List of hackathons in Ultimo, Australia in 2018

EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOP LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS Course Overview Becoming a successful technical leader requires a new set of tools, experiences and skills that compliment your natural talents.  This intense one-day workshop uncovers the common pitfalls in transitioning from engineer to leader and will equip you with the skills and knowledge to build, grow, scale and lead an exceptional engineering team. You will develop: A technical plan for your team to achieve its short, near and long term outcomes. Structures and processes to balance speed versus quality, and lead a productive and motivated team. The ability to bridge between engineering and business dialects, justify and pitch engineering initiatives to achieve win–win outcomes. Knowledge of where to source engineering talent and the ability to employ various forms of recruitment tests to select the right candidates for your project. Career development plans for you and your team, with short, near and long term outcomes. A plan to advance the abilities and culture of your engineering team. This workshop is suitable for: Emerging technical leaders looking to move from being an individual contributor, to leading projects and teams. Technical entrepreneurs looking to build, scale or improve the productivity of their engineering team. Technical product managers who want to improve their ability to collaborate and motivate their engineering colleagues. About the expert: Chris Iona is the Founder of Future Pass, and has spent the past 14 years building, leading and scaling some of Australia’s best startups.  His most recent role was VP of Engineering at Hipages, which saw him grow the team from 5 to 30, transforming the technology stack and tech culture to leverage cloud and modern practices.  This led to a significant increase in service availability, deployments and velocity. Prior to that, Chris was an Engineering Director at Bigcommerce, and in that time helped grow the team through fast and strong growth.  In 2014, Chris was listed on AIM’s 30–under-30 list for excellence in Management.  He regularly presents at CTO Summits and conferences. Syllabus Module 1 — Fundamentals of Growth, Scale and Leadership Discover the power of starting, and ending, with the “why” Understand the 4–stages of growth, and map your organisation’s journey and future Understand how scaling needs change as your organisation moves through each stage of growth Discover how the expectations on you change from your previous, current and future roles Breakdown the myths of “change” and discover how to manage it Discover how to align technical and organisational changes Discover and navigate the competing gravities of growth and operations Harness the power of the “4 P’s” of successful delivery teams Understanding the components of building a strategy How to harness the power of the technology adoption life cycle to make better decisions Module 2 — Building People, Teams and Culture Understand the typical roles in technology, and what is expected of them Breakdown and define typical “tech personalities” and discuss how to get the best out of them Discover when you should go cross functional team or tech functional team Learn to create and articulate a motivational environment for win–win outcomes How to attract and keep the right people at your organisation Define the right technical culture for your organisation Better understand hiring in–house, remote or outsourced Learn how to build and empower your star performers Discover when and how to have tough conversations Learn to better navigate behaviours, hard skills, and soft skills in your team Learn how to take your people and teams along for the journey, as your company grows Discover which tech team structure is right for you today, tomorrow and in the future Module 3 — Scaling your Tech, Product and Process The evolution of the tech stack, from startup to enterprise How to make the “least wrong” technical decisions as you grow Discover the impact fear has on change, and how to combat it Better understand technical debt, and how to gain business buy in to fix it Understand some of the common hurdles in architectural design The pros and cons of microservices, and why it’s important The active role of pechnology in product management Unpacking Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean and MVP to create the right process for your teams How to better align, define and deliver “value” How to create a culture of setting meaningful goals Module 4 — Align, Define and Measure Success Breakdown the 3 types of value and use them to balance your tech roadmaps Learn how to create a common organisational language between technical and Non–Technical people to reduce assumptions and improve expectations Understand “Objectives by Key Results” (OKRs), the organisational methodology used by Google, Intel, Twitter, LinkedIn, Zynga amongst others Discover how to make the most of company, product and tech roadmaps to define and successfully deliver on expectations Discuss the importance of celebrating successes, reviewing failures and creating feedback loops How to use activities like hackathons to “engage everyone” and build a culture of innovation across your organisation Discover a pragmatic approach to the ‘ol adage — time vs quality and cost vs scope Workshop logistics: This workshop is one day and is limited to twelve participants, enabling us to focus on your challenges and objectives. Chris delivers the course in person, weaving in real-life examples from his time at Hipages and Big Commerce. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions by email in the week leading up to the workshop and Chris will personalize the content and exercises to address everyone’s goals. At the end of the course you will walk away with new skills and a clear plan that you will be able to implement immediately. This workshop is held in an awesome boardroom in the Sydney CBD and runs from 9 am– 5.30 pm with short breaks. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea is provided.

