List of hackathons in Australia in 2018

"Hackathons are not only for programmers or ‘hackers’, they’re an experience which everyone should be going through." - Angela Bee Chan, founder of Hackathons Australia, UTS alumni, and competitor in the 2014 UTS hackathon UTS Programmers' Society and UTS Robotics Society are proud to announce the Code2Learn Stuvac Hackathon, which is sponsored by WiseTech Global, to encourage UTS students in cultivating their interest in Information Technology and Engineering. Design and build a solution within 29 hours for a chance to win cash prizes from a pool of $8,000. You can be an entrepreneur, a software developer, a hardware developer, and/or a UX designer. The solution can range from a web application to an electronic device. Use this opportunity during Stuvac to network with mentors from WiseTech Global, collaborate with fellow UTS students, and build new skills (psst, it'll look really good on your resume). There are two events for the Code2Learn Stuvac Hackathon. 1. Information SessionThursday 19 April 2018From 6:30PM to 9PMBuilding 10, Aerial UTS Function Centre 2. CompetitionSaturday and Sunday 21-22 April 2018From 9AM to 7:30PM the next dayBuilding 11 You will be in a team of 3-6 people, which you can form and finalise at the Information Session that's held on the Thursday before the overnight Competition. There will be food and drinks at the Information Session and at the Competition. The Competition will include caffeinated drinks. A judging panel selected by the Programmers' Society and Robotics Society will judge the Submissions based on criteria that will be provided and communicated at the Information Session. The theme of your solution will also be revealed at the Information Session. Judges will determine an overall winner, second place and third place. 1st Prize: $5,0002nd Prize: $2,0003rd Prize: $1,000 By registering, you accept the 2018 Code2Learn Terms & Conditions. (Amendments to the Eligibility section, where participants of age 17 or older can attend instead of age 18 or older, will be put up and need to be re-signed at the Information Session) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? (Revised on Tuesday, April 17) Participants have to be aged 17 years or older who are legal residents of Australia and current students of UTS, including full-time, part-time, international and/or local students enrolled at UTS and are current members of the Programmers’ Society or Robotics Society. You can join as a member of either society through the Activate UTS website. Please bring your UTS Student ID to show us upon event sign-in. If you are 18 or over and are intending to drink alcohol, also bring along ID such as driver's license or passport so security can check your date of birth. What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? It's best to use public transport to get to UTS Building 10 for the Information Session and UTS Building 11 for the overnight Competition. Please arrange your travel home; it is not advised to drive home after the Competition unless you did not stay overnight and had a good night's sleep. What can I bring to the event? Yourself, your UTS Student ID, your portable devices such as laptop and mobile phone, adapters and chargers. If your team is considering a hardware solution, bring your own platforms such as Arduino and Raspberri Pi. If you're planning to stay overnight, it's advised to bring toiletries and a change of clothes. Details on the location of nearby showers on campus will be added as soon as they're confirmed. Do I have to stay overnight? No, you can go home to sleep in your own bed and return to the Competition the next day. However, it's advised you work with your team on your unavailabilities. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? Send an email to media@progsoc.org with the subject line that starts with 'Code2Learn' or 'Hackathon'.  What's the refund policy? Registration for the 2018 Code2Learn Stuvac Hackathon is free. However, you have to be a current member of either the UTS Programmers' Society or UTS Robotics Society, yearly membership fee for students to either society is $5. The amount of food and drinks at the Code2Learn Stuvac Hackathon will definitely cover your membership fee. You can cancel your registration but please do so as quickly as possible. Having accurate attendance details is crucial for the UTS Programmers' Society and Robotics Society to run high-quality events. Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Bring your UTS Student ID instead. Make sure the name on your UTS Student ID matches with the name you put on your registration form. Can I update my registration information? Yes. It is highly encouraged! Please keep it updated or cancel your registration depending on your situation. Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends? Please make it match to ensure the event sign-in goes as smoothly as possible on the day. 29 hours isn't a long timeframe, let's make use of all the hours. What's the problem that we have to solve? What's the theme for our solution? The theme for the hackathon has not been released yet, we will reveal it at the Information Session. Although, keep your eyes out for any clues that we may release closer to the Information Session. Can I attend the information session but not participate in the competition? No, the information session is for competitors who are looking for other competitors and/or a mentor to work with during the competition. Having observers would detract this goal.But you can attend the presentation session on Sunday from 3PM to 7:30PM where the teams present their solutions to the theme that will be officially announced at the information session. Contact us if this is your intention. I'm not a current UTS student. Can I still attend the hackathon? Unfortunately, the Stuvac Hackathon is only open to current UTS students due to the theme of the solution. Check out other hackathons you can possibly attend in NSW by going over to the Hackathons Australia website. Can I still work on the team solution during my commute home/back to the competition building? Yes, participants are allowed to work on the solution during their commute home or back to the building. However, be advised that you may miss the free food and the general atmosphere of the overnight competition if you stay at home. Is it required to have the entire team at the presentation? We'd need to be aware if the entire team is not there beforehand or it might be interpreted as lack of participation by one of the team members. Nevertheless, no presentation = no possibility of winning. Any tips for first-timers? - Learn git/version control if you haven't done it before. - Decide on a tech stack BEFORE the competition. - Remember to use the available mentors at the competition for idea bouncing, design help, etc. They'll be wearing black t-shirts with the orange Code2Learn logo at the front -- it'll be easy to spot them. If one mentor cannot help, they'll call over another mentor that may. - As a team, better to overcommunicate than fear about communicating too much and causing misunderstandings that suck up time. - Cliche, but have fun! You already took a big step in undertaking your first hackathon. Now persevere to the end and reap the results. If we're building a website, can we use Wordpress or Squarespace? Yes! You're allowed to use third-party solutions for the wheel in your contraption. Don’t try to reinvent a wheel or gear in your contraption when you only have 29 hours to build the contraption prototype. UTS ProgSoc is a proud Community Partner of Hackathons Australia

