Ticket Purchase: Catalyst 2023 Tickets on Eventbrite
Team Registration: ONE person from each team to fill out this Google Form
Discord (team finding, announcements, socials): CISSA Discord Server
Facebook (socials, interesting things): CISSA's Facebook Page
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Schedule
Friday 25th
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Time |
Event |
Details |
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5.00pm |
Welcome Ceremony |
Welcoming address and briefing |
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5.00pm - Late |
Hacking time! |
Hacking will commence immediately after the welcoming ceremony. |
Saturday 26th
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9.00am |
Alan Gilbert Building doors open |
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9.00am - 1.00pm |
Hacking resumes |
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1.00pm |
Lunch (Eat Ngon) |
Banh Mi and Rice Paper Rolls will be served! |
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1.00pm - Late |
Hacking |
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Sunday 27th
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9.00am |
Alan Gilbert Building doors open |
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9.00am - 1.00pm |
Hacking resumes |
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1:00pm |
Lunch (A1 Bakery) |
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New technologies are emerging rapidly, presenting countless opportunities for innovation in modern enterprises.
Back again this years, CATALYST 2023!
Our beginner-friendly hackathon is your time to shine — show the world how you envision the future of technology in enterprise, in your own way! The best ideas will earn their share of $1300 worth of amazing prizes.
What is Catalyst?
Catalyst is CISSA’s beginner friendly hackathon, which gives you the unique opportunity to create your vision for the future of technology through your own project. We want you to put your creative juices to the test in areas such as: Society and human interaction, health, biosecurity, fintech, blockchain, AI and 3D printing. Take your pick!
What do I need to do?
We want you to create a project that you’re proud of. After the hackathon, we hope you’re excited and motivated to build your project further to completion.
You have the complete freedom to shape your project idea. For example, you could create your own web service that helps doctors diagnose illnesses. Similarly, you may choose to develop a solution that solves problems or improves upon current technologies. Perhaps you have an amazing new industry solution, or perhaps you’re passionate about a certain technology and wish to lead the next new breakthrough!
What are the prizes?
Catalyst is unique — instead of ranking presentations based on rigid criteria, we award projects which excel in a particular area, such as creativity, technology or design.
All participants will also go in the draw for some amazing raffle prizes (to be announced soon!).
How do I join?
Ticket sales are open now! Your ticket gives you access to the competition, workshops, free food, prizes and an experience of a lifetime. Get your ticket ASAP to score 50% off with a $5 early bird ticket. Early bird tickets close on the 20th, after which you can also purchase tickets for $10.
Requirements
What to Build
Here are some ideas for what you can do:
- Society, Human and Computer Interaction: Society and people are ever more interconnected via computers and this track lets you explore the ideas and ways in which people interact and integrate computers and digital technologies into their everyday lives and social interactions. - Emotion-Responsive Music Playlist - Virtual Reality Book Club - Gesture-Controlled Presentation Software
- Health, Society and biosecurity: Awareness of health and biosecurity has ever grown within recent times and we as a society have become ever more conscious of our own health and possible threats of future pandemics. This track will let you explore how we can apply digital technologies to improve the health of both ourselves and the societies and communities we interact with. - Air Quality Monitoring App - Zoonotic Disease Tracker - Personalised Home Workout App
- FinTech: Ever increasing digitalisation of the financial sector has lead to an explosive growth in the domain of financial technologies and personal finance. With many cutting edge technologies at for forefront of Fintech, the future of FinTech is an exciting and innovation world with near endless opportunities and possibilities. - Sustainable Investment Platform - Cryptocurrency Payment Processor/tracker - Automated Budgeting Assistant
Have other ideas? As long as it ties into the theme of "Enterprise Unlock", we're sure it will be amazing!
Prizes
Winner for FinTech Stream
Winner for Society, human and computer interaction stream
Health, Society and biosecurity
Best Technology Award
Best Design Award
Most Creative Award
Community award
Most voted award
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Harrison Langdon
Competition Director (CISSA)
Judging Criteria
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Best Technology Award
Completeness - does it meet its minimum functional requirements? Quality - are there bugs? Does the project work as intended? Is the hack technically impressive or difficult? Did you find a new use for, or leverage, an existing piece of technology? -
Best Design Award
Does it look and feel good? Does it feel intuitive in its design and layout? Is it easy to use? Is it designed with the target audience in mind? -
Most Creative Award
How unique and novel is the project? Did it use a particularly clever technique? Practical project: Does it tackle a problem within the theme in an elegant way? Creative project: Artistic quality, Interactivity.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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