UTS Rapido & StreetKind Hackathon

Welcome to the StreetKind Hackathon at the UTS Tech Festival 2024. Join us as we tackle a pressing challenge faced by StreetKind, a non-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring the safety of individuals on Sydney's streets at night.

In this hackathon, you'll be tasked with solving a real-life problem faced by StreetKind on their StreetKind.app, which aims to transform Sydney’s night-time street safety. With guidance from the product owner and experts in UX and technology, you'll dive into the problem scope, select a challenge, and develop a prototype solution.

The focus of this hackathon is to optimise the impact of streetkind.app's data collection methods. This involves creating cutting-edge automatic real-time online data collection systems and/or designing interfaces for the public to locate StreetKind sites and roving teams. This hackathon offers a unique opportunity to leverage your skills and creativity to make a tangible difference in enhancing street safety through advanced data collection strategies. Join us at TechFest 2024 for a rewarding and collaborative experience.

***Hackathon Details***

Date: Monday, 24 June - Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: UTS Building 7, Level 03, Room 10G 10B

Additional Info: The above location is the primary meeting point for the hackathon, but participants are free to work from any location on or off-campus that suits them. The location will be open from the time period above for both days and organising staff will be present during these times. This hackathon is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).

Who is invited: All UTS students from all faculties. There are only 80 spots though so make sure you register quick! (and please only register if you are certain you will come on the day)

Event Organisers: UTS Rapido, StreetKind, and UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT

***Program Details***

Monday, 24 June (Day 1)

10:00 AM – Kick-off, Industry Introductions & Orientation
10:30 AM – Problem Definition
11.00 AM – User Experience & Environment
12:00 PM – Lunch Break
1:00 PM – Team Formation
1:30 PM – Co-design Ideation Session
5.00 PM – End of hosted session

Tuesday, 25 June (Day 2)

10:00 AM – Prototype Development – Introduction to Figma
12:00 PM – Lunch Break
1:00 PM – Testing & Refinement, Pitch Preparation
4:00 PM – Final Pitches & Award Ceremony
5.00 PM – End of session

Prizes: Prizes will be awarded in various categories. Winners will also be invited to attend the Tech Fest Awards Night to acknowledge their achievements and receive a certificate.

Team Sizes: Teams will be formed on the day of the event and will vary in sizes.

Theme and objectives: These will be announced during the kick-off and orientation section on day 1.

Food: Light refreshments and afternoon tea will be provided on both days, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own food and plenty of water.

Register your attendance by Friday 21 June 2024.

About StreetKind

https://www.streetkind.co

The core of StreetKind’s work lies in positive community interactions and encouraging pro-social behaviours to promote the prevention and control of harm in Sydney’s nightlife. Their street team selflessly gives up every Friday and Saturday night, 10pm to 3.30am, assisting people who are out in the city, and where a night out can take a very bad turn. The team operates from safe bases and roves around the CBD to ensure people can get home safely, especially if they are young or female. 

StreetKind offers first-aid, re-hydration, footwear, reconnection, phone charging, directions and can accompany individuals who are alone back to local addresses. They currently operate in Darling Harbour and The Rocks, Sydney.

About UTS Rapido

https://www.rapido.uts.edu.au

UTS Rapido is an impact-focused R&D innovation hub, embedded within UTS.

Bridging the gap between academia and industry: Our professional engineers, R&D experts and skilled project managers collaborate with UTS world-class researchers, facilities and labs to deliver projects for our industry and social impact partners.

Gateway to a comprehensive university-wide engineering and IT ecosystem: Through customer-centric professionalism and strategic engagement, we enable entry into a comprehensive university-wide engineering and IT ecosystem.

Providing professional level multi-disciplinary core services: A multi-disciplinary innovation hub with professional R&D engagement and project management.

Delivering industry impact: Supporting start-ups, SMEs and corporations, UTS Rapido provides industry focused, engineering and technology solutions to develop cutting edge products and services.

Rapido Social Impact: We support our purposeful partners to expand their impact and help solve societal problems, by developing engineering and technology-based solutions on a low-bono basis.

This event is hosted with:

Please contact Aimee.Welstead@uts.edu.au if you have any questions about this event.

To enable a safe, comfortable and enjoyable experience for all attendees, security measures are in place to ensure the smooth running of our events.

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