List of hackathons in Australia in 2016

Do you get "bloggers block"? Have trouble creating your content? Come and get your blogging flowing again. Bring your laptop to this Blog-hackathon and -- using your personal blog post recipe -- the organizers will help create and workshop your blog post step-by-step as you write it. At the end of the event, you’ll walk away with a ton of helpful feedback to help you improve your blog writing and a kick-ass blog post you can publish immediately!

Are you a web developer? Come and try out Simpla! There's pizza, and beer, and an awesome new dev tool -- Simpla -- that lets you build dynamic content in plain HTML, without a CMS. V1 was just launched and your feedback is needed! Come along to this mini-hackathon and build a website for a fictional startup in record time. There'll be a prize for the best use of Simpla, and there's only a few tickets available.

Come to an info session for the upcoming Unearthed Newcastle 2016 hackathon. In preparation for the hackathon, you will learn how open innovation is being brought to Hunter Valley's resources industry. You'll learn how Unearthed connects the resources and the mining equipment, technology, and services (METS) sector with top Australian entrepreneurs and innovators. Find out how: Resources companies benefit from opening up their internal challenges, The METS industry can showcase its capabilities, and Outside innovators and entrepreneurs can bring their expertise and ingenuity to the table and start new businesses based on their solutions. Our hackathon tipscan help maximize your event experience!

The Final Frontier Festival 2016 is one of the largest celebration of space in Melbourne, aimed to engage everyone. From curious children to nostalgic adults, from science fiction enthusiasts to tech entrepreneurs and researchers. Together you will launch the next Frontier with a myriad of stellar workshops, talks, exhibitions and events happening over these five days. Come and celebrate the exploration, innovation and education of space and the burgeoning Australian space industry.

AngelHack is coming to Sydney with yet another hackathon to prove that anyone can code! No matter what age, race, gender, experience level, you are or have, you are perfectly able to create game changing applications and technologies that have never been imagined before. Creativity and willpower is the only thing that differentiates you. Mind and skill are what conquer all! Your challenge is simple. Build a technology that will have a positive impact on the world, people, or environment.

Hackathons don't have to be about coders! What about bloggers? If you want to put the fun back into your blog-writing, sign up to attend the first ever Writally Blog-hackathon. Just bring your laptop--you'll be given your own blog post recipe--and Writally mentors will help you create and workshop your blog post step-by-step as you write it. At the end of the event, you’ll walk away with tons of helpful feedback to improve your blog writing, plus you'll have an amazing blog post you can publish immediately!

All techies in New South Wales! If you're ready to create next-generation ideas for Newcastle and the Hunter Region? Participate in the HunterHackFest. The hackathon format is designed to stimulate ideas amongst teams and help you prototype next-generation ideas and business concepts for Newcastle and the Hunter Region!

Entrepreneurs, Tech Leaders! Get your FinTech idea off the ground with support from Bank of Queensland. You don't have to be a programmer. The most important part for this Hackathon is the idea generation, validation and customer development. Anyone is welcome to pitch an idea for new technology-based banking solutions to improve customer benefits and experiences. The solutions may fit into one of the following core problem tracks: (1) Big Data for Small Business: how can small businesses leverage big data; (2) Customer Experience: how can we assure that customer data is accurate, complete, whilst ensuring the best customer experience possible; and (3) Creative Genius: innovative ideas to consumer and business banking customers, streamline internal processes, administrative procedures and risk assessments, or improve productivity for the Bank.

HunterHackFest is calling out all Hunter region Hackers, Hipsters and Hustlers to join a dash of MakerFaire spirit, a pinch of StartupWeekend spice and some heat from the crucible of TheEdwards Bar and Innx.Hub workspace to quicken the digital pulse of the Hunter region and its urban spaces. Your creations will be part of the Hunter Innovation Festival!

Metro North Hospital and Health Service employees are invited to "make health technology work better for us" at the inaugural Hackathon 2016. Application developers and healthcare professionals will collaborate with a view to improving the use of technology in local systems across the hospital and health service. Teams will collaborate in one of four areas: using wireless technology to facilitate access and updating of patient records, mobile technology for fast, reliable distribution of test results, digital photography for sharing and consulting on patient wounds, and a unified view of an inpatient’s activity/story during their hospital stay.