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| Date | Hackathon | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 26-28 Jan | Global Game Jam | World Trace Ctr, CBD. $66. |
| 10-11 Feb | Fish Hackathon | Fishing sustainability. Location TBC. Free. |
| 23-25 Feb | Law Hackathon | Hack the Law. Monash University, Clayton. Free. |
| 9-11 Mar | Global Service Jam | Design/UX. Collin St CBD. $95 |
| 16-18 Mar | Holochain Hackathon | Blockchain. 180 Oxford St, Collingwood. Free. |
| 16-18 Mar | Wise Hacks City of Yarra | Urban Connectivity + Social Problems. Duke Street, Richmond. Free. |
| 23-25 Mar | Codebrew 2018 | $2000 Prizes. Uni Melbourne Parkville. Free (Students only). |
| 03-04 Apr | RMIT Machine Learning Hackathon | Students Only. Victoria St, Carlton. FREE |
| 07-08 Apr | UNIHACK Mini | Students Only. Like Unihack, but mini. Monash Clayton. FREE |
| 20-22 Apr | NAB + Alibaba Hackathon | China/Australia Solutions. Collins St, Docklands. $10 |
| 21-22 Apr | Incubate Hackathon | African + social issues. KPMG Docklands. $22 |
| 4-6 May | Binance Hackathon | Cryptocurrency. $5,000 in prizes! Younghusband, Kensigton. FREE. |
| 5-6 May | Facebook Hackathon | Uni students only. Facebook Office, Docklands. FREE. |
| 14-16 May | Motorola Public Safety | Motorola. Location TBA. Free (probably) |
| 2-3 Jun | Random Hacks of Kindness | Location TBC. $$ TBC (FREE usually). |
| 2-5 Jun | IoT Cup Hackathon | Part of IoT Festival. Location TBC. $$ TBC. |
| Date | Hackathon | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 17-19 Feb | Global Service Jam | RXP Office, Queen St CBD. Tix $80 |
| 24-25 Feb | NAB Labs Hackathon | Banking. $15K Prizes. Telstra Exhibition St CBD. 18+. Free. Ts&Cs. |
| 24-26 Feb | Ballarat & Western Bulldogs | Sport + City data. Ballarat Library. Free. |
| 25-26 Feb | Hack The Heart | By Girls in Tech. IE Digital. Brighton Street Richmond. Free |
| 3-5 Mar | PharmaHack | Inspire9, Steward St CBD. $21 |
| 4-5 Mar | ANZICS Datathon | Intensive Care hack. LAB-14 Carlton Connect. |
| 17-19 Mar | CodeBrew | For Students. LAB-14, Carlton Connect. $20 |
| 17-19 Mar | Unearthed | Mining and Resources. General Assembly CBD. $50 (Early bird) |
| 8 Apr | Good For Nothing | Tinkering Hack. Lab-14. |
| 27 Mar-24 Apr | Telstra Innovation (Students) | Agriculture + IoT. Telstra Exhib St. Free |
| 13 Apr-5 May | Melbourne Datathon | Telstra, Exhibition St, CBD. Free. NDA required. |
| 6 May | Hack The Museum | Ideas about the human body. Melbourne Museum. Free. |
| 6-7 May | AngelHack | Startups, Maribyrnong Street Footscray. $10. |
| 6-7 May | Facebook Hackathon | Registration closed. Somewhere. Free |
| 6-13 May | Telstra Innovation (Public) | Agriculture + IoT. Telstra Exhib St. Free. |
| 10-11 May | Cyber Security Challenge | Security Hack. Students. Venue TBC. |
| 12-14 May | RegHack | FinTech + Energy. RMIT Swanston St. $20-$40. |
| 3-4 Jun | IoTCup Hackathon | Docklands. 727 Collins St. FREE (sold out) |
| 6 Jun | Connect Hack | Business, Manufacture + Connectivity, Clayton. $50. |
| 17-18 Jun | RHOK Winter Hackathon | Hack for good. Info nite: 8 Jun. Swinburne AMDC. Free. |
| 23-25 Jun | MelbourneVR Hack | Global VR. Dreamfactory Footscray. Free |
| 1-2 July | Datathon | Busines Analytics, Uni Melb Parkville. No more tix. |
| 14-16 July | SheHacks | Girl Power Hackathon. Dream Factory, Footscray. $110. |