TechCamps4Kids is always striving forward and preparing kids with skills for future jobs and careers.  Coding is just one key skill that will be used in the future with a focus on the cyber security career options. Kids will be introduced to a range of coding languages which will be related to real life environments.  The goal is to allow kids to play with 'byte size data' in a safe, social tech environment.  

Got some writing to do? Hate sitting down to it all alone?  Join my Writing Hackathon for two hours on Thursday 19 April. Just bring along your writing project, and work in quiet companionship. There is no charge. 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 six of us. First in, first served. Please be on time.

Hackers! We are very excited to tell you Alibaba has designed this special event to give you a leg up on using their APIs and tech. If your a tech person join us for our tech enablement session.  If your not the tech person in your team then make sure your team techy attend this session This session will really help you and your team make the most of all the great stuff supplied by Alibaba during the Hackathon this weekend and give you the edge when competing for first prize. So come on in and learn it all. This event is only for those already signed up and have a ticket for the Hackathon.

Software developers, data scientists, engineers, designers, entrepreneurs and industry insiders in the Western Australian resources sector! You're invited to participate in the 54-hour Unearthed Perth 2018 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 a resources sector challenge. Maximize your hackathon experience with advice from our tips page!

How we will teach 1 million women to build the internet by 2025  Join us to hear from Sarah Moran, co-founder and CEO of Girl Geek Academy, as she tells us how and why she founded Girl Geek Academy and how they plan to teach 1 million women to build the internet by 2025.   Currently, with only 12 per cent of those "building the internet" being women, Sarah and her team are dedicated to levelling the playing field so that future generations will have the same leadership and salary opportunities as their male counterparts.  Meet Sarah Sarah Moran is co-founder and CEO of Girl Geek Academy, with a mission to teach 1 million women to get into tech and launch their own startups by 2025. Girl Geek Academy is behind Australia's first all-women hackathon, #SheHacks, Australia's first all-women makerfest, #SheMakes, and the world’s first hackathon for girls aged five to eight, #MissMakesCode. Sarah learned to code when she was just five years old and believes that you’re never too young – or old – to learn how to code. Alongside her four fellow Girl Geek Academy co-founders, Sarah is on a mission to create a lifelong community of women who love to learn tech. Sarah has worked across Australia and Silicon Valley and has witnessed first-hand the issues faced by women in the industry.  In 2017, Sarah joined the Channel Ten and FOXTEL LifeStyle channel television series, Common Sense, where she is having her say on what’s happening in the world, while showing the nation its cool to be a smart chick. 

UNIHACK Mini is back and bigger than ever in 2018!!! UNIHACK Mini 2018 is our hackathon for first-time hackers and is only available to Monash University students. Interested in being part of a hackathon but don't know where to start? UNIHACK Mini is perfect for your first time! Teams of students have the weekend to create a prototype of a website/app/game/whatever and get feedback from mentors before pitching them to our panel of judges.  Coders, designers, thinkers - whatever your talent is, regardless of skill level, come and participate in UNIHACK Mini 2018!

Got some writing to do? Hate sitting down to it all alone?  Join my Writing Hackathon for two hours on Thursday 5 April. Just bring along your writing project, and work in quiet companionship. There is no charge. 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 six of us. First in, first served. Please be on time.

Analytics & Machine Learning Hackathon is a 2 day event in collaboration with Telstra and RMIT. Participants will be working on real business problems to come up with innovative solutions. The event is open to all university students who are passionate about data, analytics and machine learning.  Students will form teams to work on one problem per group. Projects are open format, which means that you can hack on web, mobile, desktop, or hardware applications. Telstra and RMIT mentors will be available throughout the event to ensure all participants successfully develop their projects. All teams will demo their hacks at the end of the event and winners will be chosen by a Telstra panel and prizes awarded! All you need is a laptop, charger, student ID and your game face; there'll be plenty of time to network too.

Don’t know what a hackathon is? Why not find out? Do you enjoy thinking creatively? Do you have an idea that you would like to bring to life?  JA Australia is hosting a Hackathon where participants will come up with ideas for possible products they would like to create.  The only limit is up to your imagination! This is open to high school and university students (at any level, any degree). Over two days, you will be guided through the process by our mentors. They will help you and your team come up with an idea and turn it into an actionable plan for potential business. The Agenda: Saturday 24th March, 10am - 5pm - Registration - Breakfast/Networking - Induction to Phase 1:              - Stage 1: Company Culture & Team Establishment              - Stage 2: Product Ideation Process - Phase 1 Execution Sunday 25th March, 10am - 5pm - Breakfast & Reflection - Phase 1 Execution (Stage 1 & 2) - Validation & Pitching - Successful Idea Selection - Team Formation Don’t worry if you’re not a JA Australia member yet, you can sign up here! https://www.jaaustralia.org/about/ We look forward to seeing you there!