Pia asked me to forward this on, so here it is! *****
GovHack events now open for registration! We are pleased to announce that the event registration is now officially open, so get in and reserve your spot at http://govhack2013.eventbrite.com.au All location details can be found at http://www.govhack.org/locations/ GovHack runs nationally from May 31 to June 2 2013, 8 locations in Australia will come together with over 400 participants and 150 teams to play with government data and create unique solutions and services. Solutions which then have a chance to become reality with over $40k in the national prize pool and a further $120k of local prizes. These prizes are divided up into competition prizes and some quite innovative entrepreneurial packages to encourage our best and brightest to further develop their ideas beyond GovHack. Last years competition saw government partner with developers and data enthusiasts to discover what technologies could improve how government makes it data available and services better, but this year we have set up the competition to enable government agencies to invest in promising projects beyond the competition. This is a big shift for the competition which the GovHack team is hoping pays off with some tangible outcomes for both the developer community and government. In addition this year NICTA,'s eGov Cluster, one of the major competition sponsors, will run a showcase in Canberra for competition winners to talk about their ideas and entries with start up managers and industry heads. GovHack provides government with the opportunity to see what hacker culture has to offer. The competition is expecting a big list of Federal and State/Territory Government agencies, but is also attracting a lot of attention from some of premier brands of the ICT sector. This includes support from Platinum sponsors NICTA, the eGovernment Technology Cluster and Microsoft. GovHackis also supported by Gold sponsors Palantir, Google, Relational IO, Link Digital and more. There are also a number of strong local event sponsors and supporters around the country including the South Australian Government, Gold Coast City Council, Landgate, the Tasmanian Government, the ACT Government, Intersect, Newcast and AusGOAL. All government supporters will be announced in the coming weeks, but thus far there has been strong support from several State and Territory Governments and the following Federal agencies: the Department of Finance and Deregulation, Geoscience Australia, the Office of Spatial Policy, National Library of Australia, National Archives of Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics with more to be announced! For more information see www.govhack.org. For media enquiries please contact Geoff Mason at [email protected] or contact a GovHack local organiser below for specifics: GovHack Canberra – Pia Waugh (govhackau at gmail.com) Unleashed Adelaide – Gail Fairlamb (unleashed at sa.gov.au) – also see http://unleashedadelaide.com/ GovHack Sydney - Anne Cregan (anne.cregan at intersect.org.au) GovHack Tasmania - Richard Tubb (govhacktas at gmail.com) GovHack Perth – Nic Templeman (nic at communitycloud.org.au) GovHack Melbourne - David Flanders (david.flanders at ands.org.au) GovHack Brisbane – Ricky Robinson (ricky.robinson at nicta.com.au) GovHack Gold Coast - Tanya Lipus (tlipus at goldcoast.qld.gov.au) _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