| 22 July | Nodebots Day | Build your robot and Fight! Swinburne AMDC. $20/$100 inc kit. |
| 28-30 July | Govhack | Government data. Big one. Telstra Gurrowa. Exhibition St CBD. Free! |
| 5-6 Aug | UNIHACK | For students. Wired Monash. L7/271 Collins St. $30. |
| 11-13 Aug | Peninsula Hack | Frankston. $10. |
| 28 Aug | WestHack | Westies & Startup School. VU Metro West Footscray. Free. |
| 4-5 Sep | Future Workplace | Design a workplace. Info Night 16 Aug. Telstra Exhibition Street CBD. $40 |
| 23-24 Sep | TADHack Global | Telecoms. Oracle. St Kilda Rd. Free. |
| 7-8 Oct | BeerHack | Carlton Brewery, Southbank. Free |
| 13 Oct | Hackofeethon | Coffee! Eastern Innovation Business Centre. $10 |
| 20-22 Oct | Smart Cities Hackathon | Smart Cities + Blockchain. RMIT Swanston CBD. $50-100 |
| 20-22 Oct | Energy Hackathon | Energy. Melb Uni, Parkville. $10-25 |
| 27-29 Oct | NAB Intersekt | Banking APIs, Little Collins, CBD $20 |
| 12 Nov | Coder Dojo @ Altona Nortn | Kids 7-17, Learn Programming & Hack, Altona, Free |
| 18-19 Nov | Data Hackathon | Data Science. REA Church St, Richmond. Free. |
| 25 Nov | RHoK Summer Hackathon | Hacks of Kindness, Zendesk. Collins St CBD. Free. |
| 29 Nov | Innovation Impact Hackathon | Innovate Queen Victoria Market, Carlton, FREE |
| 1-3 Dec | TOM Makeathon | Assistive Tech, Swinburne Hawthorn. Free. |
| Date | Hackathon | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 29 - 31 Jan | Global Game Jam | Gaming Hack, Swinburne Uni, Cost $66 |
| 6 Feb | Xamarin Hackday | For learning Xamarin. 2.5 hrs hack. Richmond. FREE |
| 26 - 28 Feb | Global Service Jam | Swinburne Uni, AMDC Hawthorn. Tix $86 |
| 1 Mar | Red Cross Hackathon | Swanston Street, Carlton. FREE |
| 4 - 6 Mar | Science Hackfest | LAB-14, Carlton Connect. Uni Melb. FREE |
| 18 Mar | VU Hackathon | Victoria Uni - Footscray. |
| 18 - 19 Mar | Future Melbourne Digital City Hack | The Cube ACMI, Federation Square, FREE |
| 18 - 20 Mar | CodeBrew | Run by UniMelb CISSA. York Butter Factory. $30. |
| 19 - 21 Mar | Mini Maker Faire | Hardware and Electronics. Swinburne Wantirna |
| 23 Mar | Hackathon@Outware | Quick 3hr Hack, La Trobe Street. |
| 9 Apr | UNIHACK Mini | Monash Clayton. Students only. |
| 15 - 17 Apr | Telstra Hackathon | Exhibition Street CBD. Sold Out. |
| 15 - 17 Apr | Techfugees | Refugee crisis solutions. Launchpad, Richmond. Sold Out. |
| 22 - 24 Apr | NASA Spaceapps Melbourne | Worldwide Event @ Lab-14 Carlton Connect. FREE. |
| 30 Apr - 1st May | Unimelb DataSci Student Challenge | UniMelb Parkville - Old Eng Building. Free. |
| 23 Apr - 6 Apr | Datathon Hackday | Part of MKW. Must sign NDA. Telstra Exhibition St. |
| 6 - 8 May | Startup Weekend | York Butter Factory, Tix $69-99 |
| 7 May | Hack for Change - UX Design | Part of MKW. General Assembly @ 45 Willian St. Free. |
| 4 - 5 Jun | RHoK Winter Hackathon | Swinburne AMDC. Free. Info Night May 26. |
| 1 - 2 Jul | Final Frontier Hackathon | Space Hack. FF Festival. Melb Uni Parkville, Union House. $10. |
| 9 - 10 Jul | Botathon (Hackathon for chatbots & AI) | Revolver Creative - 231 Chapel St, Prahran |
| 22 - 24 Jul | She Hacks | General Assembly - William St in CBD. $99 |
| 23 Jul | International NodeBots | Robotics. Worldwide. Swinburne AMDC, $20 |
| 25 - 27 Jul | Hacking Health | Digital Health. HISA North Melb/Carlton. $50 ($10 stud) |
