& Professor Ron Johnston
Winners announced!
Meet our
top 10 finalists
Elvera Abdel-Messih, Ji Han Qin
Wendy To, Zoe Lee, Kalyani Jijith
Our 2023
Challenges
2023 Program
Our Hackathon is a weekend long hybrid program with industry leading speakers, team bonding, facilitated mentoring, and exciting diversions that mix up the digital and face to face competition. Our Hackathon will fire up your creativity.
Participants are asked to identify practical solutions for real and current problems from an existing international humanitarian response context.
Since our establishment in 2019, The Humanitarian Innovation Hackathon has seen hundreds of students address significant topics including climate change-induced population displacement, educating for the future, aiding island communities and the provision of clean water.
Commences Friday afternoon
21 July 2023.
22 – 23 July 2023.
• $5,000 – 1st Prize RedR Ron Johnston Rapid Response
• $3,000 – Hackathon 2nd Prize
• $1,000 – Hackathon 3rd Prize
• $1,000 – Hackathon 4th Prize Solarobotix best use of digital technologies
Hackathon Schedule
4pm – Opening Ceremony Commencement
4:30pm – Mini Challenge: Make a Team Promo
5:30pm – Hackathon Challenges Announcement
7pm – Make a Team Promo Winner Announcement
9am – Official Kickoff
9am – Mini Moment: How to make a video
5pm – Closing Saturday
9am – Official Kickoff
12pm – Submissions Due
12:15pm – Dj Beth Yen
1:50pm – Welcome to the Judges
2pm – Top 10 finalists Announcement
3pm – Winners Announced & Closing Ceremony
our Judges
• National and international university students domiciled in Australia or New Zealand/The Pacific Islands and studying at a university.
• Entries are limited to undergraduate students.
• Entrants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility under these rules as a part of their application for entry. Example of evidence is a university ID card.
• An individual may only participate in a single team. She/he cannot work across multiple teams.
• Students must register as individuals. However, after registration, students can form their own teams of 3-4 students.
Join Us Online or In Person
The 2023 Hackathon is a hybrid event. There will be 1 in-real-life location that all participants can participate from. They also have the option of participating online, utilizing the live-stream on the website and Slack.
The location is: University of Sydney
- Grand foyer of J03 Building, Engineering Precinct University of Sydney.
- This building is located behind the Seymour Centre and shares a car park.
- Best parking is Shepherd Street Car Park. 116 Shepherd St. Darlington, NSW 2008
Weekend
We set up a Hack Live studio in Sydney where the Hackathon is broadcasted LIVE across the country
Wish you could participate, but your undergrad days are behind you?
Join our team as a Hackathon Mentor and be at the forefront of change in humanitarian innovation.
You will:
• Meet new and likeminded people in the industry.
• See what’s innovating a whole new generation.
• Do something meaningful with your weekend.
• Have something cool to put on your LinkedIn profile for once.
you?
Become a 2023 Humanitarian Innovation Hackathon Mentor
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The #HumanitarianInnovationHackathon is a weekend-long event designed for all Australian and Pacific Island university students to work collaboratively, in cross-discipline teams, to create technology-driven solutions for the most pressing #humanitarian challenges.
Participants are asked to identify practical solutions for real and current problems, from a current international humanitarian response context. The HIA Hackathon runs from 21-23 July 2023.
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To find out more about our Sponsorship opportunities, download our 2023 Hackathon Sponsorship Kit.
