Gold Coast 2015 Event co-ordinator: Jolon Faichney.

Gold Coast 2015Event co-ordinator: Jolon Faichney

Sponsors

GovHack Friday Night

5:00pm Registrations

5:25pm Data Information Session in G30 1.09

6:15pm Dinner and Drinks in G30 Foyer

6:45pm Welcome and Competition Overview

7:00pm Competition Officially Launches

7:05pm Team forming activity

Venues

• Friday and Sunday night in G30 level 1• Saturday and Sunday hacking in G23 level 1

Building Hours

• Friday– Move over to G23 by ~8pm– Finish 10pm

• Sat– Open 8am– Close 9pm

• Sun– Open 8am– G23 will lock at 6pm (have all of your gear out of there

before 6pm - into G30)

Wi-Fi

• Unlimited Free Internet• Network:

Griffith University (not Public)• Username:

[email protected]

• Password: G0vH@ck

Food

• Most food is provided including snacks and drinks– Except Sat dinner

• Fri night and Sun night food in G30 level 1• Remainder of food will be provided in G23

Level 3 - Common Room• Tea/coffee facilities available in the common

room throughout the event

HackerSpace

• Everything happens on HackerSpace:– Register yourself– Register your teams– Find out about prizes– Register for prizes– Upload final submission

• Link on GovHack.org -> Hackers• https://www.govhack.org/hackerspace2015/

Key Deadlines

Local Awards

• Local Awards will be determined on Sunday night– Hackathon closes at 5pm– Dinner from 5-6pm– Presentations from 6pm– Judges deliberation followed by presentation of

local awards

Gold Coast Prize Categories

Prize Category Sponsor

$2000 1st Prize - Best use of local data City of Gold Coast

$1000 2nd Prize - Best use of local data City of Gold Coast

$500 3rd Prize - Best use of local data City of Gold Coast

$1000 GovHack Champion City of Gold Coast

$500 Spirit of GovHack GovHack

Qld Prize CategoriesPrize Category Sponsor

$2,000 Most Startup Potential Microsoft Innovation Centre

$1000 Most innovative use of transportation data

RACQ

$1500 Most innovative use of open data AURIN & QCIF

$2000 Disaster Preparedness DNRM

$1500 Where is the knowledge economy in Qld?

DSITI

$1500 Uncovering Qld's untold stories DSITI

$1000 Best use of Qld science data DSITI

$1500 QUT Innovation Prize QUT

National Awards

• Red Carpet Event:– Sydney, Telstra Insight Centre• I will be going + possibly one representation GC team

– Saturday, 5 September• See HackerSpace for prize categories

Twitter

• @govhackGC• #GovHack

• Include @govhackGC and we will retweet (if appropriate)

Launch Video…