List of hackathons about industry in 2016

Web developers, designers, UX/UI, project managers, military veterans! Come and compete for thousands of dollars in prizes to create solutions to some of the toughest problems military veterans face every day. Over the weekend, all participants will have the opportunity to work alongside veterans on software solutions to address the following challenges: »Veteran Homelessness »Educational Opportunities for Veterans »Social & Emotional Health for Veterans and Family Members »Employment Opportunities for Veteran   »Resources for Entrepreneurial Veterans

As part of the Future of Identity Conference, the blockchain and identity hackathon will have two guest speakers Juan Benet and Trent McConaghy. After the presentation, hackers will be focused on incorporating new blockchain & decentralization tech for target applications in identity, supply chain, IoT, financial, energy, and creative industries so as to continue to grow and improve Estonia's online presence.

Come join the UTS Connected Intelligence Centre (CIC) to celebrate the CIC's latest hackathon win at Unearthed Sydney.

Twenty-four hours of innovation, collaboration and fun!  Want to join the World Port Hackathon 2016! Pre-register now and receive a notification when the official registration opens.

Creative? Interested in sustainability? Sign up to participate in the 4th World Port Hackathon--24 hours of hacking for an innovative, safe and sustainable port. This year it's an international event as Rotterdam teams with MPA Singapore as the partner port. Come and collaborate on today’s and future challenges within the port industry. It'll be a high energy event, with loads of data, creative thinking, collaboration, inspiration, coding, innovation, and more. Sign up today to be a part of it!

Hackers interested in the Zambian agriculture sector? Come and participate at AgriHack 2016! During the 1.5 day hackathon, teams will prototype youth ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture, in order to help transform the sector and develop opportunities for Zambia's young people! Experts acting as mentors will provide advice to teams. Winners will benefit from BongoHive's startup programmes or other opportunities to improve and promote their prototypes.

Are you a developer, designer, UX specialist or marketeer? Think you have what it takes to build and launch a product in three days? Apply to ride the Startup Bus! Come to this year's kick off — an event that includes talks, panel discussions, and networking. Equal parts hackathon, road trip and global community, StartupBus is an annual competition designed to challenge top tier talent to hop on a bus and conceive, build and launch a startup in 72 hours.

Sydney Hackastars is Australia's premier hackathon hosted by Tech Pilot Fund. With one of the largest prize pools in Australia, the stakes are high meaning only the best will get to compete. Are you good enough? Are you one of Australia's fifty best coders (developers), creatives (designers), or capitalists (bus-dev people)? Participants will be 50% women 50% men!

For the first time in almost 6 years, Melbourne Silicon Beach will be opening up their community to non-members with the event September MSB Drinks & Pitch Night. The night will resemble a typical MSB Drinks meeting that they hold monthly. The structure is informal with the goal to further the business ideas of both members and new visitors alike. An idea and website are required, among other things, check the eventbright for more information.

Involved in the hiring process? Are you an HR professional, recruiter, line manager, executive or anyone with an interest in the challenges of tech hiring? Come attend the Tech Recruiting Unconference (#tru). The event follows the unconference format, something similar to live open source, and will concentrate on the demands and challenges of tech recruiting. The agenda will focus on the nine most important topics of critical interest recruiters.