List of hackathons in Australia in 2017

To reach the event space, please use entrance on Parker Street alongside the venue. Artificial intelligence is one of the most untapped areas of expertise among Australian entrepreneurs; while 30% of Australia’s startup supporters focus on the Artificial Intelligence industry, less than 7% of today’s founders are developing ideas in the AI space. Additionally, growing availability of data means there are constantly more opportunities for innovation in how computers respond to data and produce solutions. This month, we will hear from 4 amazing startups within this industry, pitching for $150,000 worth of prizes which includes: Above All Human: 2 x complimentary conference tickets Adventure Capital: 30mins x consultation with the team Amazon Web Services: $5,000 credit to winner and $1,000 credit to each finalist BlueMix: $120,000 credit on IBM BlueMix infrastructure/platform to winner and $12,000 credit to each finalist Coghlan Duffy & Co: 1 hour x free legal advice  Collective Campus: 2 x full time hot desking for 1 month Deskworx: 2 x 2 weeks co-working desk space Digital Affair: 1 x hour consultation on branding, digital and marketing General Assembly: $500 credit for classes & workshops with a 6 month validity Genius Tech Group: 2 hours x product mapping session with the team Inspire9: 2 x full time subscriptions for 1 month Northraine: 10 hours of training and consultation One Ledger: 3-5 x hours consultation on cash flow, budgeting and Xero  Square Peg Capital: 30mins x consultation with the team Prime Accounting: 4hours x consultation for winner and 2hours x consultation for finalists Sportsbet: 1 x hour consultation with data scientist or developer Spotfires: 1/2 day x branding workshop Weploy: 7.5 hour credit staffing assistance  York Butter Factory: 2 x weeks full time subscription  It's still not too late to submit your pitch to us! If you've got what it takes to shake up the Machine Learning/AI space, please submit your pitch deck to us via this form. Photos and video may be taken at the event and may be used for promotional purposes. Your attendance at this event is considered as implied consent for the use of these photographs for these purposes. Pitch Night Judges Salil Ahuja Watson Platform Adoption Leader, Program Director, IBM Watson Salil Ahuja is a subject matter expert on machine learning, cognitive and cloud technologies. He is on a global assignment from IBM US and responsible for adoption and usage of the Watson cloud services in the Australia and New Zealand region. Over the last year, he has been instrumental in several enterprises A.I. transformation journeys and startup & developer community adoption. He is passionate about emerging technologies and building innovative products that transform and create new markets. He was a critical contributor to the successful acquisition of Webify Solutions by IBM in 2006. He is a published author and an active inventor. Elaine van Bergen Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Australia Elaine works with ISV’s and start-ups to enable them to use emerging parts of the Microsoft platform. That includes a wide range of activities from presenting at conferences and events to help drive broad awareness of technical topis , white boarding technical architecture , assisting at hackathons and hands on coding to help overcome difficult technical problems, often all in the same week. She is passionate about grabbing new technology and utilising it to help solve complex business problems in efficient ways. Much of her time at the moment is spent on bots , cognitive services and serverless computing. Prior to joining Microsoft she earned her battle scars working in the IT consulting