List of hackathons in Albany, New Zealand in 2017

Welcome to impactNPO! We are pleased to announce our 15th event in Auckland at GridAKL, 101 Pakenham Street West, Auckland. To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket from Eventbrite. The weekend starting on Friday 10th November from 6 pm to 8 pm with networking, charity introductions, and team formation. You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November from 9 am to 5 pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities. We will be providing the food and drinks this weekend to keep you well fed and energised! A big thank you to our amazing partner GridAKL who are sponsoring the venue and Github who are sponsoring the food. The details of the 4 amazing charities that will be joining us on the Hackathon weekend will be announced soon. FAQs What do I need to bring? An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on. What's in it for me? First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you're looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working in a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community! Furthermore, all volunteers that have successfully participated and contributed in a team for the entire hackathon will receive a Certificate of Participation for their efforts. Sweet stuff! What can we expect as results for the NPOs? This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO! We have run many successful weekends, and have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice. For a list of some of our accomplishments, and the NPOs that we have helped during the past weekends, have a look on our website: impactnpo.org What about catering options? To help us plan ahead and order food, we would love to know about your dietary requirement so please specify during registration whether you would require normal, vegetarian, or gluten-free option when you register. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at info@impactnpo.org or drop us a message on Facebook (www.facebook.com/impactnpo) or Meetup (www.meetup.com/impactnpo) What if I have a change of plans? Please remember to let us know at least 3 days before the event if you're no longer able to come for the full weekend, as this will allow us to free up the reservation for people on the waiting list. Look forward to seeing you all there :) From the impactNPO organising team

Welcome to impactNPO! We are pleased to announce our 13th event in Auckland at GridAKL, 101 Pakenham Street West, Auckland. To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket from Eventbrite. The weekend starting on Friday 1st September from 6 pm to 8 pm with networking, charity introductions, and team formation. You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September from 9 am to 5 pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities. We will be providing the food and drinks this weekend to keep you well fed and energised! A big thank you to our GridAKL who are sponsoring the venue and Suncorp New Zealand who are sponsoring the food. The 4 amazing charities that will be joining us on the Hackathon weekend are: - She#, She# 's vision is to see gender stereotyping in the technology sector broken down, and to see girls and young women making educated, unbiased decisions about their future career paths. They wish to see industry and academia thrive with balanced gender distribution reflective of societal demographics. She# is seeking help from the ImpactNPO community to further develop and utilise digital means to better engage with their target community. They would like to improve their website and create an online store to purchase She# merchandise. They also wish to create a newsletter template, redesign branding, and setting up a proprietary email system. - Social Enterprise Auckland is a collaborative group of social enterprises and their supporters from the sector, business community and both local and central government. SEA aspire to build momentum and connect social enterprises together, illuminate their stories, and amplify investment opportunities. The team of Social Enterprise Auckland is excited to work alongside our amazing volunteers to build an online platform that will function as the home of social enterprise in New Zealand. - Betterment exist to unite entrepreneurial people and help them grow conscious businesses that respect the follwing creteria: Environmentally Restorative, Socially Responsible, Cruelty Free and Honestly Good. Betterment's vision is to see the world full of conscious compassionate people, impacting life for good. The social start-up is seeking help from our fantastic volunteers to create a new engaging website. - The New Zealand Medical Student Association looks to represent, unite and empower New Zealand medical students to reach their overall goal of improving health of New Zealanders. Due to their limited resources, they are currently struggling to maintain the online solutions and platforms that allow them to reach their community. NZMSA would love the support of the impactNPO community to learn how to use IT solutions to achieve their goals, especially in preparation of their 2018 Conference. FAQs What do I need to bring? An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on. What's in it for me? First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you're looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working in a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community! Furthermore, all volunteers that have successfully participated and contributed in a team for the entire hackathon will receive a Certificate of Participation for their efforts. Sweet stuff! What can we expect as results for the NPOs? This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO! We have run many successful weekends, and have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice. For a list of some of our accomplishments, and the NPOs that we have helped during the past weekends, have a look on our website: impactnpo.org What about catering options? To help us plan ahead and order food, we would love to know about your dietary requirement so please specify during registration whether you would require normal, vegetarian, or gluten-free option when you register. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at nicole[at]impactnpo.org or drop us a message on Facebook (www.facebook.com/impactnpo) or Meetup (www.meetup.com/impactnpo) What if I have a change of plans? Please remember to let us know at least 3 days before the event if you're no longer able to come for the full weekend, as this will allow us to free up the reservation for people on the waiting list. Look forward to seeing you all there :) From the impactNPO organising team

