List of hackathons in Maroochydore, Australia in 2017

This HR Hackathon is a forum for new ideas on how we can supercharge recognition to power cultural outcomes for today’s global business. With the growing trend of disparate workforces, increasing availability of new communication technologies and shifting organisational cultures: how do we harness recognition to make it count? We all know that recognition helps to engage employees at all levels, champion positive behaviours and drives real business outcomes. With the right recognition systems, we can make work a better place for everyone from frontline staff to CEOs and boost performance in the process. In this non-technical HR Hackathon, your team will develop a disruptive workforce recognition solution and go head-to-head with like-minded thought leaders in this space. Whether you are a CEO, HR practitioner, people manager or anyone in between, we are seeking a diverse range of participants who have something to say about talent, culture and technology. Let's get recognition back on our radars with innovative ideas and fresh perspectives, to empower employees across global workplaces.  The Perks: This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to make their mark on workplace recognition and connect with like-minded thought leaders in the people and technology space! The day will also include:*$3500 in cash prizes up for grabs*Full catering + barista coffee all day*Post-event networking session Questions? Check out more info or chat with us here.  Registration info All Hackathon teams will consist of 4 or 5 people.  I have a group of 4 or 5 people already Simply select a group ticket, choose a team name and enter the details of all your team members in the one form. I have a group of 2-3 people Follow the instructions above, and we'll add additional members to your team to make a group of 4 or 5. I am an individual entrant Order an individual ticket and we'll add you to a group.  Frequently Asked Questions Who can enter? If you are great at working in teams, know how to think outside the box and have something to say about talent, culture and technology - then you are welcome to participate! Whether you are a CEO, HR practitioner, marketing professional or anyone in between, we are seeking a diverse range of "Hackers" to be involved. How will teams be formed? Teams can register together in a single registration. Or, if you would like to be placed in a team, simply register yourself only and we will formulate individual entrants into diverse groups. All teams must contain 4 or 5 people. What does it cost? It is 100% free to participate in this hackathon. What do I need to bring? Simply bring along your own laptop or device, and we will provide everything else you need. What resources are provided? Whiteboards, pens and flipcharts will be available for each team. The event will also be fully catered with lunch and snacks on the day. And most importantly, there is a coffee machine! How long is the Hackathon? You will have 7 hours to create your solution (10am - 5pm). The whole event will run from 9am to 7pm including the introduction and post-event celebrations. What's up for grabs? Prizes will be announced via our social media channels leading up to the event so stay tuned for updates.  

Come along to the EyeSyght hackathon to help make history and enable vision-impaired people (VIP) to see and enjoy greater opportunities! The Problem Vision impairment affects more than 285 million people globally and makes it extremely challenging to, amongst other things, interpret complex visual information, including signs, charts, maps, and graphs. This, in turn, creates disadvantage and obstacles to opportunities. QUT engineering student Santiago has lived this experience, being vision impaired his whole life, and has had to overcome challenges along the way to realising his dreams. Whilst he is fortunate to receive support and early access to complex visual information in his engineering studies at QUT, he knows that not all are so lucky. As an entrepreneurial problem solver, he also believes that technology could enable a better solution for vision impaired people to be able to ‘see’ complex visual information - and he wants to bring such a solution to the world as co-founder of EyeSyght.   EyeSyght's Mission EyeSyght's mission is to harness technology to help overcome disadvantage and enable vision impaired people to better see complex visual information, with a focus on ‘touch to see” technology development. They have been working on developing touch to see technology and now hope to harness hackathon people power to manifest their mission, with support from Google, Vision Australia, QUT and other organisations.   EyeSyght Hackathon If you would like to help EyeSyght solve challenges for the world's vision impaired, and have the chance to win prizes, come along to the EyeSyght Hackathon on November 25 2017! A key challenge for participants is to answer "How can we enable vision impaired individuals to feel graphical information such as maps, charts and pictures in real-time?" Hackathon participants will work in teams to develop solutions to this challenge:             • Guided by mentors             • Inspired by technology experts             • Fueled with delicious food and beverages             • AND... there is the chance to win prizes, including $500 cash for the most innovative solution. The EyeSyght Hackathon seeks to bring together a diversity of people to work on solutions. The winning team will receive a $500 cash prize for the most innovative idea, thanks to Bluebox, who are supporting this event. The EyeSyght team will also be looking to connect with a diversity of talent to work with them in the future to help bring their solution to market. So far, attendees include: Passionate problem solvers Students from diverse disciplines : This includes engineering, software, hardware, mechanical,  electrical, mechatronics, design, business, material scientists. Researchers Entrepreneurs Resentatives from Vision Australia and vision impaired people Santiago’s Guide dog, and Buddy Lockie   Event Details The event will be held at QUT on Saturday 25th November from 9am-5pm. We Hope you can join us, and take part on making history. We look forward to seeing you at the event. Please note: There is a Queensland State Election occurring on the same day as our event and we know you'd rather be with us! To make sure you don't miss out please consult the ECQ website (http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/2017-state-general-election) for details on how you can pre-poll. There is a polling station available at the Brisbane City Hall on the day but that is a 20-30 minute walk each way from the QUT location so we strongly advise you pre-poll. This event has been sponsored by:

