Future Realities - Auckland Hackathon

Calling tech developers, students, creatives and ideas people.  The AR/VR/IoT Hackathon for mashing up technology to connect the real world to the virtual world.

What's your big idea?  What do you want to experiment with?  What's the challenge you want to solve?

Whatever your background, find some new friends here, and discover how to connect up with new tech directions.

Push your boundaries of using AR/VR/IoT, and join up with other tech-heads for an outstanding experience.  This is an inclusive event, so bring along your ideas, knowledge and experience.  We're after bright minds with great ideas to make the hackathon an outstanding event, so you don't need to be a technology guru to have fun here.

Running over two days on Saturday and Sunday 13-14 May as part of Future Realities, you can attend for either or both days.

Future Realities is a leading event in the #Techweek17 programme.

Run by John McDermott of the IoT Auckland Meetup.

FAQs 

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

Not really.  Over 14 and you'll be expected to bring your own tech and be able to join in and contribute to a team.  If you're 13 or under, you must attend along with an adult who can supervise and assist you.  This is to ensure you get the most from the experience.  Due to the limited places, there are no child discounts.

What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?

Parking around GridAKL can be limited.  There is on/off street parking available at Daldy St, but expect this to be full.  The InnerLink Bus service stops nearby.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Join our Slack channel at iotakl.slack.com - you'll need to join Slack and send an invite request.

Future Realities is a leading event in the #Techweek17 programme.

Judges

Isuru Fernando

IBM’s leader on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing in NZ.

Globally, Isuru is a recognised thought leader and is in the top 0.1% of IBM’s talent. Isuru graduated from the University of Auckland where he spent most of his time geeking out and pushing the boundaries of theory and practice. 

He then went on to co-found a successful start-up, he's a board member of the Association of Information Professionals Australia Chapter, and is part of the Embedded Systems and Robotics research group at the University of Auckland. He's also authored a bunch of journal articles. Oh, and he's obsessed with Data!

Giovanni Vigorelli

Giovanni Vigorelli has been working as software technical specialist for the last 18 years. Throughout his career he has helped several organizations chosing and adopting technologies to become more efficient and innovative. Experience in Business Process Management and Integration. Open to modern practices like DevOps and Cloud, architectures like Microservices, technologies like Docker and keen to be ahead of the curve. Never stop learning.

Prize

Best Cognitive Hack Using Bluemix

- a one-year membership of the Global Entrepreneur Programme