List of hackathons about health in 2016

Are you a university student with a passion for solving some of the pressing problems facing the Government of New South Wales? Come participate in SydneyHack and compete to win a prize of $5000 AND a paid internship at the Data Analytics Centre (DAC)**. SydneyHack is a 48-hour hackathon organised to come up with data-driven solutions to the pedestrian safety problem in New South Wales. Pedestrian fatalities represent about one-fifth of the road toll and as high as a third of all road deaths in metropolitan areas in the state. ** Subject to eligibility for Australian employment

Come and join a community of experts from industry, academia, and other government agencies to team-up and collaboratively problem-solve Veteran suicide. The themes for VASPI include: »Improving VA predictive analytic methods for identifying suicide risk »Accessing Veterans at risk for suicide who are not receiving VA care »Enhancing VA resources and interventions for suicide prevention

Developer? DevOps? Designer? Ever had a great idea for an app that would solve a global problem? Do you have a great proposal for a software project and don't have anyone to help you bring it to life? Haven't been able to work on your idea for lack of time or resources? All are welcome to participate in the Cloud-App-Hackathon. This Hackathon is for all those eager to learn, meet people and solve real problems of global impact through cloud applications.

Watch the "Iron Chef meets Real Food" Hackathon where students and guest chefs compete for the prestigious Golden Fork Award. Gather in the beautiful Palo Alto Media Arts Center for a conversation on how anyone can become an advocate and educator in the fight against excess sugar and processed foods.

Are you keen to address some of society’s biggest, hairiest and most audacious problems? Come and participate in WestHack. You can come with a team, an idea or both. Collaborate on ideas positively impact the world around you through business: »community »sustainability »immigration »arts »sport »cultural blending »local business »health »climate change.

Interested in citizen-critical issues? Come participate in BRIDGE SF — a four-day collaboration of public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions coming together to challenge assumptions, develop skills, share best practices, and build partnerships that drive innovation for a better tomorrow. →Day 1 - Partner Sessions: Demo Day, Hackathon, and Partner Sessions featuring some of the Bay Area’s most impressive innovators →Day 2 - VIP Workshops: 200 VIPs participating in 6 Workshops ​led by a team of 20+ Experts →Day 3 - Thought-Leadership Panels: ​400 attendees featuring 40+ of the Top Minds in 12 Thought-Leadership Panels + Evening Closing Ceremony →Day 4 - Open City: Open City experience in partnership with local institutions will share the nature, history, arts, culture, and innovation of San Francisco

Interested in a sustainable food eco-system? Then sign up to participate in Food, Glorious Food: Reinventing a Sustainable Food Ecosystem. Join MakeSense to focus on the Food Security Cause. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to help Food Social Entrepreneurs to tackle their challenges with innovative design thinking workshops, a mini-hackathon, public debate blended with live music and a day long festival “Farmers of the Future” and its focus upon Food Production.

Interested in overseas volunteering? Mark your calendar for a hackathon to build and develop better overseas volunteering projects to maximise learning and service. Attendees will hear from stakeholders of the overseas volunteering eco-system, experience a poverty simulation and learn to ideate or improve a project to pitch!

Are you interested in helping solve the problems of people with disabilities? Then participate in the HACK FOR NEEDS Hackathon. Designers, developers, prototyping and automation enthusiasts are invited to a day of collaboration to solve one of the following five needs of people with disabilities: 1. TURN ON - OFF: Develop switch activated by limited body movements 2. COMMUNICATE: Develop instruments to express YES / NO; I'M THIRSTY - I WOULD LIKE COFFEE; I WANT TO GO OUT; I WANT TO REST. 3. MARK TIME: Develop tools to indicate the time, its passing and to guide the sequence of activities, times of the day. 4. MOVE YOURSELF: Develop tools which identify obstacles and give indications of full / empty. 5. RECEIVE SENSORY INPUTS: Create visual, auditory, and tactile inputs through technology that the person can choose and experiment.

Interested in exploring the Future of Food: Innovating for a 21st Century Food System. They say, “you are what you eat,” but do you truly understand what you’re eating, where it is comes from, and the impact it has? Join the conversation with Be Social Change at our Future of Food panel to not only understand what’s on your plate, but also how it got into your shopping cart and onto your dinner table.