List of hackathons in Australia in 2017

Entrepreneurs, marketers, developers, designers! The Brisbane Airport Corporation invites you to participate in the 2017 BAC Hackathon. You'll collaborate with a team to design and prototype an innovative solution that will help encourage more arriving and departing passengers to do more duty-free shopping at the airport.

The Internet Freedom Hackathon is a celebration of the life and work of Aaron Swartz. Join us to celebrate Aaron Swartz Day as we further his work and create things that improve privacy for the powerless and transparency for the powerful. We need developers, experience designers, visual designers, quality analysts, business analysts, puzzle solvers, ideas people, managers, and anyone else with an interest in collaborative development, or the causes of privacy, digital rights, transparency, or accountability. We'll form teams – you don't need to be an expert in any field. The event will take place on the weekend of 17th-19th November 2017 at ThoughtWorks' Brisbane office and all meals and drinks will be provided.  Please read our code of conduct before registering. Much more information is available at https://aaronswartzday.hackforprivacy.org. 

Got some writing to do? Hate sitting down to it all alone?  Join my Writing Hackathon for two hours on Thursday. Just bring along your writing project, and work in quiet companionship. There is no charge, but you must book using Eventbrite. This is not a workshop. It is an opportunity set aside time to get your writing work done alongside other quiet and purposeful writers. There's how. We have four 25-minute writing sprints with five minutes debrief between. We are focused and task orientated. I hope you can make it. There’s enough room for eight of us. First in, first served. No latecomers. 

The energy sector is being disrupted, and with technological change come new opportunities. Who will be the Facebook, Amazon and Uber of the emerging smart energy sector? If you want the answer to be 'you' then come along to the EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon! New energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and over-the-internet metering and control systems are rapidly becoming cheaper and more ubiquitous. At the same time there have been great advances in adjacent areas such as artificial intelligence, drones and telecommunications. The convergence of all these trends makes new innovations and business models possible. The EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon is designed to bring people interested in energy innovation together to brainstorm, develop and demonstrate new business concepts. We have partnered with Wattwatchers which will provide access to its API for any teams that wish to build their solution off the Wattwatchers energy management platform for homes and commercial buildings. How it works Inspiration: We'll kick off with a couple quick presentations about problems you might consider solving, as well as an explanation of how to make the best use of the Wattwatchers API and data. Team forming: You can register as a team if you want, but if you're missing a team member or registering as an individual then we'll help you find teammates.  Ideation: Once teams are formed the brainstorming begins! Come up with a bunch of ideas and pick the one you want to work on for the rest of the hackathon.   Developing: We'll leave lots of time for you to develop your ideas, build a prototype if possible, and prepare your presentation.  Presenting: Each team will present to a panel of judges, who will pick the winning teams.  Celebrating: Unwind and celebrate what you've achieved in less than 24hrs over a drink and something to eat. Key Information Where: Fishburners, 155 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland  When: 5:30pm Friday 10 November to 8:00pm Saturday 11 November Who: Students, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, hackers, professionals, and anyone else interested in energy startups. You can register as an individual or as a team. Cost: Free and all meals provided! Prizes The winning team will receive a prize package to help them get their idea off the ground.  A free legal consultation with Marque Lawyers to set up a strong foundation for your startup A guaranteed place in EnergyLab's Springboard Program Preferential access to EnergyLab's Acceleration Program Agenda Friday 10th November 5:30pm: Arrive, have something to drink and eat, and start to get to know your fellow participants 6:00pm: Presentations to provide inspiration, resources and information on what the next 24 hours will entail 7:30pm: Dinner, team formation, and team registration 8:30pm: Go home and rest (or work if you really want to) Saturday 11th November 8:00am: Doors open and breakfast served Work in your teams 12:30pm: Lunch served 3:45pm: Submissions due 4:00pm: 5-minute presentation by each team followed by questions from the judges 5:30pm: Presentation on the EnergyLab Acceleration Program while the judges deliberate 5:50pm: Winners announced! 6:00pm: Drinks to celebrate all you've achieved in 24 hours 7:30pm: Doors close Judging panel Philip Livingston, Founder & Managing Director, Redback Technologies Sandra McCullagh, Director, The Impact Suite Stephanie Moroz, CEO, Nano-Nouvelle Fraser Power, Stakeholder & Advocacy Manager, Australia Pacific LNG Frequently asks questions (FAQs) How many people are allowed in a team? Teams must contain 2, 3 or 4 people. Teams with 5 or more people in them must break into two or more smaller teams. Individuals can't compete but we will help you find at least one other person to form a team with (see below). I already have teammates, can I just participate with them? Yes! As long as you have at least one other person on your team (and your team doesn't have more than four people in it). I don't know anyone else attending, how will I form a team?  We have your back! We have built in a number of ways for you to meet other people in the same boat and will help you form a team with people you want to spend Saturday with. Before the event you will be invited to a Facebook Group and Friday night will start off with some casual networking over drinks. During the presentations, everyone will introduce themselves so you know who else is looking for team members. During dinner, the organiser will help match individuals together and make sure no one is left out. If you have any questions or concerns please send an email to james@energylab.org.au. About EnergyLab EnergyLab is Australia’s leading platform for launching new energy businesses. Our integrated approach draws on the community of clean energy entrepreneurs and offers a range of ways to engage and leverage their ideas, technologies and resources. To read more about EnergyLab head to energylab.org.au. Our Sponsors The EnergyLab Brisbane Hackathon cannot happen without the generous support of our sponsors. A big thank you to Wattwatchers for sponsoring the event and providing participants with access to their API and datasets. Thank you also to Marque Lawyers for sponsoring a prize and to PythonAnywhere for providing participants with free accounts to use the Wattwatchers API. And last but not least, a big thank you to Fishburners who have provided the space for this hackathon. Fishburners is Australia’s largest community of tech startups and a not for profit organisation. They support over 300 startups in their communities in Brisbane and Sydney and host more than 500 events around Australia. They offer a free one week trial which you can take up here: www.fishburners.org Volunteers needed! If you don't want to participate, but still want to be involved, we'd love some people to help out on the day. If you're interested in volunteering please email James Tilbury at james@energylab.org.au.