industry across a range of large and small organisations. Keran McKenzie Futurist in Residence, MYOB Keran has a dynamic background in the technology and business space, with time spent not just cutting code and leading teams but also startup, growing businesses, marketing, advertising and education. This gives Keran a unique ability to take not just a business on a journey of transformation but also the clients, engineers and sales teams. Keran loves when technology and AI gets out of the way and enables true delight for the user. Much of Keran's career has been in the transformation, starting in the mid 90's helping Otago University transition to this new online space and recently driving transformation in Yellow Pages NZ and MYOB Australia from traditional paper/desktop-bound businesses to true digital and cloud providers. Keran’s always been a tinkerer, someone who constantly looks for ways to change things up and do things differently. He loves opening peoples eyes to the power of technology and tools like AI & Machine Learning and his role at MYOB sees him enjoying the best of an enterprise company while spending many of his days immersed in startups, small businesses and future technology. With advisory experience across business efficiency, accounting, connected systems and technology in the workplace Keran shares success stories of technology, tools & processes that transform businesses.  A dad with a young family Keran is amazed at the speed his kids pick up and embrace technology, and as a car nut he can’t wait to buy his first true fully autonomous car (come on Tesal!). Eloise Watson Investment Manager, Rampersand Eloise started at Rampersand in 2015 and is currently the Investment Manager at the fund. With a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Actuarial Studies and Finance; she completed a thesis on using unsupervised learning algorithms to better analyse financial market movements. Eloise previously worked at Goldman Sachs within the Investment Banking division in the Industrial sector on deals including equity raisings, buy-side and sell-side M&A and debt restructuring. Kristen Moore Data Scientist, Telstra Kristen is currently focused on using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to improve the customer experience. Before joining Telstra, she worked for an AgTech startup in New York, using Machine Learning to develop crop yield forecasting models.  Kristen holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany, and has a few years of Postdoctoral research experience – most recently at Stanford University.  Martin Kemka Founder and Analyst, Northraine Over a ten year analytics career Martin has developed a number of predictive solutions across varied industries. He started off working for financial services providers and credit bureaus until he left to work on tech companies including WeTeachMe and northraine. Northraine is a predictive analytics consultancy and a BCorp that has the purpose to ‘recondition the human condition’. Time is split between consulting and research across fields such as food delivery, fintechs, medical abnormality detection, human rights and mental health. Charles Robinson Associate Advisor, Bell Potter Securities As someone who is naturally optimistic, with passions for people and investing, the start-up community is something of a natural fit. With a background in resources and funds management, I have experience in early stage investing across a range of sectors including Agriculture, 3D Printing, Social Media and Finance. My investment philosophy is centred around the belief that people, not products, are the key to a successful business. Official Event Partner: Official Partners Official Event Staffing Supplier:

