Gold Coast 2015 Event co-ordinator: Jolon Faichney

Sponsors

GovHack Friday Night 5:00pmRegistrations 5:25pmData Information Session in G :15pmDinner and Drinks in G30 Foyer 6:45pmWelcome and Competition Overview 7:00pmCompetition Officially Launches 7:05pmTeam 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: Password:

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

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 PrizeCategorySponsor $20001 st Prize - Best use of local dataCity of Gold Coast $10002 nd Prize - Best use of local dataCity of Gold Coast $5003 rd Prize - Best use of local dataCity of Gold Coast $1000GovHack ChampionCity of Gold Coast $500Spirit of GovHackGovHack

Qld Prize Categories PrizeCategorySponsor $2,000Most Startup PotentialMicrosoft Innovation Centre $1000Most innovative use of transportation data RACQ $1500Most innovative use of open dataAURIN & QCIF $2000Disaster PreparednessDNRM $1500Where is the knowledge economy in Qld? DSITI $1500Uncovering Qld's untold storiesDSITI $1000Best use of Qld science dataDSITI $1500QUT Innovation PrizeQUT

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

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