List of hackathons in Australia in 2018

This Honey Hackathon is to address an industry challenge and create new business opportunities in solving them. Western Australian honey is the purest in the world as we have the healthiest bees. This is a result of the combination of quarantining our borders and the honey bees feeding from our vast stretches of endemic flora. The challenge is how can we make international markets recognise the value proposition of our honey? Professor Thierry Volery will lead the Hackathon. Thierry is the Head of the Marketing Discipline in the UWA Business School. The Hackathon weekend will: Start on Friday 18th May 5.30 – 8.30 pm to give you an overview of the WA honey bee industry, honey as a product and present marketing channels. Saturday 19th May 9 am – 5 pm will open with idea and group formation. Tools will be shared to crystallise your business idea. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group. Sunday 20th May at 9 am – 5 pm will be focussed on developing and presenting a pitch to investors. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group.  Between 3 and 5 pm, each group will pitch to a panel and the winning team awarded a prize to assist them with the formation of their new company. The cost of this weekend is $20 for students which includes refreshments through the day, lunches and presentation drinks and canepes. 

This Honey Hackathon is to address industry challenges and create new business opportunities in solving them. Western Australian honey is the purest in the world as we have the healthiest bees. This is a result of our commitment to quarantine and the honey bees feeding from our vast stretches of endemic flora. The challenge is how can we make international markets recognise the value proposition of our honey? Professor Thierry Volery will lead the Hackathon. Thierry is the Head of the Marketing Discipline in the UWA Business School. The Hackathon weekend will: Start on Friday 18th May 5.30 pm – 8.30 pm to give you an overview of the WA honey bee industry, honey as a product and present marketing channels. Saturday 19th May 9 am – 5 pm will open with idea and group formulation and tools will be shared to crystallise your business idea. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group. Sunday 20th May at 9 am – 3 pm will be focussed on developing and presenting a pitch to investors. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group. Between 3 and 5 pm, each group will pitch to a panel and the winning team awarded a prize to assist them with the formation of their new company. The cost of this weekend is $80 per person which includes refreshments, lunch on both days and presentation drinks and canapés.

This Honey Hackathon is to address an industry challenge and create new business opportunities in solving them. Western Australian honey is the purest in the world as we have the healthiest bees. This is a result of the combination of quarantining our borders and the honey bees feeding from our vast stretches of endemic flora. The challenge is how can we make international markets recognise the value proposition of our honey? Professor Thierry Volery will lead the Hackathon. Thierry is the Head of the Marketing Discipline in the UWA Business School. The Hackathon weekend will: Start on Friday 18th May 5.30 – 8.30 pm to give you an overview of the WA honey bee industry, honey as a product and present marketing channels. Saturday 19th May 9 am – 5 pm will open with idea and group formation. Tools will be shared to crystallise your business idea. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group. Sunday 20th May at 9 am – 3 pm will be focussed on developing and presenting a pitch to investors. Experts will be coming in during the day to assist your group.  Between 3 and 5 pm, each group will pitch to a panel and the winning team awarded a prize to assist them with the formation of their new company. The cost of this weekend is $80 per person which includes refreshments through the day, lunches and presentation drinks and canepes. 

Calling all QLD hackers! Opening Ceremony (Fri, 18 May) - 5.30pm for a 6pm start - until 8pm  Spectator tickets available Hacking (Sat, 19 May) - 8.30am - 8pm Only contestants and mentors  Hacking (Sun, 20 May) - 8.30am - 4pm Only contestants and mentors  Closing Ceremony (Sun, 20 May) - 5pm - 9pm Spectator tickets available  The Legal Forecast and the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (DJAG) are joining forces to bring you the first event of its kind: Hackcess to Justice. Hackcess to Justice is the closing event of Law Week, a hackathon where talented tertiary students and early career legal professionals passionate about law and technology will design and ultimately pitch an innovative solution to neighbourhood disputes before a panel of esteemed judges. In the first event of its kind, Hackcess to Justice will bring fresh, innovative minds together to formulate ways to improve and facilitate access to justice in our community. This year’s issue is neighbourhood disputes and how they can be prevented and resolved at an early stage. There will be a myriad of exciting prizes yet to be announced; among them is the opportunity to work with DJAG to develop and deliver the winning concept! Where: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts When: 18-20 May 2018 Who can participate: Tertiary students from all disciplines including law and technology and early-career legal professionals If you are interested in being a roaming mentor, event volunteer or sponsor, get in touch with the Qld team at QLD@thelegalforecast.com.  Intellectual property The ideas, pitches and prototypes generated during the Hackcess to Justice Hackathon will be subject to a Perpetual Licence in favour of the Department of Justice and Attorney General. This means that although intellectual property in anything you create over the weekend remains with your team, by entering the competition you agree to grant DJAG a license to use your ideas and solution. This will ensure that DJAG can implement the best solution in practice, and have the potential to make a real difference to neighbourhood disputes problems that you have identified. We encourage all competitors to read the Terms and Conditions in detail, and speak to TLF or DJAG if you have any questions. The terms and conditions for participating in the event can be found here. 