   Learn Innovation Logic Six easy steps to innovate any product or process -&- access the 'global brain' Join us at QUT in a practical workshop teaching you innovation logic, based on an award-winning method and software, used by innovative companies and universities, led by an international visitor to QUT, Simon Dewulf, CEO of AULIVE.  What You Will Learn   This workshop is packed with practical learning opportunities aimed to improve innovation outcomes: Discover how you can use big data inherent in the ‘global brain’ to think like the best innovators. Learn how to abstract and re-apply innovations past to prompt innovations of the future. Understand who has solved similar problems before, and how you can use that knowledge to create innovative solutions today. Learn a 6-step approach to systematic creativity. Learn how to access inspirational ideas from across many domains through www.moreinspiration.com. Learn data mining techniques to help you search a database of 90 million patents to trigger divergent possibilities across the widest range of fields. www.patentinspiration.com AULIVE Innovation Logic AULIVE's Innovation Logic is a collection of hands-on tools and a systematic method designed to demystify and systematize the space of creativity, innovation and value creation. Based on 20 years R&D development in the innovation domain, the AULIVE method has been distilled into 6 easy steps to innovate products or processes, with the inspiration tools. AULIVE runs programs for leading companies and universities globally, including CSIRO, GE, GSK, Holmen, Kimberly-Clark, Kodak, L'Oréal, PMI, Philips, P&G, SABMiller,  Siemens, SKF , TATA, Toyota, Unilever, and many more.   Who Should Attend? This workshop will provide practical benefits, aimed to improve innovation, for:  Innovation Professionals Startup teams Entrepreneurs & Social Enterprises New Product Development Teams R&D Managers Patent Attorneys Commercialisation Managers IP Lawyers Researchers/Scholars/Educators interested in Technology, Innovation, IP, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence CTOs CEOs & Senior managers  Product Designers Marketers Data scientists  Artificial Intelligence experts (& others with an interest) Small Business Owners Business Consultants Places are limited, so register now. Our International Guest Presenter     Simon Dewulf will take you through his easy 6-step approach to systematic creativity. He is the director and creator of AULIVE, an award-winning online resource for creativity and innovation, including an online database of over 90 million patent documents. Today, over 1500 people are trained in the AULIVE method, which has been used in hundreds of innovation projects over the past 15 years. AULIVE’s method and research tools run in technology driven companies such as L’Oreal, DSM, Shell, SKF, Toyota, GSK, P&G, SIEMENS and universities such as Nottingham, Liberec, Brno and Talca. The AULIVE method and software was awarded the INSEAD Innovator Prize in 2010, and Gartner Cool Vendor 2016.   For more information, visit: www.aulive.com; www.patentinspiration.com - a free online patent search and analysis tool that helps support your innovation process, made by www.aulive.com; and www.innovationlogic.com.au.   Sponsors & Supporters   This event is brought to by QUT foundry,  QUT Business School's "Dynamic Capabilities of Innovation and Change" Research Group and QUT Starters.     QUT foundry exists to inspire and enable students, staff, researchers, graduates and alumni to be founders and social change agents and to help build, grow, and scale startups and social enterprises.  For more information visit the QUT Foundry website.   QUT Business School's "Dynamic Capabilities of Innovation and Change" Research Group helps organisations, industry, managers, teams, and stakeholder networks to be more innovative and build and leverage their capabilities to strategically adapt to change, grow, and prosper. We conduct and apply findings from world-class research to advance and apply knowledge for economic and other positive impacts. QUT Starters is a student run society supporting students from all disciplines who have interest in discovering their inner entrepreneur. We do this through connecting with the local start-up community, industry, running workshops and hosting events. Our doors are welcome to anyone who is interested in entrepreneurship or innovation, regardless where you come from. Visit the QUT Starters website.  Want to participate in a program to learn how to be an entrepreneur? Apply to QUT Starters' Startup Hatch program.     QUT Code Network aims to help produce the best developers on the planet. Collaborate, practice and develop skills in creating quality software, and meet and network with professionals and academics. We host hackathons, industry sponsored events, weekly meetups and workshops! We are also heavy participants in the Brisbane startup scene. Build whatever, as long as it is awesome. Visit the QUT Code Network: Website; Facebook page; Github; and Twitter.  QUT Code Network's flagship event is the famous Code Network Winter Hackathon, held this year August 10-11, at QUT Gardens Point campus. 

