Want to be a part of designing solutions to the United Nations 17 sustainable goals? Join us in a Global Hackathon, where over 70 cities around the world come together to tackle sustainability!

To collaborate, we need to engage in a way that goes beyond talking, towards making and creating, in a space for people from all backgrounds who bring in their local knowledge, ensuring a bottom-up, grassroots approach.This is why we started the Jam: a 2 day event to engage makers and designers to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals by creating short-term interventions with long-term impact. More than an event, it is a network of cities and organisations that are excited to engage their local communities to create real impact for the Global Goals.

The Global Goals Jam will be presented in a video at the UN Climate Week in New York.

We want to create real impact, going beyond the Jam. Best ideas could join an incubator and/or internal innovation programs of our corporate partners. There will also the ability to launch subsequent initiatives post event involving the community, non-for-profit and corporate leveraging the Communiteer Platform

CHALLENGES

The Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) that the Sydney Jam will tackle includes:

Water (Goal #6) & Climate Change ( Goal #13)

How might we empower communities to reduce their water footprint so that Australia responds more rapidly and effectively to climate change?

Responsible Consumption and Production, E-Waste (Goal #12)

How Might we empower communities to better manage their e-waste so that we reduce the pollution of soil and water ?

Participants will join teams and choose one of the above to solve for.

AGENDA

Day 1 Friday 20 September - Kick-Off & Team Set-Up

Location: Academy Xi, Ground floor/48 Druitt St, Sydney NSW 2000

5:00 - 5:30 Welcome and registration

5:30 - 6:15 Global Goals Jam Presentation & Inspirational talk by:

- Blaise Porter, Director of Responsible Business at Fujitsu

- Sanjay Kumarasingham, Environmental Engineer with specialisation in wastewater treatment

- Emma James, Water Sensitive Urban Designer at Sydney Water

6:15 - 7:00 Team building / Select challenge

Day 2 Saturday 21 September - Sprints

Location: UTS Building 15, L1 622-632 Harris Street Ultimo, NSW 2007

9:00 - 12:30 Sprint #1 Explore it!

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Sprint #2 Respond to it!

15:15 - 15:30 Break/Energizer

15:30 - 17:00 Sprint #3 Make it!

Day 3 Sunday 22 September

Location: UTS Building 15, L1 622-632 Harris Street Ultimo, NSW 2007

9:00 - 10:30 Sprint #3 Make it! (cont)

10:30 - 12:00 Sprint #4 Share it!

12:00 - 14:00 Final touch - Pitch preparation (Lunch served)

14:00 - 16:00 Pitch to Jury Panel

Decision Makers from Fujitsu, Sydey Water, the Impact Accelerator will be on the panel.

16:00 Close

(optional - informal drinks in a local pub post event)

We are a volunteer group organising the event. Any proceedings will be donated to a charity involved in solving for the SDGs.

No prior hackathon experience is required. No coding experience necessary, just a drive to find creative solutions to some of our most pressing problems