Entrepreneurs, marketers, developers, designers! The Brisbane Airport Corporation invites you to participate in the 2017 BAC Hackathon. You'll collaborate with a team to design and prototype an innovative solution that will help encourage more arriving and departing passengers to do more duty-free shopping at the airport.

The Internet Freedom Hackathon is a celebration of the life and work of Aaron Swartz. Join us to celebrate Aaron Swartz Day as we further his work and create things that improve privacy for the powerless and transparency for the powerful. We need developers, experience designers, visual designers, quality analysts, business analysts, puzzle solvers, ideas people, managers, and anyone else with an interest in collaborative development, or the causes of privacy, digital rights, transparency, or accountability. We'll form teams – you don't need to be an expert in any field. The event will take place on the weekend of 17th-19th November 2017 at ThoughtWorks' Brisbane office and all meals and drinks will be provided.  Please read our code of conduct before registering. Much more information is available at https://aaronswartzday.hackforprivacy.org. 

The energy sector is being disrupted, and with technological change come new opportunities. Who will be the Facebook, Amazon and Uber of the emerging smart energy sector? If you want the answer to be 'you' then come along to the EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon! New energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and over-the-internet metering and control systems are rapidly becoming cheaper and more ubiquitous. At the same time there have been great advances in adjacent areas such as artificial intelligence, drones and telecommunications. The convergence of all these trends makes new innovations and business models possible. The EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon is designed to bring people interested in energy innovation together to brainstorm, develop and demonstrate new business concepts. We have partnered with Wattwatchers which will provide access to its API for any teams that wish to build their solution off the Wattwatchers energy management platform for homes and commercial buildings. How it works Inspiration: We'll kick off with a couple quick presentations about problems you might consider solving, as well as an explanation of how to make the best use of the Wattwatchers API and data. Team forming: You can register as a team if you want, but if you're missing a team member or registering as an individual then we'll help you find teammates.  Ideation: Once teams are formed the brainstorming begins! Come up with a bunch of ideas and pick the one you want to work on for the rest of the hackathon.   Developing: We'll leave lots of time for you to develop your ideas, build a prototype if possible, and prepare your presentation.  Presenting: Each team will present to a panel of judges, who will pick the winning teams.  Celebrating: Unwind and celebrate what you've achieved in less than 24hrs over a drink and something to eat. Key Information Where: Fishburners, 155 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland  When: 5:30pm Friday 10 November to 8:00pm Saturday 11 November Who: Students, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, hackers, professionals, and anyone else interested in energy startups. You can register as an individual or as a team. Cost: Free and all meals provided! Prizes The winning team will receive a prize package to help them get their idea off the ground.  A free legal consultation with Marque Lawyers to set up a strong foundation for your startup A guaranteed place in EnergyLab's Springboard Program Preferential access to EnergyLab's Acceleration Program Agenda Friday 10th November 5:30pm: Arrive, have something to drink and eat, and start to get to know your fellow participants 6:00pm: Presentations to provide inspiration, resources and information on what the next 24 hours will entail 7:30pm: Dinner, team formation, and team registration 8:30pm: Go home and rest (or work if you really want to) Saturday 11th November 8:00am: Doors open and breakfast served Work in your teams 12:30pm: Lunch served 3:45pm: Submissions due 4:00pm: 5-minute presentation by each team followed by questions from the judges 5:30pm: Presentation on the EnergyLab Acceleration Program while the judges deliberate 5:50pm: Winners announced! 6:00pm: Drinks to celebrate all you've achieved in 24 hours 7:30pm: Doors close Judging panel Philip Livingston, Founder & Managing Director, Redback Technologies Sandra McCullagh, Director, The Impact Suite Stephanie Moroz, CEO, Nano-Nouvelle Fraser Power, Stakeholder & Advocacy Manager, Australia Pacific LNG Frequently asks questions (FAQs) How many people are allowed in a team? Teams must contain 2, 3 or 4 people. Teams with 5 or more people in them must break into two or more smaller teams. Individuals can't compete but we will help you find at least one other person to form a team with (see below). I already have teammates, can I just participate with them? Yes! As long as you have at least one other person on your team (and your team doesn't have more than four people in it). I don't know anyone else attending, how will I form a team?  We have your back! We have built in a number of ways for you to meet other people in the same boat and will help you form a team with people you want to spend Saturday with. Before the event you will be invited to a Facebook Group and Friday night will start off with some casual networking over drinks. During the presentations, everyone will introduce themselves so you know who else is looking for team members. During dinner, the organiser will help match individuals together and make sure no one is left out. If you have any questions or concerns please send an email to james@energylab.org.au. About EnergyLab EnergyLab is Australia’s leading platform for launching new energy businesses. Our integrated approach draws on the community of clean energy entrepreneurs and offers a range of ways to engage and leverage their ideas, technologies and resources. To read more about EnergyLab head to energylab.org.au. Our Sponsors The EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon cannot happen without the generous support of our sponsors. A big thank you to Wattwatchers for sponsoring the event and providing participants with access to their API and datasets. Thank you also to Marque Lawyers for sponsoring a prize and to PythonAnywhere for providing participants with free accounts to use the Wattwatchers API. And last but not least, a big thank you to Fishburners who have provided the space for this hackathon. Fishburners is Australia’s largest community of tech startups and a not for profit organisation. They support over 300 startups in their communities in Brisbane and Sydney and host more than 500 events around Australia. They offer a free one week trial which you can take up here: www.fishburners.org Volunteers needed! If you don't want to participate, but still want to be involved, we'd love some people to help out on the day. If you're interested in volunteering please email James Tilbury at james@energylab.org.au.

