List of hackathons in Australia in 2018

About Sydney Climathon 2018 Can you provide a missing link in creating Sydney’s circular economy? When we think of reducing waste we often the focus on recycling and resource recovery. But further up the ‘waste hierarchy’ are actions that avoid producing waste in the first place, or find novel uses for 'waste products'. Work with like-minded people, industry experts, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts and put your heads together to propose business models that prevent, reduce or reuse waste from the production of food, fashion, containers and packaging. Sydney joins over 100 cities worldwide in this 24-hour, 2-day hackathon, where teams compete in developing innovative solutions to their cities' major climate and sustainability challenges. Register now as a group or individual and find a solution to this year's challenge with like-minded entrepreneurs, students, researchers, sector professionals and innovators and get coached by local leaders from academia, business and government. We will coach, feed and entertain you for two days. Spread the word and take part in Sydney's sustainable and resilient future! This Spark Festival event is run as a partnership between EnergyLab, Climate-KIC Australia, WWF Australia and the City of Sydney. How it works Inspiration: We'll kick off with a couple of quick presentations about the unique waste challenges Sydney residents face. 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. An Ideation workshop will help you with this. Developing: We'll leave lots of time for you to develop your idea and prepare your presentation. You can also join a workshop on business modelling and pitch training to get you ready to present your idea. 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. Why participate? Are you an ideas person? Do you have a passion for the environment? Do you like to learn new things and meeting interesting people? Do you like food, fashion or carrying things around? Sydney has a rich ecosystem of professionals, academics, leaders and influencers in the waste and circular economy sectors and these people will be your mentors, judges, supporters and potential customers in this year’s 24 hours global Climathon.  Also, you'll have opportunities to: Come up with the next big idea for dealing with the waste crisis Meet like-minded people Win and accelerate your idea with the Climathon partners Have fun! Key Information Where: EnergyLab, 4-12 Buckland Street, Chippendale NSW 2008 When: 5:00pm Friday 26th October to 8:00pm Saturday 27th October Who: Students, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, hackers, professionals, and anyone else interested in finding solutions to Sydney's climate and sustainability challenges. You can come along as an individual or as a team. Cost: $5 for participants if registering by 12 October, $10 up until the event. Registration price includes all meals, snacks and drinks.  We strive for equality, inclusivity and accessibility, and we encourage all people to participate in this event. If you have any concerns about attending this event, or the ticket price is a barrier to your attendance, please email odette@energylab.org.au. Agenda Friday 26th October 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 6:30pm: Dinner, team formation, and team registration 9:00pm: Go home and rest (or work if you really want to) Saturday 27th October 8:00am: Doors open and breakfast served Work in your teams with help from some mentors 12:30pm: Lunch served Optional presentation practice 4:45pm: Submissions due 5:00pm: 5-minute pitch presentation by each team followed by questions from the judges 6:30pm: Drinks to celebrate all you've achieved in 24 hours 7:00pm: Winners announced! 8:00pm: Event ends Frequently asks questions (FAQs) How many people are allowed in a team? Teams must contain 3-4 people. 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! But you need to be 3-4 people, you can also invite others along on the day. I already have an idea, can I bring it to the event? Yes, we will give you the opportunity to tell others about your idea on Friday night and people can then join you to form a team. Can I still participate if I don't have an idea? Of course! You will join a team and together you'll come up with some great ideas! 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 Friday and Saturday with. Friday night will start off with some casual networking over drinks and we will help everyone with the team formation. I have another question, who can I talk to? Send an email to Odette Lawler odette@energylab.org.au or Climate-KIC Australia info@climate-kic.org.au You may be photographed or videod while attending this event: please approach the organiser if you have questions, concerns, or do not wish this to happen. The event organisers may add you to a mailing list so they can follow up, and you can receive updates about their activities: this mailing list will have an easy-to-find unsubscribe button. This event is part of Spark Festival and upholds the Spark Code of Conduct.

