Fantastic event. Professionally run. Support always available throughout the event. Well worth the travel for me to experience working and collaborating with others.
Yesterday I participated in one of my top "out of comfort zone" moments. The entire process from start to finish is loaded with unique experiences that only a process like this could offer. I can't wait for the next one.
This hackathon was particularly inspiring and engaging because of the variety of people there (hipsters, hustlers and hackers). It made for a really amazing vibe and was super fun. I'd encourage anyone who wants to expand their horizons, or even just meet cool people to come along!
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FRIDAY night format 6-9pm
6:15pm* Arrival and event registration at Event Hubs 7pm – 7:30pm Welcome and Speakers 7:30pm – 9pm Team formation, rules overview and Team Registration 9:30pm Teams announced to public on www.hunterhackfest.com.au for remote interaction on Sat. SATURDAY format 8am-6pm 8am Doors open and hacking begins at Event Hubs 9am Mentors arrive and circulate to assist your Hacking focus through the day until 3pm; 4pm Submissions close. Pause, breathe and prepare to Pitch! 4:30-5:30pm Pitches and Judging 6pm Close What happened in 2016?Of the 7 teams pitching, the following worthy winners emerged:
Joint 1st Place (sharing $1500cash): Team EasyPeasy (Parking made easy) / Team Pretty City (crowdsourced urban beautification of rundown spaces); Digital CityZen ($1000 cash): Team City Hall Solutions, with their grassroots social impulse aggregation platform to provide moment to moment visibility of community sentiment; Crowd Fave ($500 prize): Team ReFind, connecting waste stream suppliers to adaptive reuse demands. |
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Brian Hill - is a UoN Alumni, Founder of Laughing Mind and Quiet Rush, CoFounder of Assemblient, with over 20yrs of healthcare and technology consulting experience. He saw the light and moved from Canberra back to his ancestral roots in our region in late 2012, where he is active in helping the startup ecosystem of our region to launch the businesses of tomorrow from the Hunter and Central Coast. As Startup Digest Curator for our region, he posts on local startup updates and events (when he can fit it in). Got something on? Let him know about it.. Brian runs a Digital Makers Meetup to connect + catalyse local digital makers across the Hunter and Central Coast regions, running events like www.hackinghealthtech.com in partnership with UoN and Startup ecosystem partners, as well as Arts+Tech+LifestyleMedicine (STEAM) events like www.lumenmotion.com. Founded in 2004, Laughing Mind is catalysing + supporting the growth of new and established businesses in our region with world class collaboration products, IoT solutions + smart portable solar products to power digital nomads. |
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Industrial IoT DevKits, LPWAN network.
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Spatial dataset partners.
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Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality mentors, $5000 business support service.
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Pitch Night venue
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HackDay hosts
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Mentors + Team tools
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Judges + industry mentors.
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