Big data architects, developers, and techies in and around Brisbane! CloudTrek invites you to participate in the Big Data, Big Heart Hackathon. You'll team with like-minded big data and automation enthusiasts to use AWS cloud-based technology to create an awesome solution to a given big data challenge for our global village.

Techies in and around Brisbane! Tanda -- a workforce management software company -- invites you to sign up to participate in the Tanda Hackathon - Brisbane 2017. You'll be challenged to use Tanda's upgraded API and their new Webhooks Platform to conceive and develop an innovative app that extends the reach of workforce management! You'll compete for prizes in a number of categories including overall winner, best technical project, and best no-code project.

Are you planning to participate in the Big Data, Big Heart Hackathon? If so, you're invited to come along to the event Ideation evening. Form your team, register and hear directly from the challenge providers - Diabetes Queensland, Epilepsy Queensland, and Life Flight.

The GovHack Red Carpet Awards night is an event where we recognise GovHackers who have been judged as prizewinners in the National and International categories which they entered during the GovHack competition of that year. In addition to presenting the awards, we also aim to increase community and institutional awareness of open data and the hackathon community. Sponsors, dignitaries, and guests from Government are invited to attend, speak and present at the Red Carpet Awards. The GovHack 2017 International Red Carpet Awards night will be held in Brisbane on 14 October 2017.  The Red Carpet Awards night in 2017 is sponsored by the Queensland Government Digital Productivity and Services Division. Doors open 5.30pm

Join us for a two-day workshop for startup community leaders and facilitators to share and learn skills, knowledge and best practice for organising, facilitating, and delivering startup-related events and programs.  From program design and delivery to venue selection, facilitation and presentation styles, through to stakeholder engagement and community building, this 2 day workshop is designed to build skill sets and knowledge for event and program facilitation and delivery. Day 1 - The focus of day one is on event facilitation, including bigger events such as Startup Weekends and Hackathons, through to smaller events such as demo days, panel events, and pitch competitions. Day 2 - Day two is focused on program facilitation and deep level insights into program design, including pre-accelerators, accelerators, and international missions. The workshop will be led by Aaron Birkby CEO, Startup Catalyst and one of Australia's hardest working Startup Weekend and Corporate Hackathon Facilitators and Peta Ellis CEO of River City Labs who has also facilitated multiple events, pre-accelerator programs.  Both are willing to share their tips, tricks and learnings for the benefit of future facilitators. Both are willing to share their tips tricks and learnings with the view of enabling more people to step into facilitation roles as the ecosystem grows and the demand for experienced event and program leaders grows.