What is Climathon?Originally conceptualised as a 24-hour hackathon by Climate-KIC, Climathon has since taken off as a global movement, engaging citizens on climate action—and providing cities with continued support on the unique challenges they face.We are inviting 30 climate leaders, innovators, environmentalists, entrepreneurs and policy makers to develop Canberra's circular economy.How do we make Canberra a carbon neutral city through circular economy business models and policies?The winning team gets fast tracked entry into the Climate-KIC Australia Launchpad,https://climate-kic.org.au/our-programs/launchpad/

EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOP LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS Course Overview Becoming a successful technical leader requires a new set of tools, experiences and skills that compliment your natural talents.  This intense one-day workshop uncovers the common pitfalls in transitioning from engineer to leader and will equip you with the skills and knowledge to build, grow, scale and lead an exceptional engineering team. You will develop: A technical plan for your team to achieve its short, near and long term outcomes. Structures and processes to balance speed versus quality, and lead a productive and motivated team. The ability to bridge between engineering and business dialects, justify and pitch engineering initiatives to achieve win–win outcomes. Knowledge of where to source engineering talent and the ability to employ various forms of recruitment tests to select the right candidates for your project. Career development plans for you and your team, with short, near and long term outcomes. A plan to advance the abilities and culture of your engineering team. This workshop is suitable for: Emerging technical leaders looking to move from being an individual contributor, to leading projects and teams. Technical entrepreneurs looking to build, scale or improve the productivity of their engineering team. Technical product managers who want to improve their ability to collaborate and motivate their engineering colleagues. About the expert: Chris Iona is the Founder of Future Pass, and has spent the past 14 years building, leading and scaling some of Australia’s best startups.  His most recent role was VP of Engineering at Hipages, which saw him grow the team from 5 to 30, transforming the technology stack and tech culture to leverage cloud and modern practices.  This led to a significant increase in service availability, deployments and velocity. Prior to that, Chris was an Engineering Director at Bigcommerce, and in that time helped grow the team through fast and strong growth.  In 2014, Chris was listed on AIM’s 30–under-30 list for excellence in Management.  He regularly presents at CTO Summits and conferences. Syllabus Module 1 — Fundamentals of Growth, Scale and Leadership Discover the power of starting, and ending, with the “why” Understand the 4–stages of growth, and map your organisation’s journey and future Understand how scaling needs change as your organisation moves through each stage of growth Discover how the expectations on you change from your previous, current and future roles Breakdown the myths of “change” and discover how to manage it Discover how to align technical and organisational changes Discover and navigate the competing gravities of growth and operations Harness the power of the “4 P’s” of successful delivery teams Understanding the components of building a strategy How to harness the power of the technology adoption life cycle to make better decisions Module 2 — Building People, Teams and Culture Understand the typical roles in technology, and what is expected of them Breakdown and define typical “tech personalities” and discuss how to get the best out of them Discover when you should go cross functional team or tech functional team Learn to create and articulate a motivational environment for win–win outcomes How to attract and keep the right people at your organisation Define the right technical culture for your organisation Better understand hiring in–house, remote or outsourced Learn how to build and empower your star performers Discover when and how to have tough conversations Learn to better navigate behaviours, hard skills, and soft skills in your team Learn how to take your people and teams along for the journey, as your company grows Discover which tech team structure is right for you today, tomorrow and in the future Module 3 — Scaling your Tech, Product and Process The evolution of the tech stack, from startup to enterprise How to make the “least wrong” technical decisions as you grow Discover the impact fear has on change, and how to combat it Better understand technical debt, and how to gain business buy in to fix it Understand some of the common hurdles in architectural design The pros and cons of microservices, and why it’s important The active role of pechnology in product management Unpacking Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean and MVP to create the right process for your teams How to better align, define and deliver “value” How to create a culture of setting meaningful goals Module 4 — Align, Define and Measure Success Breakdown the 3 types of value and use them to balance your tech roadmaps Learn how to create a common organisational language between technical and Non–Technical people to reduce assumptions and improve expectations Understand “Objectives by Key Results” (OKRs), the organisational methodology used by Google, Intel, Twitter, LinkedIn, Zynga amongst others Discover how to make the most of company, product and tech roadmaps to define and successfully deliver on expectations Discuss the importance of celebrating successes, reviewing failures and creating feedback loops How to use activities like hackathons to “engage everyone” and build a culture of innovation across your organisation Discover a pragmatic approach to the ‘ol adage — time vs quality and cost vs scope Workshop logistics: This workshop is one day and is limited to twelve participants, enabling us to focus on your challenges and objectives. Chris delivers the course in person, weaving in real-life examples from his time at Hipages and Big Commerce. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions by email in the week leading up to the workshop and Chris will personalize the content and exercises to address everyone’s goals. At the end of the course you will walk away with new skills and a clear plan that you will be able to implement immediately. This workshop is held in an awesome boardroom in the Sydney CBD and runs from 9 am– 5.30 pm with short breaks. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea is provided.

