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- 1. GovHack 2016 This year marks the first time that GovHack has come to Christchurch. Christchurch City Council is its proud host, with the theme of “A Smart and Healthy City”. • 29-31 July • Christchurch City Council Function Room, Level 1 • 53 Hereford St • Christchurch, 8013.
- 2. What is GovHack? • GovHack is for everyone! • GovHack is an annual ‘hackathon’ competition. • Teams work together over 46 hours. • It’s a competition with prizes. • GovHack is for everyone! • Many different solutions in past Govhacks • The best teams have a mix of skills.
- 3. What are the opening hours? • Registrations open at 6pm on Friday at CCC – Open for participants and sponsors. Drinks and nibbles. • 7pm to 10pm Friday – GovtHack launch, setup teams, register on hackerspace. Categories and prizes are announced. • 8am to 10pm Saturday – Open for participants and mentors. • 8am to 6pm Sunday– Open for participants and mentors, venue closed.
- 4. What are the GovHack dealines? • The competition starts at 7pm • 12pm Saturday – All competitors MUST be registered as a user on Hackerspace. • 5pm Saturday – A Team Project Page and your prize category nomination MUST be completed in Hackerspace. • 4pm Sunday – Your video should be finalised. • 5pm Sunday – You MUST have all parts of your competition entry finalised by 5:00pm.
- 5. Prizes • Prizes will be announced on 29 July. • They will be listed on the Competition Portal @ http://portal.govhack.org/. • International prizes categories. • New Zealand GovHack major prize categories. • Local prizes. • Nominate which prizes you are competing for.
- 6. Christchurch Sponsors “Our sponsors are keen to support GovHack Christchurch as it encourages creative and innovative thinking for our evolving city.” • CDHB. • Christchurch Transport Operations Centre. • Environment Canterbury. • UC Centre for Entrepreneurship. • Vodafone Xone. • Christchurch City Council.
- 7. Won’t someone think about the Data? Local • Citizen health data from CDHB • Canterbury University data • CCC datasets – planning, art heritage and recreation • Real time transport data • Environmental data from Ecan • All data on Canterbury Maps National • Data.govt.nz portal • stats nz
- 8. How to have a great hackathon • Read the What to Bring, Food, and Wellbeing sections. • Have a chat to our mentors. • Try not to get your heart set on a single project. • Try not to be a perfectionist. • Talk to other teams and be generous. • Sleep, eat, hydrate, take breaks. • Talk to organisers if stressed, uncomfortable or in need of assistance. • You can research and plan before event.
- 9. What your host is doing for you? • Food, snacks and drink free stuff. • Mentors. • Bar will be open on Friday night. • Spot prizes for awesome teams. • Support for pitch and video submission.
- 10. Where to find more information http://govhack.org.nz/ Twitter @govhacknz or @govhackchch Facebook – Govhack Christchurch
- 11. Any questions?
Editor's Notes
- GovHack is for everyone! All sorts of people join GovHack, including entrepreneurs, developers, data analysts, engineers, designers, digital media creators, artists, film makers, story tellers, academics, researchers, youth and civic enthusiasts! GovHack is an annual ‘hackathon’ competition where participants create things using open data. Teams (that you form yourselves) work together over 46 hours to explore, mash up, ideate and communicate your concepts. It’s a competition, and there are prizes, but GovHack is a friendly creative environment. Previous years entries have included, art, jewellery, a digital sign, a board game, historic film pieces, a virtual reality game, a 3d model, a visualisation of data, an informed article and of course some amazing web apps! We only limit you to your imagination. The best teams have a mix of skills to help contribute to all the competition elements including skills to story boarding ideas, build prototypes and create a video pitch of your winning idea!
- All prizes you can compete for will be announced on 29 July at your registered Official GovHack Location 2016 launch party at 7pm Friday. After that, you’ll find the prizes listed on the Competition Portal. Teams are eligible for some great prizes, including: International Prizes categories New Zealand GovHack Major Prize categories Local Prizes – Canterbury University providing prizes for students, CTOC, CDHB prizes citizen health, Ecan, Vodafone Xone, CCC You must nominate which prizes you are competing for on your Hackerspace project page.
- A number of bounty prizes have been put up by the sponsors, including: CDHB are looking to work with the winners of their bounty using CDHB data and give them a unique opportunity to make their ideas come to life Christchurch Transport Operations Centre and Environment Canterbury have data and bounties focussed on enhancing Christchurch UC Centre for Entrepreneurship have a student focus for their bounty. Vodafone Xone are also providing participants with helpful “swag” for the event, “to help grow a culture of innovation across the city”. And Christchurch City Council will be releasing new datasets especially for the event.
- Read the What to Bring, Food, and Wellbeing sections below to make sure you have everything you need to stay happy, healthy, and productive. Have a chat to our mentors (in blue GovHack t-shirts) and organisers (white GovHack t-shirts). We’re all here to help and make sure you get the most out of your weekend, and many of us have competed in hackathons in the past. Try not to get your heart set on a single project – if the data simply isn’t available, join a team and be involved in something different. Even if you don’t know much about their topic by the start of the weekend, you’ll be an expert by Sunday! Try not to be a perfectionist. (We know it’s hard. We’re perfectionists.) You want to get something up and running for the demo on Sunday evening, even if it’s not perfect. Talk to other teams and be generous where you can. We’ve seen teams lending each other coders and designers where there’s been a skill gap, and it’s great to see. We’ve said it elsewhere, but seriously, sleep, eat, hydrate, take breaks! And do take some alone-time if you need to recharge away from people. If you’re feeling stressed, uncomfortable, or in need of assistance, come chat to one of our organisers. It’s really important to us that GovHack remains a safe, creative, and welcoming space for all participants. Remember that you’re allowed to do research and project planning before the event – it helps to come prepared, as these can be time consuming. Think about what you’re interested in doing in the weeks leading up to GovHack, and see if you can find some of the datasets you’ll need.
- Providing food, snacks and drink across the weekend, Saturday night Mamacitas Mexican food Wifi, development workspace Free stuff Mentors Bar will be open on Friday night Spot prizes for awesome teams Support for your pitch and video submission