almost 8 years ago

Announcing the winners

The votes are in! Go to the gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the excellent submissions.

Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop hacking. Use your portfolio to keep your project up to date and get feedback from fellow hackers.

almost 8 years ago

Coverage in the Press

So good to see the following coverage over the weekend!!

SMH : Techfugees Australia hackathon to develop apps to help refugees

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/hackathon-to-develop-ideas-to-help-refugees-20151128-glac8a.html#ixzz3sqHN3CFq

 

Australia is hosting its first 'Techfugees' hackathon in response to the growing refugee crisis

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-is-hosting-its-first-techfugees-hackathon-in-response-to-the-growing-refugee-crisis-2015-11

 

 

Techfugees - the start of hacking for social change 

http://www.startupsmart.com.au/leadership/techfugees-just-the-start-of-hacking-for-social-change/2015113016036.html

 

almost 8 years ago

Day 1 of TechFuGees Australia comes to a close

Hi All,

Wow! Hack4Refugees has been a phenomenal experience today. I'm sure many teams will be working well into the night on refining, validating, building and testing well into the night. 

We're calling all mentors to tweet their best advice at #techfugees for the teams to keep them going through the night. Check it out at http://bit.ly/1kYvkhU

A brief reminder about tommorow!

      • Entry @ 9am
      • Morning Tea @ 10.30am
      • Pitch Practice @ 11am
      • Lunch @ 12.30

 

  • 2pm Deadline for Pitch Decks / Demo (Powerpoint) (Max 10 slides)

 

 

 

  • 3pm Deadline for DevPost Submission

 

 

 

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almost 8 years ago

Public voting is now open

The public voting period for Techfugees Australia has begun. Browse the Submission Gallery and vote for your favorites!

If you’ve entered a submission, be sure to spread the word through your social networks.

Thanks,

The Techfugees Australia team

almost 8 years ago

Government Datasets that may come in handy

Some great government dataset suggestions that my come in handy

 

Population Growth

Department of Planning & Environment

http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Research-and-Demography/Demography/Population-Projections

Employment Growth

Department of Planning & Environment http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Research-and-Demography/Demography/Population-Projections

University student data
  1. education.gov.au/student-data

Transport Data

https://tdx.transportnsw.info/

Population Forecast by Travel Zone

http://www.bts.nsw.gov.au/Statistics/Population-Forecasts/default.aspx?FolderID=219

 

Employment Forecast by Travel Zone

http://www.bts.nsw.gov.au/Statistics/Employment-Forecasts/default.aspx#tab2

 

Spatial files – boundaries (ESRI and MapInfo compatible) and concordances

http://www.bts.nsw.gov.au/Statistics/Spatial/default.aspx?FolderID=222#top

 

 

 

almost 8 years ago

Judging Criteria

we've expanded the judging criteria to cover the following categories.....

  • Product/Market Fit
  • Potential Impact
  • Creativity/Innovation/Wow Factor
  • Feasibility & Sustainability
  • Accomplishment & Learning
  • Team Pitch

almost 8 years ago

New Judge added :

we've had confirmation of a new judge

welcome Dina Petrakis, who is an Enterprise Facilitator with Ignite Small Business Start-Ups, which is an SSI initiative.

almost 8 years ago

Adding themes

We've added the problems being tacked 

 *   Language acquisition

 *   Connecting with others in their community

 *   Housing support

 *   Employment

 *   Vocational education pathways

 *   Oversees qualifications recognition