List of hackathons in Newcastle West, Australia in 2018

Calling all change makers! Cities and regions globally are increasingly shifting towards innovation, bringing digitisation and the Internet of Things into all aspects of human and business life. In Newcastle the local innovation ecosystem is leveraging the city’s emerging smart city infrastructure for trialling and developing innovative solutions to address urban challenges that may not be possible to be explored in more complex and highly congested urban environments. The Urban IoT Hackathon recognises these future urban challenges and invites cross-disciplinary teams from IT, Business, Design, Sociology, IoT, Engineering and Environment Science backgrounds to imagine IoT insertions, activations, integrations and solutions which benefit citizens, business, community and Government. Teams will need to focus on one of our #SoNewy Challenge Topics and how it might interact in our NewyDex initiative: 1. Vibrant City: People don’t always know what’s on or where to go to make best use of the city - How can IoT help people assess the mood and pulse of the city to help them make decisions about what to do and where to go? 2. LuminoCity: Parts of the city are poorly lit, considered risky and are therefore underutilised, with a corresponding impact on night time economy and cultural life. How can IoT activations help bring more people into the city at night to help make it safer? 3. Circular City: The amounts of energy and effort that go into production are wasted in a throw away society. How can IoT help the war on waste and improve re-use of resources, or deliver greater efficiencies in their use? 4. Open Challenge: Got an activation in mind that fits in a different box? We've also set up a catch-all category for those who choose a different path, or march to the beat of a different drum. The event is open to teams of three to five individuals. As it is an open Hackathon, anyone can participate whatever their skill level and experience. Participants will be tasked with creating an integrated IoT solution to their chosen challenge, which will consider not only the technology, systems and engineering aspects of their solution but also the potential risk and security issues, and the business benefits. Teams will present their final projects in front of a panel of judges for a chance to win prize money and an opportunity to join a skilled group of residents at Eighteen04 to grow their ideas. More information on criteria, judges and available datasets can be found here and here This hackathon is part of a collaborative startup engagement project between the City of Newcastle and Eighteen04. This project received grant funding from the Australian Government under its Smart Cities and Suburbs program.   ================= You may be photographed or videod while attending this event: please approach the organiser if you have questions, concerns, or do not wish this to happen. The event organisers may add you to a mailing list so they can follow up, and you can receive updates about their activities: this mailing list will have an easy-to-find unsubscribe button. This event is part of Spark Festival and upholds the Spark Code of Conduct.

Join like-minded creative business people, innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs in the healthcare industry to stay informed and connected. A short and sharp series of pitches from entrepreneurs, SMEs and researchers kick off the event followed by informal networking to help you join the dots for future collaboration. Pitches include: Dr Kirsty Pringle, ARC Future Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy [Pharmacy and Experimental Pharmacology], Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle Dr Krishna Feron, Research Academic, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science at the University of Newcastle Cheryl Pollock, Founder of Chez Leon Alyssa White, Co-Founder of CareFlex (warded Best Tech Solution at the recent New Futures Hackathon for Aged Care) ...with more to be announced. Program Partners UON is proud to be able to bring this event to you via the NSW State Government's Boosting Business Innovation Program. University of Newcastle researchers are asked to register their RSVP via Discover: http://bit.ly/jtd-discover  

Help alleviate the world's ageing population crisis New Futures Hackathon for Aged Care 2018 is a health-focused hackathon for people of all backgrounds and experience who share a passion for technology, design, innovation and making the world a better place. Meet new people, be exposed to fresh ideas, learn new skills and build creative, original work. WHY AGED HEALTHCARE? The world’s ageing population will have far-reaching implications for society. Direct challenges for health systems will include changing health profiles, increased demand for health service use, and rising health costs. The challenges are twofold: first, the rapidly growing group of ‘old old’ (85 and over) people who have a range of typical age-related health problems, for example, arthritis, dementia and cancer; and secondly, the younger cohort entering the ‘65 and over’ age bracket with a larger burden of lifestyle-related diseases (for example, type 2 diabetes) than previous generations. Further, social changes among the next generation of older people—such as greater understanding and awareness of health issues and greater expectations of health services—pose additional challenges. These challenges may influence future models of health-care delivery and engagement. Aged care challenges Focus your solution on the following challenges: Promoting good health across the lifespan Enabling healthy ageing Supporting socioeconomic participation Enhancing productivity in health-care delivery PRIZES Best Tech Solution - $3,000 cash and a 3-month residency at Three76 Hub with specialist mentorship, valued at up to $4,620 Runner-Up Tech Solution $2,000 cash Rising Star Award $500 cash REGISTRATION FEESAll ticket proceeds will be donated to the Live Well, Age Well community program for older adults developed by UON’s Priority Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing in partnership with retirement villages and communities. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS: FRIDAY 11 MAY:  Meet at New Space in Room X303 5:30pm - Registration: Check in, grab some food and meet some of the other hackathon participants. 6:15pm - Aged Care and Tech Panel: Learn from local aged care and tech experts as they talk about the challenges within the aged care sector. 6:30pm - Event Info: We’ll go over the event schedule, logistics, datasets and rules. Mentors and domain experts will be introduced. 7pm - Dinner 8pm - Team pitches and formation: Registered without a team? First time to a hackathon? Never fear! This is the opportunity for people with ideas to pitch (2mins) to secure teammates that fill skill gaps. 9pm - Ideation workshop: If your team is sorted but you haven’t settled on an idea to develop, this workshop will help your figure out a focus. 10pm - WTF is DevPost, GitHub and Slack Workshop 11pm - Registration closes: Hackathon teams must register their team name and individual team members via DevPost.   SATURDAY 12 MAY New Space, Room X101 7am Hack commences: Doors open, and the hack commences. 8am Breakfast 1pm Lunch 5pm Hack closes: It’s been 10 hours. All final projects must be submitted to the Hackathon GitHub page. No updates can be made past this time. Then it’s time to prepare your pitch. 6pm Pitches: Teams have 5 minutes to pitch their solution to the judging panel. 7pm Dinner: Time to relax and enjoy a feed after a long day of hacking. 8pm Winners announced: Prizes for the top three teams are announced. 9pm Event close: Get some well-deserved rest knowing you’ve expanded your network and skillset.   JUDGING CRITERIA: Innovation: full improvement to full breakthrough. Solution fit: Is there a real problem? Is your solution really going to solve it? Feasibility How likely is the project to work and be accepted by the market/community? Prototype: What progress has the team achieved during the hack and how functional is the project? Pitch: In the end, everything comes down to how well you can see your ideas. PROGRAM PARTER UON is proud to be able to bring this event to you via the NSW State Government's Boosting Business Innovation Program.