List of hackathons in Australia in 2017

Melbourne is the headquarter city for the Global GovJam in 2017   What is GOVJAM ’17 MELBOURNE? GOVJAM ’17 MELBOURNE is the Melbourne Chapter of the Global GovJam movement in 2017. This global volunteer movement seeks to bring the problem solving power of Human Centered Design and Service Design to the complexity of government service delivery. What is the Global GovJam Movement? This is a non-profit movement which invites people around the world to host simultaneous events as part of a two and quarter day global Hackathon. Participants, the “jammers,” ideate, make 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. What is a Jam? A jam is a human-centred design-led Hackathon. It uses the musical metaphor of “jamming” together, where a team of individuals who are unrelated come together to make great and new music. In GovJam people are the musicians, their experience and imagination the instruments and the music made is the novel products and services they could not create alone. Jams are about empathy, collaboration and experimentation. They promote co-design and participation. Come and stretch your understanding of what you are capable of creating in 19.5 intensive hours. What will I learn from this experience? Activity based end to end service design experience Jam starts with a prompt, generate problem spaces, generate solution spaces, focus on the user, build insight, generate prototypes, test them and iterate from the feedback. The user is king and their validation is the key to success. Realise the importance of Empathy to design Our Jams stimulate emotional intelligence amongst participants. Participants work in teams to empathise with their user, define the problem statement, ideate to generate possibilities, prototype, test and iterate to get closer to final solution for its users. Practice Lean Startup methods Learn to use Value proposition Canvas and Business Model Canvas etc. on your way to develop a new service or product prototype. "If you don’t believe it is possible to build a new business or service in 19.5 hours of intense activity with a bunch of strangers, come to the Jam and we’ll prove it." Your ticket price includes          All materials required during the Jam          Dinner Tuesday and Thursday          A light breakfast on Wednesday and Thursday !!! Please change into comfortable clothes before arriving on day 1 !!!  For more info : www.govjammelb.org 

Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs in Brisbane, Australia! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Brisbane. 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. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a website satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.

Students in and around Sydney, Australia! You're invited to participate in the Macquarie Data Science Student Challenge 2017. You'll be challenged to harness the power of data analytics, build your skills, meet other top students, and have fun and learn.

Hackers, hipsters, hustlers, and generalists in New South Wales! The Smith Family and Pfizer Australia invite you to participate in The Smith Family Hackathon in West Ryde, NSW. You'll be challenged to showcase your creativity and technical skills to design and prototype solutions that help The Smith Family work more effectively with corporate partners and improve their fundraising activities.

Software developers, data scientists, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and industry insiders in the Western Australian resources sector! You're invited to attend the informtion session prior to the 54-hour Unearthed Perth 2017 hackathon. Come with a team of 3 to 4 members, or join one at the event. You'll be required to design, code and prototype an innovative digital solution to one of the following resources sector challenges: Break into Vehicle Data to Enhance Driver Safety The Well of the Future - Downhole Pressure! Optimise drilling through real-time performance feedback Also, you get ready to participate with smart hackathon advice on the tips page!

Developers, designers, city planners in and around Sydney! Schneider Electric invites you to sign up to participate in the Smart Cities Hackathon in Sydney. You'll get to apply your skills and creativity to help make our cities smarter and better places to live. You'll be challenged to design and prototype solutions that make more efficient infrastructure ecosystems for energy & electricity, transportation, accessibility, health services, food, and water, etc.

Lady developers, designers, marketers! Girl Geek Academy invites you to sign up to participate in the #SheHacksVIC Melbourne Bootcamp. At this all-female hackathon, you will collaborate in a team and be challenged to design, test and validate a solution to your selected problem set. You may even meet someone to co-found your start-up and build an MVP (Minimum Viable Product).

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in and around Melbourne! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Melbourne. 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. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.

Ideas people in the Melbourne area! Have you invented something awesome? Would you like to have it validated by experts in innovation analysis? The Melbourne Innovation Centre invites you to bring your idea to the CAIxMIC Innovation Hackathon. Using the industry-leading technology analysis tool, M·CAM -- a global asset management finance firm -- will analyse your idea in real time.

Hackers in Sydney! Are you interested in the challenges faced by refugees when they are settled in Australia? Techfugees Australia invites you to attend the inaugural Techfugees MeetUp in Sydney hosted and supported by Tripadvisor Australia. You can participate in a Mini Pitch Session, where teams will pitch to a panel of startup founders, investors and mentors.