What if your idea couldn't fail? We know we need to innovate, but sometimes it seems risky.  The BOLT Asset Management Hackathon is a fun and safe environment to explore ideas and work together to create solutions to asset management challenges. Dedicate a day to work on asset management challenges in a collaborative environment and share ideas across industries and disciplines. Join your professional colleagues or bring a team for this intensive 12 hours of creativity and innovation.  What is the BOLT experience? You'll work in a team of three to five on the challenge you've chosen. We'll start at 8:00 am with a working breakfast. This is the time for your team to narrow down the challenge you'll focus on. We'll work in short, intense 'bolts' and we'll keep the coffee coming.  You'll have expert guidance from Dr Monique Beedles, a globally recognised thought leader in asset management. You'll have access to curated tools and resources to help you through the process. By the end of the day your team will have a proposed solution to the challenge you've chosen. You'll have the chance to pitch your idea to your BOLT cohort and to industry guests. Take away a ready to use business case presentation for your chosen stakeholders. Celebrate with a cocktail function at the end of the day. Who'll be there? Asset managers Engineers Finance managers Operations managers Planners Systems specialists Researchers Consultants with an interest in asset management Anyone with great ideas to contribute to asset management challenges BOLT#1 Brisbane Friday 26th October 2018 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Queensland Cricketers Club 411 Vulture St Woolloongabba Ticket includes breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon teas and celebratory cocktail function. Please advise any special dietary requirements.  Parking is available. Pricing is inclusive of GST and booking fees Early bird tickets: Book by 12th October $990  Standard tickets: Purchased after 12th October $1350  Team of 3: $2750 Team of 5: $4500

Calling all change makers! Cities and regions globally are increasingly shifting towards innovation, bringing digitisation and the Internet of Things into all aspects of human and business life. In Newcastle the local innovation ecosystem is leveraging the city’s emerging smart city infrastructure for trialling and developing innovative solutions to address urban challenges that may not be possible to be explored in more complex and highly congested urban environments. The Urban IoT Hackathon recognises these future urban challenges and invites cross-disciplinary teams from IT, Business, Design, Sociology, IoT, Engineering and Environment Science backgrounds to imagine IoT insertions, activations, integrations and solutions which benefit citizens, business, community and Government. Teams will need to focus on one of our #SoNewy Challenge Topics and how it might interact in our NewyDex initiative: 1. Vibrant City: People don’t always know what’s on or where to go to make best use of the city - How can IoT help people assess the mood and pulse of the city to help them make decisions about what to do and where to go? 2. LuminoCity: Parts of the city are poorly lit, considered risky and are therefore underutilised, with a corresponding impact on night time economy and cultural life. How can IoT activations help bring more people into the city at night to help make it safer? 3. Circular City: The amounts of energy and effort that go into production are wasted in a throw away society. How can IoT help the war on waste and improve re-use of resources, or deliver greater efficiencies in their use? 4. Open Challenge: Got an activation in mind that fits in a different box? We've also set up a catch-all category for those who choose a different path, or march to the beat of a different drum. The event is open to teams of three to five individuals. As it is an open Hackathon, anyone can participate whatever their skill level and experience. Participants will be tasked with creating an integrated IoT solution to their chosen challenge, which will consider not only the technology, systems and engineering aspects of their solution but also the potential risk and security issues, and the business benefits. Teams will present their final projects in front of a panel of judges for a chance to win prize money and an opportunity to join a skilled group of residents at Eighteen04 to grow their ideas. More information on criteria, judges and available datasets can be found here and here This hackathon is part of a collaborative startup engagement project between the City of Newcastle and Eighteen04. This project received grant funding from the Australian Government under its Smart Cities and Suburbs program.   ================= You may be photographed or videod while attending this event: please approach the organiser if you have questions, concerns, or do not wish this to happen. The event organisers may add you to a mailing list so they can follow up, and you can receive updates about their activities: this mailing list will have an easy-to-find unsubscribe button. This event is part of Spark Festival and upholds the Spark Code of Conduct.

