Techfugees Melbourne Hackathon

Moved by the plight of refugees in Europe, a number of technology industry people have formed a voluntary team to create the series of non-profit “Techfugees” conferences, hackathons, and work with a global network of collaborators.Today there are now over 2,000 members of Techfugees, demonstrating a huge desire amongst the tech community to get involved with this issue.Our events are entirely non-profit, designed to bring together tech engineers, entrepreneurs and startups together with NGOs and other agencies in order to address the crisis in ways where the technology world can bring its considerable firepower.

Techfugees

Following the success of the <A HREF="http://techfugees.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Techfugees</A> <A HREF="https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/wtf-is-a-hackathon-92668579601#.t6bd1tipi" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">hackathon</A> in Sydney last November, it's Melbourne's turn!
The Techfugees Melbourne Hackathon will bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs and community members to develop creative tech solutions to help refugee families settle into the Australian community.
Former refugees who have already settled in Australia will participate in the event to help teams deeply understand problems and challenges faced by new settlers and co-design solutions.
Leaders from the tech community will mentor teams through the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, teams will pitch their solutions to a judges panel of tech and community leaders.
The event will be hosted by our sponsors at <A HREF="http://www.launchpadcentre.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LaunchPad</A> in Richmond. We will update this page, devpost and our social media pages once we confirm more details. 
Come make a difference, have some fun, learn a lot and help to welcome refugees to the Australian community. 
<A HREF="http://techfugees-melb-au-2016.devpost.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Please sign up for a DevPost account and register for this hackathon once you've confirmed your Eventbrite ticket!</A>
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<H2>Prizes</H2>
Winner
$5,000 cash prize from <A HREF="http://launchvic.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LaunchVic</A> to go towards development of the winning solution.
All members of the winning team will receive $250 credit for any <A HREF="http://generalassemb.ly" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">General Assembly</A> course.  
1st Runner Up
A prize package of $3,000 sponsored by <A HREF="http://lawpath.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LawPath</A> including a free company registration, 12 month subscription to 200+ customisable legal documents and a $300 discount off the first legal quote.
$70 credit for any General Assembly course.
2nd Runner Up
$35 credit for any General Assembly course.
People's Choice Award - Get your online votes in from 2pm, Sunday 17th <A HREF="http://techfugees-melb-au-2016.devpost.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A> 
$250 cash from <A HREF="http://www.innovaction.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">InnovAction</A> and 2 free, 1 hour advisor sessions from Startup Mentors. 
All attendees
Thanks to our generous sponsors, all attendees will also receive the following free electronic goodies bag:
<UL>
<LI>3 months <A HREF="https://lawpath.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LawPath</A> online account to access customisable legal documents. </LI>
<LI>3 months access to General Assembly's digital learning platform Front Row - <A HREF="http://ga.co/melbtechfugeesga" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">sign up here</A>! </LI>
<LI>Waived processing fees of up to AUD$5,000 of transactions from <A TITLE="Stripe" HREF="https://stripe.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stripe</A>.</LI>
<LI>$50 <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="https://www.amazon.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AWS</A> credits for each team.</LI>
<LI>Digital storage upgrades from <A STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" HREF="http://dropbox.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dropbox</A>.</LI>
</UL>
Coffee will be supplied during the event by the wonderful folks at <A STYLE="line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://wideopenroad.com.au" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wide Open Road</A>. 
Pitch Ceremony food and drink sponsored by the team at <A HREF="https://www.stripe.com/atlas" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stripe</A>.
<H2>Sponsors</H2>
 
<A HREF="http://telstrafoundation.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" ALT="Telstra Foundation logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/telstrafoundationlogo.jpg" HEIGHT="107" WIDTH="256"></IMG></A>           <A HREF="http://launchvic.org/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="LaunchVic" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/launchviclogo.png" HEIGHT="154" WIDTH="270"></IMG></A>
<A STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" TITLE="Stripe logo" HREF="https://stripe.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" ALT="Stripe Logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/stripelogo.png" HEIGHT="121" WIDTH="262"></IMG></A>      <A STYLE="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" HREF="https://lawpath.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;" ALT="LawPath Logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/lawpathlogoblue.png" HEIGHT="78" WIDTH="291"></IMG></A>
<A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="https://aws.amazon.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/awslogocsmall.png" HEIGHT="142" WIDTH="300"></IMG></A>   <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://dropbox.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" ALT="Dropbox logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/dropboxblue.png" HEIGHT="62" WIDTH="268"></IMG></A>
 