Coders, artists, storytellers, communicators, college students, and other interested citizens in and around Auckland, New Zealand! You're invited to participate in GovHack NZ - Auckland -- a weekend-long hackathon, where you'll be challenged to work with government data to innovate conceive and create innovative new solutions to challenges facing New Zealand society both locally and nationally.

Calling tech developers, students, creatives and ideas people.  The AR/VR/IoT Hackathon for mashing up technology to connect the real world to the virtual world. What's your big idea?  What do you want to experiment with?  What's the challenge you want to solve? Whatever your background, find some new friends here, and discover how to connect up with new tech directions. Push your boundaries of using AR/VR/IoT, and join up with other tech-heads for an outstanding experience.  This is an inclusive event, so bring along your ideas, knowledge and experience.  We're after bright minds with great ideas to make the hackathon an outstanding event, so you don't need to be a technology guru to have fun here. Running over two days on Saturday and Sunday 13-14 May, you can attend for either or both days. Run by John McDermott of the IoT Auckland Meetup.   FAQs  Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Not really.  Over 14 and you'll be expected to bring your own tech and be able to join in and contribute to a team.  If you're 13 or under, you must attend along with an adult who can supervise and assist you.  This is to ensure you get the most from the experience.  Due to the limited places, there are no child discounts. What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event? Parking around GridAKL can be limited.  There is on/off street parking available at Daldy St, but expect this to be full.  The InnerLink Bus service stops nearby. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? Join our Slack channel at iotakl.slack.com - you'll need to join Slack and send an invite request.  

Calling tech developers, students, creatives and ideas people.  The AR/VR/IoT Hackathon for mashing up technology to connect the real world to the virtual world. What's your big idea?  What do you want to experiment with?  What's the challenge you want to solve? Whatever your background, find some new friends here, and discover how to connect up with new tech directions. Push your boundaries of using AR/VR/IoT, and join up with other tech-heads for an outstanding experience.  This is an inclusive event, so bring along your ideas, knowledge and experience.  We're after bright minds with great ideas to make the hackathon an outstanding event, so you don't need to be a technology guru to have fun here. Running over two days on Saturday and Sunday 13-14 May as part of Future Realities, you can attend for either or both days. Future Realities is a leading event in the #Techweek17 programme. Run by John McDermott of the IoT Auckland Meetup.   FAQs  Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Not really.  Over 14 and you'll be expected to bring your own tech and be able to join in and contribute to a team.  If you're 13 or under, you must attend along with an adult who can supervise and assist you.  This is to ensure you get the most from the experience.  Due to the limited places, there are no child discounts. What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event? Parking around GridAKL can be limited.  There is on/off street parking available at Daldy St, but expect this to be full.  The InnerLink Bus service stops nearby. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? Join our Slack channel at iotakl.slack.com - you'll need to join Slack and send an invite request. Future Realities is a leading event in the #Techweek17 programme.   Judges Isuru Fernando IBM’s leader on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in NZ. Globally, Isuru is a recognised thought leader and is in the top 0.1% of IBM’s talent. Isuru graduated from the University of Auckland where he spent most of his time geeking out and pushing the boundaries of theory and practice.  He then went on to co-found a successful start-up, he's a board member of the Association of Information Professionals Australia Chapter, and is part of the Embedded Systems and Robotics research group at the University of Auckland. He's also authored a bunch of journal articles. Oh, and he's obsessed with Data! Giovanni Vigorelli Giovanni Vigorelli has been working as software technical specialist for the last 18 years. Throughout his career he has helped several organizations chosing and adopting technologies to become more efficient and innovative. Experience in Business Process Management and Integration. Open to modern practices like DevOps and Cloud, architectures like Microservices, technologies like Docker and keen to be ahead of the curve. Never stop learning. Prize Best Cognitive Hack Using Bluemix   - a one-year membership of the Global Entrepreneur Programme

