{"id":47319,"date":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/presentify-wins-inaugural-sydney-hackathon-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:53:16","slug":"presentify-wins-inaugural-sydney-hackathon-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/presentify-wins-inaugural-sydney-hackathon-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentify wins inaugural Sydney Hackathon – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

An app that turns articles into formatted web presentations has won the inaugural Sydney Hackathon, the first 24-hour tech start-up event of its kind in Australia.<\/p>\n

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Presentify, a team of three students, emerged from a field of 32 contestants to take out the top prize, winning $1,500 and the chance to develop the app into a commercial product.<\/p>\n

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The app turns any article on publisher Elsevier\u2019s SciVerse platform into an HTML5 presentation, auto-filling areas such as section titles, images and charts.<\/p>\n

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Second place went to SciPlay, a game that quizzes users of the SciVerse platform about the article they are reading. Third spot was handed to Macadeima, a search aid for articles and video content within the platform.<\/p>\n

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Teams were comprised of a mixture of students and professionals, with a full-time Google developer lending his help to the SciPlay team.<\/p>\n

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Elsevier, which sponsored the event, flew several executives out from the US to help judge the event, which was held in conjunction with the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n

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As reported by StartupSmart<\/a> last week, the \u2018hackathon\u2019, where teams of tech enthusiasts compete to create viable start-ups in a short period, is thought to be the first of its kind in Australia, despite the format being well established in the US.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hoped that the event will spur other similar initiatives across Australia, boosting the chances of tech start-ups getting their ideas commercialised.<\/p>\n

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James Alexander, co-organiser of the event and also a member of the winning Presentify team, says that he was happy with how the day went overall.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think the simplicity of our idea stood out from the others,\u201d hew says. \u201cThe fact that you don\u2019t need software to run it, just a web browser, helped too.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the first event, I think it went well. In terms of quality, it was very good. Elsevier said that were very impressed with our app and they are keen to get it live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alexander says that he will work part-time with Elsevier to get the app up and running. Another hackathon has been pencilled in for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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