<A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;" HREF="http://ga.co/melbtechfugeesga" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="General Assembly logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/galogo.png" HEIGHT="135" WIDTH="115"></IMG></A>              <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://www.launchpadcentre.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG STYLE="line-height: 20.8px;" ALT="Launchpad Logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/logolaunchpadblackfooter.png" HEIGHT="147" WIDTH="147"></IMG></A>     <A STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" HREF="http://wideopenroad.com.au" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Wide Open Road Coffee" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/wideopenroadcoffee.png" HEIGHT="154" WIDTH="154"></IMG></A>   
 
<A HREF="http://www.innovaction.com.au/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="InnovAction" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/innovaction.jpg" HEIGHT="79" WIDTH="314"></IMG></A>
 
<H2>Not for Profit Partners</H2>
 
<A HREF="http://www.redcross.org.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Australian Red Cross" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/clfullhorizontal.jpg" HEIGHT="121" WIDTH="250"></IMG></A>                 <A HREF="http://www.ames.net.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="AMES" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/ames0007logostackedntlcolourcmyk.jpg" HEIGHT="104" WIDTH="267"></IMG></A> 
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<H2>Partners</H2>
<A HREF="http://www.lulumpr.co/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="LuluMPR" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/c2a9lulumpr.allrightsreservedreduced.png" HEIGHT="121" WIDTH="198"></IMG></A>        <A HREF="http://igenfoundation.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="iGen Foundation" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/igenfoundationrgbreduced.png" HEIGHT="137" WIDTH="164"></IMG></A>      <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://thatstartupshow.tv/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="That Startup Show Logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/tsulogo.png" HEIGHT="139" WIDTH="173"></IMG></A>
<A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://poliversity.org.au" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Poliversity logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/poliversity.jpg" HEIGHT="144" WIDTH="241"></IMG></A>          <A HREF="http://ihorizon.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="iHorizon" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/ihorizonlogo.png"></IMG></A>  <A HREF="http://findmypast.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="FMP" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/fmplogo.jpg" HEIGHT="66" WIDTH="226"></IMG></A>
 
<H2>Supporters</H2>
 <A HREF="http://cmy.net.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="CMY" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/cmylogofullcolourrgb105px.png" HEIGHT="127" WIDTH="127"></IMG></A>   <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Geek-Dinners-Melbourne/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Girls Geek Dinner logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/girlsgeekdinner.png" HEIGHT="101" WIDTH="152"></IMG></A>      <A HREF="http://startupvictoria.com.au" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Startup Vic logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/startupviclogo.jpeg" HEIGHT="86" WIDTH="209"></IMG></A>       
<A TITLE="Scale Investors" HREF="http://www.scaleinvestors.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Scale Angels logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/scalelogo.png" HEIGHT="92" WIDTH="176"></IMG></A>        <A STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" TITLE="Centre for Social Impact Swinburne University" HREF="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/social-impact/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/csislogo.jpg" HEIGHT="67" WIDTH="308"></IMG></A>    <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;" HREF="http://afiniation.com/showcase-event/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><IMG ALT="Afiniation logo" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/164144582/afiniation.png"></IMG></A> 
 
<H2>Connect with us!</H2>
Twitter: <A HREF="https://twitter.com/techfugeesaust1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@TechfugeesAust1</A>  <A HREF="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hack4refugees&src=tyah" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#hack4refugees</A>
Facebook: <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/techfugeesaustralia/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">facebook.com/techfugeesaustralia</A>
Web: <A HREF="http://Techfugees.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Techfugees.com</A> 
Livestream for Launch 7pm, Friday 15th and Pitch Ceremony 2pm, Sunday 17th: <A HREF="http://goo.gl/5F13DJ" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://goo.gl/5F13DJ</A>
 
Please review our <A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;" HREF="http://hackcodeofconduct.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Code of Conduct</A> prior to registration. 
 
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