‘Innovation’ nowadays is a buzzword that refers to individuals and businesses’ ability to create more effective processes, products, and ideas. According to McKinsey, there are three types of innovation: incremental, adjacent, and disruptive innovation.   So what is the difference between these types of innovation and what are the biggest brands doing to innovate?   At our event, The Forces of Innovation: Innovating in the World’s Biggest Brands, we’ll cover: What is innovation? How are the big brands innovating? What frameworks and methodologies do companies use to innovate? What’s does day-to-day innovation look like in your company or business? Presenters Dan Pankraz Head of Strategy of Leo Burnett Australia & Managing Director of Diner (Leo Burnett's Business Design Consultancy) Dan Pankraz is Head of Strategy at Leo Burnett, the AFR’s 4th most innovative company in 2017 and the Gunn Report’s 9th most awarded creative agency in the world. Dan leads strategy and innovation across a broad portfolio of clients from Samsung, Diageo, Canon, Emirates, Oporto & Red Rooster. Dan has spetd the last 19 years  in Sydney, London and New York at world class creative companies like AKQA London, iris and BBH New York developing award winning ideas and innovations for brands like Nike, Adidas, MINI, Samsung, McDonald’s.  As Managing Director of Diner, Dan works with clients to create new marketing ventures and business models – fusing behavioural design with world class creativity and cultural smarts. Dan also is passionate about inspiring the next generation of problem solvers and creative thinkers and runs Design Thinking Workshops for schools and disadvantaged youth communities across Sydney. Angela Bee Chan Innovation Lead at Schneider Electric Angela Bee Chan is the Innovation Lead at Schneider Electric in the Pacific Zone where she is responsible for fostering a culture of innovation. She  started her career in public relations working in with  food and lifestyle brands such as Max Brennar and Hamilton Island before getting immersed into hackathons. She then worked on accounts such as Intel, EMC, ASUS and Tableau before transitioning into marketing working for a small IT reseller, and then APC by Schneider Electric. Having built her own small businesses, she loves having both the corporate and startup life.  You may know her for also being the Founder and CEO of Hackathons Australia. Christian Lafrance CX Director at Tricky Jigsaw | Sydney JTBD meetup founder Christian leads customer opportunity definition at Tricky Jigsaw, M&C Saatchi’s product & service innovation arm. He bring to projects and workshops insights from 15 years across most parts of the product life cycle with a focus on customer strategy and innovation in digital, media, banking, insurance, retail and consumer electronics. Prior to M&C Saatchi, he held senior customer experience roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation & service design consultancies. He also successfully launched several product innovations to market. He holds a Master of Art in Design (UNSW) and a Master of Science in Innovation Engineering (Mines ParisTech). Christian is passionate about how design thinking brings better business outcomes and founded the Sydney Jobs-To-Be-Done meetup to evangelise effective customer centricity. Get in touch at linkedin.com/in/madeinlafrance or meetup.com/sydney_jtbd

Techies and hackers in New South Wales! If you're interested in distributed applications (dApps), then you're invited to participate in the Holochain Hackathon in Ultimo, NSW! You'll get to learn the basics of a new coding paradigm and learn tools for rapid development of decentralized applications. Then you'll be challenged to design and prototype your own distributed app solution using the next-gen Holochain platform for decentralized power structures.

All techie students -- undergraduate, honours, postgraduate or TAFE -- in and around Sydney! If you're thinking of participating in UNIHACK 2018 - the Sydney hackathon, then you're invited to come to the UNIHACK Sydney Info Night for an evening of teambuilding, networking and talks to prepare you for the Imagination Hackathon.

New South Wales undergrad and postgrad students from STEMM, business, design, international relations, and other areas! If you're interested in the topic of clean water, then you're invited to sign up to participate in the Clean Water Hackathon. You'll be part of a cross-institutional, multidisciplinary team that is challenged to develop an innovative approach that will help deliver clean water to affected agricultural communities in Sri Lanka that are experiencing the Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Cause (CKDu) public health issue.

Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs in Australia! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Sydney Hackathon 2018. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. This year’s theme is Seamless Technology. You're not limited! Build an app that solves a social or environmental problem and positively impacts your local community -- you might win the Code For A Cause Impact Award, or the AngelHack Challenge Award.

Clean energy enthusiasts in and around Sydney! EnergyLab invites you to participate in the Clean Energy Hack. Come as a member of a team, or join one at the event! You'll have 24 hours to come up with an innovative solution that helps to facilitate the uptake of clean energy in Australia. You'll be able to choose to address one of two challenges -- in either case, you can look at households or commercial customers. The challenges are Helping customers make better energy decisions, and How to entice the next wave of solar users -- beyond subsidies and early adopters.

Big data enthusiasts and techies in New South Wales! You're invited to participate in the Big Data Society Hackathon. Come as a team or join one at the event. You'll be presented with your choice of challenges related to the adverse effects -- suicides, bullying, extremist and criminal behaviour -- of young people's interactions with the internet, social media, smart devices (phones, TVs, watches, etc.) and video games.

Data scientists and techies in and around Sydney! Data for Democracy Australia invites you to participate in SESSION IX - GOVHACK, MENTAL HEALTH & MORE! You'll get to collaborate on data-driven projects for the common good at the GovHack open data hackathon. At this stage, you'll be challenged to help identity available data develop strategies to collect it for the hackathon.

SheLovesData: Introduction to Data Analytics workshop is an introduction to the logical thinking behind data analytics and business intelligence. Meet fellow women interested in data and have fun learning! The day provides an overview of data analytics infrastructure and best practices through a hands-on case study. Participants will get to build their own analytics solution based on real-world data. And you're not alone - our data analytics professionals will help you begin your journey.  The course aspires to light a spark of curiosity that could end up leading to a career with endless opportunities, where the sky is the limit. Prerequisites The event is for women only. SheLovesData aims to foster female interest within the data science field. Check out our Hackathons - they're open for everyone! This workshop covers the foundations of data analytics and is designed for beginners in the data field. There are no formal prerequisites to taking this course, but please check the agenda before registering to make sure, that it meets your requirements. No prior knowledge of analytics or programming skills is needed, we'll start with the foundations.   FAQs Is it free? Yes! What is the agenda for the workshop? You can find it here What should I bring to the workshop? You'll need only your laptop and a charger (super important). It's going to be a long day and you need that battery!  Do I need to install any software before the workshop? We'll let you know before hand. It depends on our volunteer lecturers. What if something changed and I'm not able to attend the event anymore? Please let us know if you won't be able to attend our workshop, so we can give your place to somebody else. Contact us and we'll help you. The email you need is elysee@datadriven.sg! How can I contact the organizer with any questions? If you're from Sydney send an email to elysee@datadriven.sg and for all other burning questions email them to hello@datadriven.sg.