{"id":36949,"date":"2023-10-20T14:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/australias-first-hackathon-for-creatives-set-to-disrupt-the-way-physical-and-digital-worlds-interact-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:47:09","slug":"australias-first-hackathon-for-creatives-set-to-disrupt-the-way-physical-and-digital-worlds-interact-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/australias-first-hackathon-for-creatives-set-to-disrupt-the-way-physical-and-digital-worlds-interact-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s first hackathon for creatives set to “disrupt the way physical and digital worlds interact” – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Anna<\/div>\n

Australia\u2019s first startup weekend for creative industries will be held in Brisbane this month with high-profile figures from the community set \u00a0to head the judging panel.<\/p>\n

With Australia\u2019s creative sector valued at more than $35 billion, the CEO of QUT Creative Enterprise Australia<\/a> Anna Rooke says the weekend will focus on\u00a0 inspiring people to start up ideas in this \u00a0space.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe combine tech with fashion, multimedia, robotics, advertising, psychology,”\u00a0 she tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to disrupt the way the\u00a0 physical and digital worlds interact.”<\/p>\n

With the aim of developing more immersive, personalised and multi-dimensional user experiences, the weekend will see groups of \u201chackers, hustlers and hipsters\u201d develop MVPs to pitch before a judging panel including Shark Tank\u2019s Steve Baxter<\/a> and Elaine Stead from Blue Sky Venture Capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Priced at $49 for students and\u00a0$99 for everyone else, Rooke says she hopes to see a diverse mix of brainpower colliding at the 54-hour event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s open to anybody curious about what it takes to build a startup,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA) will host the event from March 18th to 20th and registrations are still open.<\/p>\n

With a maximum capacity of\u00a0 80 people, participants will be sorted \u00a0into groups of eight to 10 people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assign them to different teams so we a get a good balance of skills and at the end of the weekend they\u2019ll have a MVP they can pitch,\u201d Rooke says.<\/p>\n

Rooke says she \u00a0wants the event to serve as \u00a0a launch pad for new startup ideas and experimentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason we\u2019re doing this is we really see the value in harnessing talent in the creative tech industries,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very much being delivered for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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