Interested in applying technology to solve key legal issues that are faced by community legal centres? HackJustice invites you to attend the project presentations from teams participating in HackJustice2 -- the UNSW Law Hackathon. This law school Hackathon is run by student and addresses how to leverage technology to solve some of the biggest legal issues faced by community legal centres. The goal is to create innovative ways to overcome barriers to justice.

Women techies -- designers, programmers, marketers, and business women -- in and around Melbourne, Australia! Think you have the next great idea and want to get a start-up going? You're in luck! Girl Geek Academy invites you to participate in #SheHacks -- the world's largest all-women hackathon! At this event -- for women aged 18 and over -- you'll get to meet new collaborators and build your MVP (minimum viable product) and your startup together in a weekend.

  Learn to Code & Create Web Applications Beginner & advanced programmers: you're invited to attend the Ruby on Rails InstallFest, a training workshop by reinteractive teaching the popular progamming language Ruby on Rails (aka 'Rails'), in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere at the QUT foundry entrepreneurship hub.   What You'll Gain From Attending By attending this event, you can: learn how to code, with help from industry experts, in Ruby on Rails - a programming language that's both beginner friendly, powerful, and in-demand  get help setting up your laptop so it's ready to develop Ruby on Rails applications meet industry mentors/developers who use Ruby on Rails in business, working with startups to scaled businesses develop a web application using a helpful framework (we can get you building a blog at the event so that by the end of the night it's online and published - then we'll get your published blog personalised, with Javascript, CSS and headers and footers) become familiar with a tool useful for founders/startups doing prototyping, startups & scaleups meet others in the vibrant Ruby on Rails community Freebies including delicious pizza (the good stuff) and drinks & vouchers to various training tools and sites   Workshop Program 4:00PM - 4:10PM: Welcome 4:10PM - 7:10PM: Ruby on Rails Workshop led by experienced trainers 7:10PM - 8:00PM: Network over free (gourmet) pizza and drinks   Who Should Attend Whether you're an absolute beginner new to programming, or you have coding skills and want to learn a useful and popular new language, this workshop will suit you. People who may benefit include: Entrepreneurs Programmers Website / web application designers/developers Marketers Bloggers Anyone wanting a practical introduction to coding   Limited Workshop Spaces - Registration Essential Places are strictly limited, and past events have quickly reached capacity, so we recommend you register now.  Important Note: If you do register, and later cannot make it, please free up your registration at the earliest opportunity so that someone else may attend. Things to Bring & Do (Pre-Event)  Please bring your own laptop (Mac or PC). For Mac Users If you're planning to work from your Mac, please visit the itunes store to download and install Xcode installed before the event. If you have any questions about this, please contact Contact Community Manager Rachelle LeQuesne: community@reinteractive.net.   Sponsors     Reinteractive are Ruby on Rails Developers, Ops, UX & Design experts based in Australia creating custom web, mobile & social apps that return real value for our clients. It's a focus that drives our entire company and we are proud to be Australia’s largest Ruby on Rails focused development shop. einteractive has become a thought leader in the Industry creating free community training initiatives and have introduced hundreds of new developers to the language at the InstallFest. Visit the reinteractive website to learn more.     QUT Foundry exists to inspire and enable students, staff, researchers, graduates and alumni to be founders and social change agents and to help build, grow, and scale startups and social enterprises.  For more information visit the QUT Foundry website.   Other Groups/Events You Might Like If you're interested in coding and/or entrepreneurship, here are some great local groups running excellent events: Rail Girls Brisbane aims to breakdown barriers to technology and make it more accessible for women. Rail Girls is an international community dedicated to introducing women to software development in a safe and inclusive environment.  Our aim is to empower women to take the initial steps to conquer the online world. View details of the upcoming Rails Girls Brisbane event on 21 and 22 July 2017. QUT Starters is a student run society supporting students from all disciplines who have interest in discovering their inner entrepreneur. We do this through connecting with the local start-up community, industry, running workshops and hosting events. Our doors are welcome to anyone who is interested in entrepreneurship or innovation, regardless where you come from. Visit the QUT Starters website.  Want to participate in a program to learn how to be an entrepreneur? Then apply to QUT Starters' Startup Hatch program which launches July 19.    QUT Code Network QUT Code Network aims to help produce the best developers on the planet. Collaborate, practice and develop skills in creating quality software, and meet and network with professionals and academics. We host hackathons, industry sponsored events, weekly meetups and workshops! We are also heavy participants in the Brisbane startup scene. Build whatever, as long as it is awesome. Visit the QUT Code Network: Website; Facebook page; Github; and Twitter.  QUT Code Network's flagship event is the famous Code Network Winter Hackathon, held this year August 10-11, at QUT Gardens Point campus. 

Hi Everyone, We're back on track and we're hosting the next meetup down an old'y but good'y location - the Defiant Duck down at the Gasworks (at the ground floor of the BOQ building). The whole team will be there and there's lots to talk about. Here's some of the new things since last time. • Oracle Cloud now has $300 free credit trial available to sign-up • #OracleCode - a global developer conference is coming to Sydney on July 18 • Oracle is supporting an upcoming hackathon called TADHack on 22-24 September We will also have present David Peake from our PM team visiting Brisbane because of #OracleCode. For our existing Oracle DB customers, it'd be a good chance to meet and chat with David is a great setting. Even if you are not an Oracle DB customer or not even interested in Oracle DB, come along and be part of the growing community - there are plenty of other customers, partners and Oracle people attending. If you want to join the meetup on a more regular basis and get the updates and other events - go to https://www.meetup.com/SeeYouThere-with-Oracle-Brisbane. Thanks, Jason. See You There.

