List of hackathons in Australia in 2018

Smart Assets, Infrastructure and Facilities 6 and 7 September 2018 Prizes: $10,000 cash for the overall winner 2 x $1,000 cash for two runners up 1 month of space at Startupbootcamp’s workspace with weekly mentoring sessions Various prizes from our tech partners Challenge: As we live and operate in increasingly complex environments, it is critical that assets, infrastructure and facilities are managed and maintained in a smart and efficient manner. Adding to the complexity is the need to balance financial constraints with growing expectations of tailored end-user experiences, on-demand services, and more sustainable and efficient outcomes. To provide world leading services, Downer and Spotless are looking to engage the complete innovation ecosystem, from our employees, to start-ups, universities and our customers. We are looking for solutions that can help: Collect and process data from assets, infrastructure and facilities Optimise their performance and reliability Increase their lifespan Improve their sustainability Enhance their energy efficiency Reduce their waste Enhance their end-user experience. To help you solve this challenge to the best of your ability, we have partnered with Microsoft, Telstra, Cisco, Schneider Electric and Thinxtra who will be offering you the use of their technologies, platforms and expertise throughout the event. About Downer & Spotless: Watch the video here. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and New Zealand Stock Exchange as Downer EDI Limited (DOW), we are an ASX 100 company that also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited (SPO). Together as Downer Group, we employee approximately 56,000 people across more than 300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and Southern Africa. We exist to create and sustain the modern environment and our promise is to work closely with our customers to help them succeed, using world leading insights and solutions. Downer Group is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand as a leading social infrastructure public private partner with PPPs across healthcare, education, defence and leisure, sports and entertainment. Eligibility: Attendees from all backgrounds, genders, and geographies are welcome. Downer and Spotless employees are welcome to participate. All participants must be over the age of 18.     All participants must be registered via the Downer Spotless Hack the City Eventbrite (hyperlink) by 11.59pm (AEST) Tuesday 4 September 2018.   Judges and Judging Criteria:  To be announced at our Developing your Solution lead up event on 23 August. Register here.  Our Tech Partners: We’re pleased to announce our technology partners for our Hack the City 2018 hackathon. Microsoft, Telstra, Cisco, Schneider Electric and Thinxtra will all be present at the event offering the use of their various platforms, sensors, mentors and more! Timeline: 8 Aug: Lead up Event 1 | Meet your Tech Microsoft, Telstra, Cisco, Schneider Electric and Thinxtra will be showcasing the technology on offer should you wish to use it. Register here. 23 Aug: Lead up Event 2 | Developing your Solution Hear from experts on how to develop a business solution, it's not enough just to create a great piece of tech! Learn how to pitch your idea in a captivating and memorable manner. Register here. 4 Sept: The Launch | Kick-off Night! Your chance to come and talk to our subject matter experts and tech partners in a relaxed and social environment. Ask questions, meet people and begin formulating your ideas. Register here. THIS EVENT 6-7 Sept: The Hackathon Time to create! Hackathon Rules: View our rules here. All intellectual property (IP) rights existing at the time of the hackathon event remain vested in the owning party. Any intellectual property created by the hackathon teams during the hackathon will be owned by the teams, however the teams grant Downer (including Spotless and its related entities) a licence to use the IP and the exclusive right to take steps to commercialise the hackathon ideas for a period of 12 months after the hackathon event ends (7 September 2018). If Downer (including Spotless and its related entities) do not take steps to commercialise the hackathon ideas within this period, the hackathon teams may commercialise the product how they wish. Downer (including Spotless and its related entities) reserve the right to work with the hackathon teams in commercialising the hackathon ideas upon their discretion.

This event is the 3rd of 3 lead-up events in Downer Spotless' Hack the City Hackathon The Kick-Off Night event is your chance to make connections and begin formulating your ideas for the Hackathon. Our subject matter experts and tech partners will be on hand in a relaxed and social environment, availbable to answer any questions you may have. This is your last chance to prepare before the fun begins! About the Downer Spotless Hack the City Hackathon To solve the problem of creating cost-effective yet efficient asset and infrastructure management, Downer and Spotless are looking to engage the complete innovation ecosystem, from our employees, to startups, universities and our customers. Solutions include but are not limited to optimising infrastructure and facility performance and reliability, improving their sustainability, and enhancing their energy efficiency. Prizes for top teams who can come up with the best viable, actionable solutions range from $10,000 cash for the overall winner to a month of use of Startupbootcamp's workspace to various prizes from the tech partners. Timeline: 8 Aug: Lead up Event 1 | Meet your Tech Microsoft, Telstra, Cisco, Schneider Electric and Thinxtra will be showcasing the technology on offer should you wish to use it. Register here. 23 Aug: Lead up Event 2 | Developing your Solution Hear from experts on how to develop a business solution, it's not enough just to create a great piece of tech! Learn how to pitch your idea in a captivating and memorable manner. Register here. THIS EVENT 4 Sept: The Launch | Kick-off Night! Your chance to come and talk to our subject matter experts and tech partners in a relaxed and social environment. Ask questions, meet people and begin formulating your ideas.  6-7 Sept: The Hackathon Time to create! Register here.