Transformative technology is going to change the way we work, live and play. Join leading industry visionaries, entrepreneurs and researchers in IoT and mixed reality. Understand how you and your business can prepare for our future reality. THIS WILL BE THE LEAST BORING TECH CONFERENCE YOU COULD POSSIBLY ATTEND. Auckland speakers include: Thursday 11th May at GRIDAKL - Dr. Mark Billinghurst, Professor of Human Computer Interaction  - Melanie Langlotz, CEO of GEO AR - Tim Rastall, Head of Technology for Smart Cities at NEC - Danu Abeysuriya, CTO Rush Digital  - Sam Ramlu, Managing Director Method  - Jason Fox, CEO Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust  - Ben Knills, CEO Showhow  Friday 12th May at KPMG -  Neal Stephenson, Chief Futurist Magic Leap -  Dan Ayoub, Studio Head of Strategy Games Development for 343 industries -  Sam Witters, CEO, SW & Partners -  Alejandro Davila, VR Producer, CONICAL Interactive Studios More speakers to be annouced shortly The details: Tickets include access to the hands on demonstration areas so you can try out the latest technology and content available. It's going to be fun! Main talks take place at GRIDAKL and KPMG.  Demonstrations at Sofitel next door. One and two day passes available.  We will be releasing tickets to our workshops and hackathon next week if you keen to put your learnings into practice. Tickets include lunch, morning and afternoon tea. Saturday 13th May at SOFITEL Free public morning to experience the demonstrations.

Are you looking for inspiration about how you might commercialise a tech idea?  Are you looking for an opportunity to invest in and partner with people developing forward thinking technology? Do you want to learn more about how you can get work experience in the tech industry? Want to get some help with your tech idea? Well come along to this event to launch the Tupu Tek Pasifika Internships and the PacHack - Pacific Tech Hackathon. You'll also get to Hear from some amazing Pacific entreprenuers and creatives using tech in the creative and Galleries Libraries Archives and Museum (GLAM) sectors- come and see what new opportunities might await you! The Tupu Tek Pasifika Internships are a new initiative created through a partnership between Summer of Tech and the Ministry of Innovation Business and Employment (MBIE). Summer of Tech is the premier IT internship programme for NZ. Tupu Tek is a targeted internship programme that encourages Pacific learners to take up paid work experience within tech skills. PacHack - Pacific Tech Hackathon is also another initiative developed through a partnership between MBIE and Dev Academy. Dev Academy is NZ's premier web development academy. PacHack provides an opportunityfor budding Pacific entreprenuers and business owners to gain acess to DevAcademy's vast experience and knowledge in the tech sector. Successful applicants will be invited to a day long workshop where they can work with a team of experts to develop their ideas further. Come along to the launch to learn how you can apply! Event Details Manukau Institute of TechnologyCorner of Davies Ave and Manukau Station Rd, Auckland, Rooms 110,113,137Free Event

Auckland hackers interested in helping charities! impactNPO invites you to sign up to participate in the impactNPO Charity Hackathon weekend - April 2017. You'll be challenged to give back to the community by conceiving and developing innovative IT solutions that help charities. You'll be able to help charities including: » oneCOOPERATIVE, » CIDANZ, » Enua Mauke, » Enua Atui, and » Vaka Takitumu (Rarotonga).

Auckland hackers interested in helping charities! impactNPO invites you to sign up to participate in the impactNPO Charity Hackathon weekend - February 2017. You'll be challenged to give back to the community by conceiving and developing innovative IT solutions that help charities. You'll be able to help charities including: »Tincan Translations, »Donation Manager, and »Common Knowledge Trust.