List of hackathons in Australia in 2016

Attend this information night to get a head start on the June 10, 2016 Bank of Queensland #boqhackathon competition. You'll hear about the structure of the hackathon, the organizers' tips for success, and an explanation of the three competition tracks. 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: Big Data for Small Business; Customer Experience; and Creative Genius.

Attention change makers! Sign up today to be one of an intimate group of Melbourne change makers and budding social entrepreneurs. You'lll be able to pick the expert brain of world-leading social entrepreneur turned angel investor, Shelli Trung. Shelli is now recognised as one of the top 100 angel investors to follow, globally and will share her insider tips and tricks to attracting startup investment.

Come participate in GOVJAM ’16 MELBOURNE -- a 2+ day hackathon, where participants brainstorm ideas, create prototypes, test their ideas with users (citizens), and build new and novel products and services in the pursuit of better, human-centred government interactions and public services.

Software developers, engineers, data scientists, designers, and industry insiders in the resources sector in South Australia! Unearthed Solutions invites you to participate in Unearthed Adelaide 2016. At this weekend-long hackathon, you'll get to collaborate with like-minded resources professionals to develop a prototype solution to a given energy and resources sector challenge. You'll have the chance to work on proprietary industry data, as well as data from government partners. You'll be challenged to solve a meaningful global resources challenge. Come and collaborate and compete for awesome prizes. Winning projects will also be given the opportunity for support for accelerated growth. Our hackathon tipscan help maximize your event experience!

This is a student hackathon hosted by experienced members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mining, Oil and Gas Club to deliver innovative solutions to key ‘real world’ challenges and questions facing the mining and oil and gas industries in Australia and globally. University students from a range of disciplines are all welcome to come, form collaborative teams and work on new ideas and solutions to three industry challenges. Finalist teams will present their ideas for a chance to win cash prizes for each of the three industry challenges presented on the day!

This is a PerthYP and FinTech Perth collaborative event to discuss, together with industry leaders, how FinTech is disrupting traditional financial services; from P2P lending, comparison websites, crowdfunding, robo-advisor wealth managers, to bitcoin and crypto currencies; FinTech could take 20-30% bank revenue in the next 3 years; that's a $25 billion opportunity for startups. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in Q&A then network with their peers and panellists over drinks and canapes.

This hackathon is hosted by QUT for a one day technology symposium which will bring together industry, government, and academia and provide an opportunity for networking and sharing ideas with thought leaders from the mining and oil and gas domains. You will hear from researchers from MIT, QUT, UQ, CRCs and CSIRO about innovation in mining and energy, engage with industry experts through panel discussions, network with like-minded peers and have the opportunity to experience cutting edge technologies including remote operation software and wearable technology.

the IDEATOR is a huge 27 hour hackathon where attendees can tap into the essentials to build a start-up: mentorship, cofounders, training, resources and funding. You will be asked to produce project that match one of the three core tracks: Life Science, Small Business & Social Entrepreneurship or Monash Challenge. Any type of participants regardless of sector or technical knowledge is welcome. There will be coaches and mentors circling. There will be stations to help bring your idea to life, from rapid prototyping to legal, and market intelligence to business model. There will be workshops to help teams understand how to position their idea within the market landscape and refine their pitch. The top three teams from each track will get $500*, 6 months free office space in the GENERATOR’s incubator, INNOVATION ALLEY, automatic entry into Round 2 of the GENERATOR’s PITCH ORIGINATOR competition, and eligibility to apply for an additional $500 follow-on funding within 12 months of the hackathon. Whether you want to spark a new idea or refine an existing one, whether you’re a ‘hacker’ or not – there is a valuable role for you to play!

The Chronic Pain Hackathon is bringing together tech's, UX designers, data scientists, health professionals and people living with chronic pain to design solutions to social isolation, pain and medication management, lifestyle, mental health and other challenges. This event will bring together end users (people living with chronic pain) and hackers to develop a productive prototype for Chronic Pain Australia to give to its members for free. The winning team will either continue working on the application, or hand over the project for further development of the app/website for Chronic Pain Australia members.

The Unearthed MineHack Perth is a 54-hour long open innovation event for software developers, engineers, data scientists, designers, and industry insiders to come together and develop prototype solutions to energy and resources sector challenges. Participants will have a chance to work on proprietary industry data as well as data from our government partners. Cash prizes and real business opportunities are all up for grabs. There will be a range of challenges from global resources companies as well as proprietary data. Our hackathon tipscan help maximize your event experience!