A hackathon competition where teams of designers, developers, tinkerers and thinkers get together to build something from start to finish in just 1 day. Creations should be technology focused but can be digital like apps and software or physical products.
Big Idea : Come up with a great hack…and team up with a hipster and/or hustler and win the SeaChange StartUp Camp too.
On completion teams pitch their ideas and completed products to a panel of notable judges. There are cash prizes (details to be announced) for the overall winner and bragging rights for the most creative, best use of theme, best physical product, best virtual product etc.
IMPORTANT : Food is provided throughout the entire event at no cost (inclusive in the admission fee).
The programme (All Times Approx) :
FRIDAY 29th of April
Main Activity (Everyone – Business People, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Designers, Creatives, Techs, Inventors)
- 02:30 PM Welcome, Nibblies and Networking
- 03:00 PM Get Coding Regional Australia Address (Liam O’Duibhir)
- 03:05 PM KEYNOTE 1 : Ed Husic, Federal Labor MP and Opposition Spokesperson on Innovation
- 03:20 PM KEYNOTE 2 : Max Kaye, Leader & Co-founder, FLUX (political party), former Bitcoin Developer
- 03:35 PM Team formation and Idea Brainstorming
- 06:30 PM Quickfire Show and Tell
Parrallel Event – Co-Founder Speed Dating (7pm to 8:30PM)
Developers and Creatives this is your chance to pair up with a ‘Growth Hacker’
- 07:00 PM Co-Founder Speed Dating
- 08:30 PM End of Co-Founder Speed Dating
- 09:30 PM PM Quickfire Show and Tell
- 10:00 PM Official End of Evening
SATURDAY 1st of May
- 08:30 AM Resumption with Hackagong projects
- 10:00 AM Inspirational talk – speaker to be confirmed
- 11:00 AM Devpost Updates
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 12:30 PM Judges Rounds starting
- 02:00 PM Vision Statement (To be Announced)
- 02:20 PM Winners announcement
- 02:30 PM Close
NOTE : If you have any energy left…the SeaChange StartUp Camp starts in another 30 minutes. Good Luck!!!
IMPORTANT : No alcohol allowed.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Technical Merit
How good is your solution compared to others, what new approach have you taken, what technical limitations have you identified and how will you address those - Community Benefit
How will your solution help other humans, and on what scale - Presentation and Communication
Did you communicate your idea well to the judges? - Domain Specialty
How revolutionary and ground-breaking is the project within its sector? Amongst other solutions to similar problems, how cool is the hack and how well does it solve the problem? - Commercial application
How well have you identified and/or addressed a commercial opportunity. Does the hack stack up against commercial alternatives, but have some advantage given some refinement? Does it represent an untapped commercial opportunity?
An IntoIT Sapphire Coast, Lighthouse Innovation Event
Contact:
Liam O’Duibhir
admin@intoitsapphirecoast.com
0417 579 079
