List of hackathons in Australia in 2017

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. Come to this Info night to learn everything you need to know for the upcoming hackathon.

Join Cas McCullough, founder of Writally, Dave Ryan, founder and CEO of tech-writing company Corilla, and the Legendary Josh Wulf for this one day content hackathon where you can write up to a year's worth of content for your startup, small business, or personal brand. At the beginning of the day, you'll generate a light-weight one-page content strategy. Then you'll use Writally's revolutionary recipes to write your way to fame and fortune, ending the day with up to a year's worth of content in multiple formats - including full-length blog posts and social media micro-content. Featuring a special session from Dave Ryan, and onsite assistance by professional writers, this is your opportunity to take your business, your brand, and your message to the next level! We will be providing lunch on the day so that you can focus on content. Fishburners have an awesome coffee machine and chilled water on tap. Please let us know about any dietary restrictions or allergies that you have by Friday 28 April. Any inquiries, please contact Cas - cas@writally.com or Josh - josh@magikcraft.io 0431929675.

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Sydney, Australia! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Sydney. 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.

Are you interested in startups, growth hacking, marketing, fintech, or data? If you're in the Sydney area, then why don't you plan to sign up to participate in the H2 Growth-Hackathon at Haymarket HQ? Over a long weekend -- from Friday evening, through Saturday and Sunday, you'll collaborate with like-minded professionals to hack for a real-life startup. The event finishes with project presentations and the announcement of prize winners.

Participants, industry professionals, and innovators are invited to the launch of the Shield-X challenge. Hear from the Shield-X team; BHP Billiton, Barrick, Caterpillar and Unearthed about how this unique challenge will impact and change industry approaches to innovation and collaboration. The Shield-X Challenge is a week long hardware hackathon kicking off at this event. Participants are challenged to design and prototype a 'Safe-Stop' wearable PPE device for autonomous mining equipment, with the chance to win over $20,000 in cash and attend a technology workshop with the Shield-X partners to assess their design Participants can submit their prototypes from anywhere around the world with space available for prototyping here in Perth at CORE.

Come see the screening of Seed Movie with other hackathon enthusiasts in Sydney.  Trailer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y19FVK6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_bfQ5yb8M6P4ZS Run time: 1 hour 19 minutes Synopsis: Seed follows three startups’ from around the world as they descend on San Francisco for AngelHack’s Silicon Valley Week. Ethan, Devin, and Pulkit are high school kids from Palo Alto who think they’ve got a new breakthrough technology, and Shaher drives an Uber in New York to fund his company back home in Palestine, where his partner Ahmed keeps the coding going while supporting his family. Bettirose and team Report Taka traveled all the way from Nairobi, Kenya with an app they hope can save lives back home. Dreams will become uncertain and partnerships will be tested. Q and A Panel with last year's AngelHack winning team (Lustr) who also got to experience the journey with the teams in the movie afterwards.  Gold coin donation on entry.  NO food and drink will be provided. Burgers and drink available on sale via Eventbrite only. Drinks available for purchase on the evening. Profit directly goes to maintenance and running of HackAUS community.  Venue generously provided by Aeona.  Partnered with AngelHack. This event is brought to you by Hackathons Australia. Website: www.hackathonsaustralia.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackathonsaustralia/ Twitter: @hackAUS #hackAUS Subscribe to our monthly newsletter for news and upcoming hackathons.

B&T 30 Under 30 Awards 2017 Date: 27th April 2017 Time: 6:30pm – 11pm  Celebrating and recognising our industry’s next generation Presented by principal sponsor NewsMediaWorks, the 30 Under 30 Awards are widely regarded as the leading showcase for the brightest young talent working across marketing communications. With a number of newly introduced broad industry categories, three outstanding individuals will be recognized for their achievements in each of the 10 categories, as well as a Grand Prix Award for the most influential individual overall. Categories Creative Entrepreneur Journalist/Producer Marketing Media Planner/Buyer             PR Project Manager Sales/Account Manager Strategy Tech Towards 2030 Forum Date: 27th April 2017 Time: 8.45am – 4.45pm  The inaugural Towards 2030 Forum, presented by News Corp Australia (TBC), is a natural extension to B&T’s 30 Under 30 Awards. Attendees have the chance to take part in speed mentoring with the top 8 senior leaders from across the marketing, media and advertising industry; as well as participate in a cross-agency, cross-business hackathon, guided by 16 top experts from the industry, with the aim of driving tomorrow’s talent forward in thinking what an ideal agency should look like in 2030. Attendees will benefit from the rich pool of ideas on how agencies and media companies can respond to increasing disruption to take back to their respective agencies and companies. Proposed Agenda 8-8.45am: Arrivals and registration – ivy Ballroom 8.45-8.50am: Welcome remarks 8.50-9.10am: Keynote address 9.15-12.10pm: Speed mentoring - 8 mentors, 20 min each 12.10-12.55pm: Lunch 12.55-4.45pm: Collaborative brainstorming - Create your ideal agency of the future - 8 groups of 20 attendees each, each group lead by 2 table captains

Software developers, data scientists, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and industry insiders! Participate in Unearthed Brisbane 2017, a 54-hour open innovation hackathon that is focused on the resources sector. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to develop prototype technology solutions to resource challenges. You'll have the unique opportunity to work on real industry data as well as data from government partners. Our hackathon advice pageprovides practical advice for Unearthed Brisbane participants!

Attention all software engineering, computer science, mathematics & data science students in Western Australia! The University of Western Australia Young Engineers invites you to participate in the 2017 Visagio Hackathon. You'll be challenged to work in a team to solve a problem related to Global Health.

Software developers, engineers, data scientists, designers, and industry insiders! Prepare yourself for the first Unearthed Shield-X Hardware Hackathon! Participate online, or in-person in Perth, Western Australia. You'll be challenged to design and prototype a personal safety device for use by people working near potentially dangerous autonomous equipment at a mine site. You'll get to use Industrial Design, Ergonomics, Wireless Communications, and IoT. You'll get to learn about this weekend-long hackathon, the challenges you'll face, and the prizes you can win. You'll also network with potential teammates and form your team for the hackathon. Access practical advice on Unearthed Shield-X participation on the expert hackathon tips page!