Perth Student Hack

What is it?

Perth Student Hack is a unique 48-hour event that brings technically-gifted Western Australian students together to develop prototype solutions to industry problems.

Our industry partners will pitch some of their toughest technical problems across mining & energy, agriculture and education, to be solved quickly by the next generation of Western Australian innovators, developers and designers. Challenges will be focused around data analysis, web & mobile apps, and sensors.

Anyone can compete - from students who have coded a few times (maybe in a university class, maybe not) through to professional developers (who just haven't graduated yet).

Why compete?

sweet sweet cash & swag
-Industry challenges will have significant cash prizes
-Plus, if you make something sweet, a company will probably want to buy it
-There will be so much free swag

glory & employment
-Win or lose, a great talking point for any job interview
-Learn employable skills and real world experience
-We'll make nice trophies for you

fun
-Making cool stuff is sick
-Heaps of other young devs to hang with
-Free food and cheap drinks

Schedule:

friday may 1
-5pm event registration
-6pm welcome ceremony
-7pm teams form and dinner

saturday may 2
-8am updates and breakfast
-12pm updates and lunch
-7pm updates and dinner

sunday may 3
-8am updates and breakfast
-12pm updates and lunch
-5pm submission deadline
-6pm presentations start
-7pm judging and awards

Teams have full ownership of everything they build and are free to do with it as they wish.