The creators of the National Future Work Summit have put together a pre-summit panel to highlight the future of work for emerging business! The panel will consist of members from IBM, SALESFORCE, GITHUB, MICROSOFT and HUDSON. Our speakers will discuss their business journeys and how they manage technology, agility, skills and capabilities gaps while experiencing significant growth. Facilitator: Michelle Mannering- Hackathon QueenKnown as the Melbourne's “Hackathon Queen”, Michelle Mannering is at the forefront of the city's startup, science, and tech scenes, running a number of hackathons and helping to drive the city’s entrepreneurial culture. She facilitates a multitude of events around innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, science and the arts, which has given her insights into the professional culture of Melbourne. Not only has she founded several companies, but she is heavily involved in the startup ecosystem. She is currently involved in a new venture, MishManners, running innovation workshops and hackathons. Panellists: Travis Smith - Teacher Engagement Manager at MicrosoftTravis Smith has over 11 years of experience in the classroom and has managed one of the first 1-to-1 technology programs in the country. During his teaching career, he lectured at Monash University in the Education Faculty and has worked as an Assistant Principal. Travis has presented at conferences worldwide on the effective use of technology in the classroom and has co-facilitated events including the Worldwide Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum in Washington DC and Prague for teachers and leaders from over 70 countries. His current role at Microsoft involves managing Microsoft’s education programs, professional learning experiences and providing insights into the role of technology in education.Sam Hunt - Director of APAX at GithubSam Hunt is GitHub’s Director for APAC. Sam leads a talented local team and is responsible for overseeing regional partnerships, community engagement, customer support and sales across the region. Sam joined GitHub in 2015, bringing 18 years of local IT industry experience. He specialises in business efficiency applications with a focus on improved collaboration. Prior to GitHub, Sam worked for organisations such as Progress Software, Alfresco, Intelledox, Hitachi Data Systems and Corporate Express, specialising in business solutions driving efficiency, transparency and cost reduction. Sam is passionate about bringing better technology education to the K-12 community in ANZ and throughout APAC. Ben Smillie - Director of Strategy and Architecture at SalesforceBen Smillie studied Manufacturing Systems Engineering at RMIT and worked as an Electronic Technician on Arcade games and Audio Systems in Melbourne. After several years in the industry, he returned to study computer science and programming. He spent 3 years at Telstra in Information Management and Datawarehousing then moved to Financial Services with GE Capital Australia and New Zealand. After working for 18 years in Banking and Financial services, he joined Salesforce. Ben is currently a Director of Strategy and Architecture at Salesforce in Melbourne, driving enterprise adaption and value from the Salesforce platform and ecosystem.   Leon Gouletsas - Experience Lead for the IBM Cloud GarageLeon is the Experience Lead for the IBM Cloud Garage, a consultancy that teaches developers, designers and architects from organisations into a co-design, co-develop facilitation to build new experiences and services in the cloud. After launching the business in Australia and New Zealand market, Leon with his team at the IBM Cloud Garage has helped countless enterprises and government organisations explore new value streams and rapidly build production-quality applications. Leon has a rich history facilitating tech education programs such as Startup Weekend, Google Developer Group and NEXT to help startups validate, scale and grow. He has led disruptive efforts in industries including transport (goCatch), crowdfunding (Indiegogo) and enterprise cloud (Bluemix).Clea Wallage - Operations Director at HudsonClea Wallage is a Registered Psychologist with over 15 years experience designing, managing and implementing a wide range of Talent Management solutions for large global organisations. As Operations Director for Hudson Talent Management, she is responsible for leading the Talent Management solutions strategy that includes assessment for selection, leadership development and career transition. She leads her team to drive innovation and continuous improvement and is particularly focused on ensuring that all solutions are designed in a way that supports clients to understand and be best prepared for new work practices. Join us at WeWork on May 17th 6:00pm | Networking 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Panel and Discussion 7:30pm - 8:00pm | Networking and Drinks WeWork is the platform for creators. We provide beautiful workspace, an inspiring community, and meaningful business services to tens of thousands of members around the world. From startups and freelancers to small businesses and large corporations, our community is united by a desire for our members to create meaningful work and lead meaningful lives—to be a part of something greater than ourselves. Co-founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in New York City in 2010, WeWork is a privately held company with over 3500 employees.

Macquarie University students! Are you planning to participate in Health-Hack '18? If so, be sure to sign up for the hackathon Information Session. The theme of the hackathon will be "How can we harness modern technologies to improve the fitness & wellbeing of the Australian population?" Attend the info session and you'll learn more about the challenge, gain insight into how the hackathon works, and meet with other participants before the event.