IGNITE LAUNCH Attend the launch and hear about Ignite: a 12 month program to help identify, support and grow startups in the City of Whittlesea. Funded by LaunchVic, the program will consist of a series of events including hackathons, breakfasts with entrepreneurs, lean startup tasters and more.  REGISTRATION & NETWORKING:  5.45pm (for a 6pm start) to 8pm LOCATION: Whittlesea Tech School, Melbourne Polytechnic Cnr Cooper STreet & Dalton Road, Epping  KEY PRESENTATIONS:  Hon. Philip Dalidakis, Victorian Minister for Trade & Investment, Innovation & the Digital Economy, Small Business Local entrepreneurs talking on their startups and how they achieved success Q&A session facilitated by David Williamson, CEO Melbourne Innovation Centre For more information call (03) 9217 2278.    Fuelled by:    Delivery Partner: 

Advancing technologies and shifting norms are enabling communities to take control of their own energy supply and usage. Communities can initiate, develop, operate and benefit from a renewable energy resource or energy efficiency initiatives. From across the world, to right here at home, community groups and social enterprises are partnering with developers, energy retailers, network companies and local councils to develop renewable energy projects which return profits and power to the people and aid the clean energy transition.With the Northern Rivers having been at the forefront of the renewable energy transition for decades, it is a brilliant place to explore how this democratisation of the energy sector is currently unfolding, and what new startups can form in this sphere. Join us for a discussion on the opportunity for new businesses and social enterprises to be formed in the community energy sector. This event is part of a series leading to the EnergyLab Northern Rivers Clean Energy Hackathon to produce new startup ideas.  Panellists Ella Rose, President, Community Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby (COREM); Project Manager, COREM Large Scale Solar Garden Project Svea Pitman, Project Manager, COREM Mini Hydro Project Tony Pfeiffer, Managing Director, Enova Community Energy Sue Webster, Communications Team Leader, Farming Together (Farm Co-operatives and Collaboration Pilot Program), Southern Cross University Craig Johnston, Board Member, Zero Emissions Byron; Principal, Red Gum Projects; 5MW Byron Eco Park Solar Farm Nick Lake (Moderator), Co-Founder & Executive Director, EnergyLab Odette Lawler (MC), National Events Manager, EnergyLab Timing 5:45pm: Doors open 6:15pm: Panel discussion on community energy opportunities in the Northern Rivers, followed by a moderated Q&A with the audience 7:15pm: Continue the discussion over drinks and light snacks 8:15pm: 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. EnergyLab is partnering with Southern Cross University's Enterprise Lab to deliver it's Acceleration Programs, designed to help people launch and grow new energy businesses. Find out more at energylab.org.au/programs. About Southern Cross Enterprise Lab Southern Cross Enterprise Lab is a startup hub and co-working space located at Southern Cross University's Lismore campus. Functioning as a node in the NSW entrepreneurial ecosystem, the Enterprise Lab is supported by the NSW Government’s Department of Industry through the Boosting Business Innovation Program. Through its programs, the Enterprise Lab supports startups and works to build the entrepreneurial capacity of the Northern Rivers. Find out more at enterpriselab.org.au Thank you to our partners This event series is run in partnership with Southern Cross University's Enterprise Lab  and Community Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby (COREM)   Want more? EnergyLab is passionate about clean energy innovation in the Northern Rivers. 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 Odette at odette@energylab.org.au.  Taking photos (BYO camera) Packing up at 8:15pm 

Want to change the world? Come along to Vodafone’s Hack-a-thon for Year 7-12 girls and help problem solve real life challenges.Want to learn new things and meet new friends? Experiment and design an app to solve challenges pitched by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Australian Red Cross that will make a real difference, and have fun doing it!Hear from inspirational speakers, use iPads and the latest Apple technology, meet and learn from Tech experts.Great prizes on offer for challenge winners and their schools.When:                      9.00am – 5.00pm on Saturday, 20th October 2018Where:                    Coder Academy / Academy of Information Technology (AIT), Level 2, 7 Kelly Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007Who:                        Female High School Students in years 7-12, register in a team of 3Interested? Register your team of 3 by clicking the green “register” button above!For more information, please reach out to: info@coderacademy.edu.au

Dappathon is the hackathon for Decentralized Applications (Dapps) Our aim is to bring decentralized application hacking to a whole new level by creating a space with enhanced learning experience through the help of industry leaders and technical experts as mentors in the #Dappathon. For more info, please head over to https://dappathon.dapp.com/sydney

Open  to only Swinburne  staff & students.  Collaborate with your fellow Swinburne colleagues and students to create solutions for a few proposed problems over two days! Prize money for the winning team is $500!! Register below and select if you are a thinker, doer or just want to volunteer on the day. Registrations close on October 15. If you would like to participate, please be aware that the Hackathon runs from: October 19    5pm - 6pm (Induction)  October 20    8am - 10:30pm October 21    9am - 12pm (Presentations) Catering will be provided.