a 3 month incubation at StartupHouse in Silicon Valley. Come along and mingle with some of Australia's foremost entrepreneurs, MPs and VIP's at one of this year's hottest startup events. Snack on delicious finger foods & drinks as our newest batch of entrepreneurs brave the crowds to become Australia's next big success stories. See you there! This event is part of See More Events 

The AEM/CQ Hackathon Expo will be open for the entire Sydney AEM/CQ community to attend. However, due to venue limitations there will only be 120 tickets available (tickets are free) and it will be a first in first served basis. Food and Alcohol will be provided for at this event. Please, confirm your ticket as soon as possible. If you can't make it please cancel your ticket on eventbrite as there will be people on a waitlist wanting to come to the EXPO. A summary of all of the hacks will be made available on our hackathon forum before the event. For further information please contact: gerhard@strut.ly

We all want to live in cities where we have good quality of life, pleasant places, colourful street life, supportive and creative local communities, smooth transportation, green corridors where we can enjoy good air-quality, and so on. Well, this is your opportunity to help create such a place! This is an exclusive one-off event where you can get to talk to some of the real influencers, movers and shakers that can make such a vision happen. If you have an idea, a business or just a desire to make Sydney and our other great cities more sustainable, liveable, and basically intelligent you can't afford to miss this. You will get an exclusive opportunity to connect to smart city VIPs — across transport, planning, environment, and government.  Help us join the dots in creating a healthy, living and breathing, clever and connected metropolis! Data61 (previously known as NICTA) is running ‘Speed Dating for Smart City Startups’.  Join other startups, stakeholders and problem owners as we connect to collaboratively explore ways technology can improve our cities. With our big cities set to double in size by 2050 and transport and other infrastructure struggling to cope we are calling for creative minds to help us improve how our cities work.  The event is envisaged as the ‘getting to know you’ phase of a co-innovation process.  The goals are to identify and match opportunity to innovators and plan for a follow up event in early December.  The latter could be in the form of a hackathon. Data61 will invite innovators across the urban design and transport sectors – companies like Arup, Deloitte Digital, plus all levels of government and thought leaders like the Committee for Sydney and Greater Sydney Commission.