Want to solve a problem that’s bugging Melbourne? Turn up solo or with a team at this mentored hackathon, where you'll unite your loves of design and problem solving. No prior experience is necessary to get involved – kickstart your skills in user experience (UX) design by developing new ways of building community digital literacy – a challenge set by the City of Melbourne. Put your new UX skills into practice, demo a prototype you've designed yourself and present your work to City of Melbourne for a chance to win prizes. [Please note this event is wheelchair accessible] Melbourne Knowledge Week Melbourne Knowledge Week is a week-long festival that melds, art, technology, business and science to explore and co-create our future city. Over 80 events have been designed to inspire curious minds to collide and collaborate to bring future-focused ideas to life. Throw yourself into a week full of innovation and creativity where you’ll hear from international industry leaders, test cutting-edge technology, taste future food and help to solve Melbourne’s future challenges.

Help alleviate the world's ageing population crisis New Futures Hackathon for Aged Care 2018 is a health-focused hackathon for people of all backgrounds and experience who share a passion for technology, design, innovation and making the world a better place. Meet new people, be exposed to fresh ideas, learn new skills and build creative, original work. WHY AGED HEALTHCARE? The world’s ageing population will have far-reaching implications for society. Direct challenges for health systems will include changing health profiles, increased demand for health service use, and rising health costs. The challenges are twofold: first, the rapidly growing group of ‘old old’ (85 and over) people who have a range of typical age-related health problems, for example, arthritis, dementia and cancer; and secondly, the younger cohort entering the ‘65 and over’ age bracket with a larger burden of lifestyle-related diseases (for example, type 2 diabetes) than previous generations. Further, social changes among the next generation of older people—such as greater understanding and awareness of health issues and greater expectations of health services—pose additional challenges. These challenges may influence future models of health-care delivery and engagement. Aged care challenges Focus your solution on the following challenges: Promoting good health across the lifespan Enabling healthy ageing Supporting socioeconomic participation Enhancing productivity in health-care delivery PRIZES Best Tech Solution - $3,000 cash and a 3-month residency at Three76 Hub with specialist mentorship, valued at up to $4,620 Runner-Up Tech Solution $2,000 cash Rising Star Award $500 cash REGISTRATION FEESAll ticket proceeds will be donated to the Live Well, Age Well community program for older adults developed by UON’s Priority Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing in partnership with retirement villages and communities. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS: FRIDAY 11 MAY:  Meet at New Space in Room X303 5:30pm - Registration: Check in, grab some food and meet some of the other hackathon participants. 6:15pm - Aged Care and Tech Panel: Learn from local aged care and tech experts as they talk about the challenges within the aged care sector. 6:30pm - Event Info: We’ll go over the event schedule, logistics, datasets and rules. Mentors and domain experts will be introduced. 7pm - Dinner 8pm - Team pitches and formation: Registered without a team? First time to a hackathon? Never fear! This is the opportunity for people with ideas to pitch (2mins) to secure teammates that fill skill gaps. 9pm - Ideation workshop: If your team is sorted but you haven’t settled on an idea to develop, this workshop will help your figure out a focus. 10pm - WTF is DevPost, GitHub and Slack Workshop 11pm - Registration closes: Hackathon teams must register their team name and individual team members via DevPost.   SATURDAY 12 MAY New Space, Room X101 7am Hack commences: Doors open, and the hack commences. 8am Breakfast 1pm Lunch 5pm Hack closes: It’s been 10 hours. All final projects must be submitted to the Hackathon GitHub page. No updates can be made past this time. Then it’s time to prepare your pitch. 6pm Pitches: Teams have 5 minutes to pitch their solution to the judging panel. 7pm Dinner: Time to relax and enjoy a feed after a long day of hacking. 8pm Winners announced: Prizes for the top three teams are announced. 9pm Event close: Get some well-deserved rest knowing you’ve expanded your network and skillset.   JUDGING CRITERIA: Innovation: full improvement to full breakthrough. Solution fit: Is there a real problem? Is your solution really going to solve it? Feasibility How likely is the project to work and be accepted by the market/community? Prototype: What progress has the team achieved during the hack and how functional is the project? Pitch: In the end, everything comes down to how well you can see your ideas. PROGRAM PARTER UON is proud to be able to bring this event to you via the NSW State Government's Boosting Business Innovation Program.

Marketforce are proud to host Google I/O extended 2018 in Perth! Come down to watch the livestream of Google's biggest announcements for the year along with some other smaller talks and competitive hackathon.

What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is a fast paced problem solving event, typically lasting a couple of days in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative problem solving across disciplines, interests and skills. We will have around 80 students, who, in small teams will tackle a few problem statements provided in advance. The students will work on the idea across the Thursday, and on Friday will pitch the idea to their peers, and industry judges. Who can attend? We are inviting students in years 8-11 from Hedland Senior High School.  When? Thursday 10th May 2018  8:30am - 1:45pm (Students, staff, industry and mentors) Friday 11th May 2018 8:30am - 1:45pm (Students, staff, industry and mentors)                                 12:00am - 1:45pm (Judges, Parents, Caregivers, Community) Where? Youth Involvement Council (bus service provided to/from HSHS)