| 29 - 31 Jul | GovHack Official | Nationwide. >1000 hackers. Thoughtworks 303 Collins Street. Free. |
| 29 - 31 Jul | GovHack Mapspace | Govhack node for mapping and GIS. Telstra Exhibition St CBD. Free. |
| 30 - 31 Jul | UNIHACK | Run by Wired Monash. Students only. Lab-14 Carlton Connect. |
| 5 - 6 Aug | Breaking Law | Corporate Law. Lab-14 Carlton Connect |
| 12 - 14 Aug | Virtual Reality Hackathon | City Sustainability Theme. General Assembly, William St. Free. |
| 26 Aug | Researcher@Library | Sociology Data Hack. Lab 14. Carlton Connect. Free |
| 17 Sep | Hearing Wearable Hackathon | RMIT University, Swanston St, Free. |
| 20 Sep - 6 Oct | MEDevice | Medical Gadgets. Students only. UniMelb Parkville, Free. |
| 8 Oct | Angular Hackday | Learn Angular. General Assembly CBD. Free |
| 8 - 9 Oct | ITS MasterCard | Smart City Theme. Melb Convention Centre, $10. |
| 14 - 16 Oct | HealthHack | Thoughtworks CBD, Free. |
| 15 - 16 Oct | TADHACK | Telecomms Hack. Telstra Exhibition St CBD. Free. |
| 21 Oct - 23 Oct | Energy Hackathon | LAB-14, Carlton Connect. $25 |
| 28 - 29 Oct | Climate Hackathon | LAB-14 Carlton Connect. Free but lengthy Rego |
| 4 Nov - 6 Nov | Sustainability Jam | Swinburne AMDC. $80 - 150. |
| 21 - 22 Nov | Hack the G | IoT and Data, MCG, Free |
| 25 - 27 Nov | Startup Weekend RetailTech | Digital Bunker, Bourke St. Tix $80. |
| 26 - 27 Nov | RHoK Summer Hackathon | Random Hacks of Kindness. Info night 17 Nov. Free. |
| 28 - 30 Nov | TOM:Makeathon | Assistive Tech Gadgets. Global. Swinbourne AMDC. |
| 28 - 30 Nov | MedHack | Chronic Disease. General Assembly CBD. $15-20 |
| 9 - 11 Dec | Telstra Cloud #2 | Connected Devices. Exhibition Street CBD. Free. |
| 10 Dec | Xamarin Hackday | .NET and Xamarin for hybrid apps. |
| Date | Hackathon | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan - 1 Feb | BattleHack | Sponsored by Paypal / Braintree |
| 13 - 14 Jun | TadHack | Telecom Apps. Worldwide event |
| 3 - 5 July | Govhack Melbourne | National Event |
| 10 -12 July | HealthXL Hack Aging | Collaboration with IBM / Northern Health |
| 15 - 16 Aug | UniHack | Uni Students Only |
| 21 - 23 Aug | NexPaq | Mobile + Gadgets |
| 21 - 23 Aug | SheHacks | Girls only |
| 19 - 20 Sep | AWShine Hack | Amazon Women Shine |
| 25 -27 Sep | CodeBrew | Melb Uni Students |
| 9 - 11 Oct | Packathon | Pakistan Theme |
| 10 - 11 Oct | Meteor Melbourne | Solutions using MeteorJS |
| 15 - 22 Oct | Melbourne Datathon | Part of MKW. Queen Street & Docklands. |
| 23 - 25 Oct | HealthHack | Melb + Perth + Sydney. Thoughworks |
| 23 - 25 Oct | Microsoft More Personal Computing | Swinburne Uni of Tech, $75 |
| 25 - 29 Oct | StartUp Bus | Code on the bus, $249, Rego closes 7 Oct |
| 6 - 9 Nov | Unearthed | Resources / Mining, Tickets $75 |
| 13 - 14 Nov | IEx Movember Hackathon | Richmond, FREE |
| 14 - 15 Nov | BuzzConf | Ballan, VIC. Tickets $295 and up |
| 20 - 22 Nov | Startup Weekend | York Butter Fac. Tickets $60 |
| 27 - 29 Nov | Herald Sun Codefest | NewsCorp APIs, Carlton, Free |
| 28 Nov - 5 Dec | Telstra IoT Challenge | 242 Exhibition St, SOLD OUT. |
| 5 - 6 Dec | Random Hacks of Kindness | Swinburne Uni. Free. See Info night |
| 9 Dec | Rails Hack Night | Ruby on Rails, Free |
| 12 - 13 Dec | GE Industrial Hackathon | Uni of Melb Carlton, Tix FREE |