SELL ICE TO AN ESKIMO AND GRASS TO A GARDNER. PERSUASIVE PITCHES. We coach the 2030 ENTERPRISE SKILLS: presentation skills + communication + teamwork + creativity. These are monthly 60 minute improvisation public speaking workouts as a part of the Vibewire Jungle Gym.  What is SOAPBOX CLUB? Think Toastmasters meets NIDA – we’ll have a series of on your feet exercises to challenge your presenting, pitching, debating and negotiating skills through business and life. July's session is all about understanding how to structure and convey ideas easily, pitch delivery and helpful props. Keep an open mind, be prepared to give your energy and please wear comfortable shoes.  Workout spots max. of 12 people.  YOUR SOAPBOX COACHES Susan Shi & Neil Gomez have run a series of these workshops at the Commonwealth Bank across the product development and technology teams. They've spoken at TEDx Sydney, won pitches at Google and AWS Hackathons and more importantly, experts in first aid if you get faint during the workshops - you're in very safe hands ;)

How will industry engage people with the digital skills it requires? The global resources sector faces $1 trillion of impact in the next 10 years from new technologies. Much of this impact will be driven by people with skills in data science, software development, and hardware engineering.  How do you find people with such digital skills? Join us at the official launch event for Digital Tribes in Perth where senior leaders from BHP will explain their approach to using hackathons to build a community of technical innovators and to recruit top talent. You can join us remotely at https://zoom.us/j/389241943  Digital Tribes Launch Schedule 5.00pm - Doors open 5.30pm - Keynote speeches and presentations 6.15pm - Drinks and nibbles 6.15pm - Digital Tribes hackathon begins! Supporters Keynote Speakers Coert Du Plessis, Head of Digital Strategy, BHP Kate Holling, Manager Maintenance, Mobile & Fixed Plant - Eastern Ridge, BHP Sam Thomas, Specialist Hardware Systems, Technology / Strategy & Innovation / Digital Strategy, BHP

The Melbourne Innovation Centre along with the Centre of Applied Innovation invite you to an evening of innovative technology.  Do you have a good idea? An invention? An innovation? Come along to our Innovation Hackathon to hear from global leaders in innovation analysis whether your idea is viable. As you describe your idea to us, we will use M·CAM’s leading industry technology analyses, and analyse your idea in real time!  We warmly welcome everyone (individuals, groups, small businesses, big businesses) to come along and tell us about your ideas. At whatever stage of the ideation process you are in – we will give you the information and analysis to inform your next step. Our systems allow us to go beyond the limits of human imagination and find the most optimised commercial use for any given idea.  What does this actually mean for you? We can optimise your ideas We can optimise your market position We can tell you who the players around the globe are in your innovation space, so you know who you should be thinking about, be it as competitors, collaborators or partners We can find the lateral opportunities you had never considered Come along for an evening of discussion, innovation and networking! Finger food provided.

What is a Smart City? How will Smart Cities change the way we organise our lives? Will they bring about the so-called ‘third industrial revolution’? What is the Internet of Things, and does it have the potential to be a Positive Impact Techonology? What are the opportunities and what are the risks? We explore all this and more in the first of our deep dives into Planet Saving Technology: Smart Cities and the Internet of Things. Speakers and Panellists Frank Zeichner - CEO, IoT Alliance Australia Angela Bee Chan - Schneider Electric / Hackathons Australia Ben Moir - Snepo Fablab / WearableX Monica Richter - Low Carbon Futures, WWF Australia. Andrew Tovey - Total Environment Centre, TULIP/Smart Locale (Panel Host) Food and Drinks Drinks and light refreshments are provided, thanks to our parteners EnergyLab & WWF. Schedule 6:00pm: Doors open 6:30pm: Keynote followed by moderated panel discussion and Q&A with the audience 8pm: Continue the discussion over drinks and light snacks 9pm: Event concludes The evening will begin with a half hour of mingling and networking. At 6:30pm the talks programme will begin with a keynote from Frank Zeichner - CEO, IoT Alliance Australia. You will then be envited to join the speakers in Q&A style panel discussion. The talks and panel runs for aproximatley 1hr. After the panel you are envited to continue the conversation and enjoy some drinks and light refresments thanks to our parteners EnergyLab & WWF.