We're going to break ground on developing a collection of sharable and freely available STEM teaching resources based around the construction and operation of open source Intelligent Watering System. Our goal is to start producing a open, freely available toolkit for the IWS that includes teacher instruction, connections to the Australian Curriculum, assessment and extension opportunities. We want create a shared portfolio of ideas around a wide variety of topics including where the IWS fits into the curriculum, what lesson plans will look like, how assessment will work, how to physically install an IWS in a classroom or school and how to extend students using the IWS. Unlike many other hacking events we don’t intend to sit down and write any code so there’s no requirement for participants to have prior experience in coding or electronics. Instead, we’ve created an event specifically for educators that have a passion for developing ‘practical’ STEM projects for teachers. We've finalized the schedule for the event, you can view it herePlease visit http://iws-hackathon.org for more information.

Open source enthusiasts in Australia -- students, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs! Want to show how much you can contribute to OpenStack? Then come along to Hacking up the Stack! This 3-day event is Australia's first OpenStack Cloud Application Hackathon. Come as a team -- or join one at the event -- and come up with an awesome cloud application using the Open Stack cloud platform!

The Goodstart Hackathon will bring together educators, families, community groups and business to help identify how we support children and families with their early childhood needs both now and into the future. Run simultaneously across the country, we will have live crosses to five capital cities throughout the day. We have some ideas our Goodstart centres have been prototyping and we want other people passionate about children and families to help us develop services that better support families. This opportunity is for you if you are passionate about: •          Outcomes for children and families •          Early learning offers that work now and into the future •          Working with ideas to make them even better •          Learning new ways of working •          Rolling up your sleeves to help build something we can all be proud of This event could not be possible without the support of Microsoft Australia, PwC Australia and the Innovation Unit.

On any given day Macquarie Park is home to over 40,000 students, 60,000 workers, 7,000 visitors and 13,000 residents. Movement both to-and-from and within Macquarie Park presents a major opportunity for the precinct. The Macquarie Incubator will host the MPID Transport Hackathon - to look at solutions which enable mobility and connectivity for Macquarie Park. How can we continue to transform the precinct into a world-leading hub to learn, work and play?

REGISTER >>> mpid.com.au/hackathon On any given day Macquarie Park is home to over 40,000 students, 60,000 workers, 7,000 visitors and 13,000 residents. Movement both to-and-from and within Macquarie Park presents a major opportunity for the precinct. The Macquarie Incubator will host the MPID Transport Hackathon - to look at solutions which enable mobility and connectivity for Macquarie Park. How can we continue to transform the precinct into a world-leading hub to learn, work and play? Awesome lineup of prizes from our partners on offer!

Introducing Plus Eight Health We’re bringing together entrepreneurs, startups, government, researchers and anyone else passionate about healthcare innovation together pouring in a heap of caffeine and free food, to see what new ideas come out the other end.   If you are interested in health innovation, hackathons, or just tech curious, come along to this information evening to find out more about Plus Eight Health and health disruption and innovation. Timeline: The launch event took place on 24th October, bringing together health innovators and the tech curious for an exciting night. You can check out the video here. Plus Eight Health Information Evening at FLUX - 1st November 5.30-8pm Plus Eight Health Hackathon Weekend - 24-26th November Who is speaking? We’ll be joined on the evening by key Health Engine and Fiona Stanley Hospital staff. This event will also be where the problem sets and context of hospital targets areas for innovation will be shared. Providing an overview of the hackathon, accelerator and insights into product development for digital health. What is the format? This event will be a panel discussion with light refreshments provided, and an opportunity for Q&A and networking afterwards. Who can attend? ALL of WA health care staff and ALL of the WA startup community are welcome; Clinicians Nurses Developers Administrator Carers Designers Data Scientists Entrepreneurs Marketers Ect. Founding Partners Sponsors