What makes a great night out? - Social Innovation Hackathon - 1st September 10-3pm This event calls for young adults, social innovators, impact entrepreneurs, service provides and others interested in improving late-night entertainment culture in Melbourne, St Kilda, or Prahran for 18-24 year olds. What great ideas do you have?  Find out at The Idea Hack. The Vic Health funded "What's your Story" project has been collecting stories from 18-24 year olds revealing the change in late night drinking culture: Building from these stories this Social Innovation Hackathon seeks to invite and explore entrepreneurial ideas and social innovation under the key themes of: Meaningful connection Amazing spaces Building social confidence Inviting young adults, social innovators, impact entrepreneurs, service provides and other interested parties, key outcomes from this event will include: Opportunity to connect with like minded change-preneurs Being guided by Swinburne Business School, The Difference Incubator and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation to develop emerging entrepreneurial ideas and social innovations Pitching to the Vic Health Innovation Panel for further support to develop the ideas into opportunities A delicious FREE lunch!    

What is the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Hackathon?  Well, see if any of the list below appeals to you: learning about the FIRST LEGO League 2018 Robot Game learning about how to use LEGO Mindstorm Robots improving your general teamwork, collaboration and resilience skills. If any of them appeal to you, then take the plunge and get a team together and register for this free event. 10 max to a team (4 to 6 people would be ideal) You will spend the day problem solving, building and programming LEGO Mindstorm robots, learning the rules of the 2018 FLL Robot Game, and trying to get your team in a position to get the highest score at the end of the day. It is intended to be like any FIRST event, full of cooperation, gracious professionalism, fun and hard work. We provide the 2018 FLL Robot Game table and tasks, the LEGO Mindstorm Robots for you to use, the software to program them and endless tea and coffee. You will BYO laptop/s, food, energy and enthusiasm. A $100 Coles/Myer gift card will be awarded to the team with the highest score at the end of the day.  Limited places so get in quick, and please - only register if you ARE going to come - we want to avoid no-shows.  Most likely this will appeal to future FLL Competition referees; coaches/teachers/mentors of an FLL team; teachers who want to learn about how to use LEGO Mindstorm robots; university Engineering/Computing students who want an advantage in teambuilding and agile approaches to work; university Teaching/Education students who want to understand a key bit of STEM tech in schools; or just LEGO Tech fans. This event is NOT open for team members of current FLL teams registered to compete this year (i.e. the kids!).  It is intended to attract uni students who want a teamwork challenge, and/or people who are coaching, refereeing, mentoring or teaching related to FLL. Any questions don't hesitate to contact Tim Keely on 0401103520, or email t.keely@curtin.edu.au

Hello everyone, we're happy to announce our biggest event of the year, the UQCS hackathon, will be on August 31st - September 2nd. If you aren't familiar with how the UQCS hackathon works, it's pretty simple: Form your team Build something cool Present what you have made Win prizes In the past people have built websites, desktop apps, games, hardware, and robots and if you've never been to a hackathon before, don't worry as we'll be running a talk beforehand walking through what to do at your first hackathon. In terms of awards and prizes, here's what's up for grabs! Best Overall - $1000 (Sponsored by Technology One) Awarded to the best overall project in the hackathon. Projects will be judged based on their Complexity, Creativity and Coolness. Best Newcomers - $400Awarded to the best project created by a team consisting of only first/second year students, following the same criteria as best overall. Best Design - $400Awarded to the project with the best design. People’s Choice - $400Awarded to the project which is voted highest by hackathon attendees. The hackathon is free for students, and $30 for others ($20 for early bird). As usual, we will be supplying lunch and dinner during the hackathon too so make sure to mark yourselves down on our eventbrite so we can know how many people to cater for. See you there!

