List of hackathons in Ultimo, Australia in 2016

About Reality Remix is an end of year celebration of the Australian VR AR 360 industry created for VR hobbyists, enthusiasts and industry members, brought together by the new association Realities Australia. End the year in style in this unique one day event with dozens of demos, talks, live VR art, a VR fireside chat with world leading experts and an entertaining burlesque reality show. Speakers confirmed include: Mark Pesce – Futurist, Inventor, Author, Educator and Broadcaster Leila Alem - Human Computer Interface Research Scientist Scott O’Brien – CEO, Humense, Expert Advisor, International Social Media Association (ISMA) Amber Cordeaux – Founder, Women in AR VR Talks & Demos 13.00 - 16.00 Panel talks and demonstrations  from key leaders in the VR industry on topics including: Keynote speech from Mark Pesce, Futurist, Inventor, Author, Educator and Broadcaster Education Medical Property/Infrastructure Women in the realities Sport 360 film Acting VR hackathons Audio Development Sydney based artists to compete in a Tilt Brush competition. Watch their creations made live, and vote on the winner. VIP Party 16:30 - 19:30 Join the top influential people in the AR VR 360 industry. Announcement on the formation of the national association representing AR, MR, VR and 360 immersive media. Fireside VR panel discussion Leave Your Real Life At The Door  Burlesque reality show If you want to catch up with the latest in this rapidly evolving industry, make sure you do not miss this event! In addition to VIP tickets, a few sponsors booths and opportunities for corporate partners are available. Please contact realitiesaustralia@gmail.com for more details. 

Asia Pacific techies! If you're based in Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo or Songdo, then listen up! If you love to develop cool IoT, web, or mobile apps, then sign up to participate in the Cisco Virtual Hackathon Asia-Pacific! This is a 2-month online event, where you'll be challenged to build or integrate Cisco technologies into your app! It doesn't matter what your app does, as long as it is built on Cisco technology!

Are you stirred to action by the refugee crisis? Come and help by participating in the Techfugees Australia Hackathon. This event will focus specifically on hacking the challenges faced by young people (~16 to 24). Come and collaborate with other developers, designers, entrepreneurs and community members to develop creative tech solutions for young refugee settlement challenges. Themes for the Hack will include: »Safety and well-being, »Learning the language, »Community connections, »Recognition for prior qualifications, »Employment, »Identity and belonging, and »Knowledge of support services.

VR and AR hackers! Are you interested in graphics, 3D modelling, film, education, sound design, or game design? Come and participate in Immersive Hack: Sydney—the first Augmented and Virtual Reality Hackathon. Come and learn about VR & AR immersive technologies and get hands-on experience with AR/VR design and development. Come and collaborate to conceptualise or prototype your own AR/VR idea!

Is it fate or is it the randomness of life? What was the chance encounter that changed your life? Each Wednesday at the Vibewire Common Room, our special guest speaker takes us through a serendipitous moment that changed their lives. This week's serendipitous speaker - Rachel Beaney, social media legend. Rachel Beaney is a freelance digital and social media specialist. She’s worked for advertising agencies working with clients including Microsoft, has worked in-house heading up social media at Network Ten and dabbled in the world of startups. Rachel is now freelance, working on clients like NewsCorp, NRMA, The SA Government and many more. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys playing video games, reading (terrible) crime fiction, creating clay animation, attending hackathons and playing with dogs in the park. Serendipity is a storytelling series reflecting an entrepreneurial life and the chance encounters that change our lives for better or for worse. Serendipity happens each Wednesday evening from 6pm at the Vibewire Common Room. All are welcome!

Another installment of the Knack for Hack Series, the goal of H(R)ackathon 2016 is to not only create Human Resources solutions in the form of an app or website, but to bring people together and create a long lasting technological benefit to interactions in the work place. Join the members of Polyglot Group and Coder Factory Academy to build your own HR app and to build an even better network!

Want to use technology to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? Come and participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series in Sydney! Collaborate with like-minded women—and men—in an effort to build creative digital solutions to realize the potential of the female half of our world population! You'll be asked to hack a solution to one of the following challenges: Health: Help women access health resources to ensure that they can have successful careers, regardless of whether or not they choose to have children. Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they; go to, are at, and come home from, work. Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses. Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace. Sydney's winning team will be inducted into AngelHack’s Social Good Accelerator, a 12-week mentorship and acceleration program. For insights on hackathon participation, <go to our expert advice page!

Healthtech hackers, researchers, and health professionals in the Greater Sydney Area! HealthHack Australia invites you to participate in HealthHack 2016 Sydney—a non-profit, volunteer-led initiative focused on creating solutions in the health and medical research fields. Come with a team or show up solo and be prepared for a 48-hour frenzy of coding, building, hacking, and presenting with like-minded individuals! Each team will work together on a challenging health-related problem presented by a non-profit organization, and facilitators will help with questions and problems through the event. Visit the hackathon tips page for the best advice on how to participate at HealthHack 2016 Sydney!

Flux is Australia's first hackathon to explore the future of human behaviour. We'll be exploring the role of people, culture and creativity in designing a better tomorrow and examining questions like; where are human beings going? What can we do to improve or enhance human life and happiness? and how might we hack culture? There will also be some epic prizes including a fully-funded two-week mission to Silicon Valley in November which includes spending time with the likes of Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Airbnb and rubbing shoulders with Aussie tech entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley. Launch party: 6pm Thursday 13th October Hackathon: 14th & 15th Oct 

Project Management professionals! Do you want to be at the cutting edge of project management best practices? Come and participate in the GAPPS project hackathon at the upcoming GAPPS TLF36 Thought Leadership Forum. Share your ideas, energy, and insights to challenge current practice and design project futures. Collaborate with academics and practitioners to share knowledge and work together to build open source tools, that can be shared with the wider project management community.