Bioenergy can revolutionise the energy sector. It may be the world's primary source of renewable energy and yet opportunities still abound for bioenergy to generate fuel, heat and power from sustainably-sourced organic matter. Understanding the challenges and possibilities of bioenergy is key to tapping into this huge potential growth.  Join us for a discussion with Queensland's leading experts to discuss the future of this sector. This is the first event in EnergyLab's two-part event series on startup opportunities in BioFutures, leading to a hackathon to generate BioFutures startup ideas. More information and registration for the series below. Startup Opportunities in Waste-to-Energy EnergyLab Bioenergy Hackathon Speakers Heather Bone, Director, Bioenergy Australia & MD, RebusJ Sustainability Ian O'Hara, Biofutures Industry Envoy, Queensland Government Mac Irvine, Associate Director, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Nick Lake (Moderator), Co-Founder & Executive Director, EnergyLab James Tilbury (MC), Co-Founder & Programs Director, EnergyLab Timing 5:30pm: Doors open 6:00pm: Panel discussion on startup opportunities in bioenergy followed by a moderated Q&A with the audience 7:00pm: Continue the discussion over drinks and light snacks 8:00pm: Event concludes 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. Thank you to our partners This event series is run in partnership with Freshwater Group and kindly hosted by The Precinct. Want more? EnergyLab is passionate about clean energy innovation in Queensland. To receive an invitation to future events please sign up to our mailing list.   Volunteers needed! If you're willing and able to assist with any of the following, please email James Tilbury at james@energylab.org.au.  Taking photos (BYO camera) Packing up at 8pm 

Binary Shift is one of Australia’s top conferences focused specifically on regional innovation, technology and startups. Founded in Gippsland in 2017, it’s run by the regions, for the regions. Binary Shift is returning in 2018 as a full-day event to be held at Lardner Park on Monday 27th of August, with a gala dinner to follow. Be inspired by stories of how regional entrepreneurs are founding startups, going global, and using technology and innovation to grow their business. Learn from industry experts about virtual reality, drones and getting PR for your business. Network with tech and startup professionals from around Victoria and beyond! Confirmed speakers include: Rebel Black, founder of THE Rural Woman, who has recently announced THE Seed Scheme, a program that will contribute $17.5M to regional economies by enabling hundreds of rurally-based women-led microenterprises. Marco Ryan, aka Marcomatic - a Gippsland-born multimedia artist and animator whose augmented reality art will be on display at the conference venue. Sarah Moran, co-founder and CEO of Girl Geek Academy who run the world’s largest all-women hackathons, with a mission to teach 1 million women to get into tech and launch their own startups by 2025. Full program and details of more speakers will be announced closer to the conference date.

Robot enthusiasts in and around Brisbane! You're invited to participate in the first Android Pepper Robot Hackathon in Australia! You'll get to develop an innovative robotics app to manipulate the Pepper robot, using the new Android OS for Pepper.

We want to see local entrepreneurs’ ideas and dreams come alive!  So, La Trobe University is partnering with AusIndustry, Moonshot Works and The Hacker Exchange to invite emerging local entrepreneurs to take part in a hackathon. At the completion of the hackathon, you’ll have the chance to pitch your idea to a panel and win a funded trip (valued at $7,500) to Silicon Valley, thanks to The Hacker Exchange. A hackathon is a multi-day event where a group of enthusiastic people come together to rapidly test and iterate their ideas for new products or services.  Don’t worry, our hackathon can be as fluid and free as you like – so you can move in and out over the weekend as suits you and your team. Our aim is to encourage regional entrepreneurs to bring your business ideas to life by workshopping your assumptions about the market, competitive landscape, feasibility and viability. The event is supported by Moonshot Works experts, with onsite expertise from Alan Dee and Grant Downie, who will zoom in.  Plus expert onsite advice from Jeanette Cheah, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of The Hacker Exchange and Miguel Wood, Co-founder & CEO of Euler’s Bridge. This is your chance to find out whether your idea could work and if so – how to make it real!  You can register by yourself or in a team - the choice is yours. We’ll be providing food and refreshments over the weekend, so registrations are essential.

Medical technology and engineering students and professionals in New South Wales! You're invited to participate in the Society of Medical Innovation x MedTech's Got Talent: Health Hackathon. Come with a team, or join one at this 3-day event and develop your own innovative medical idea! You'll be challenged to identify a pressing healthcare problem, build a business model, and pitch your project to an expert panel. Compete for a cash prize and an accelerator slot!