Food Agility CRC and UNE SRI are partnering to create Australia’s first-ever Agrifood TrainHack, a two-day datahack ontrain to onfarm bringing together talented people to explore data and create value where it has not been done before.

In Australia’s first-ever TrainHack, participants will get access to never-before-combined datasets as well as guidance from experts. On the move and under pressure, they will look for unique data correlations that could help farming businesses be more productive and sustainable.

On the eight-hour journey from Sydney’s Central Station to Armidale Station, teams of students, start-ups, data scientists and future-looking farmers will get to work. They will interrogate real data sets (e.g. weather, production, environmental and consumer data) while being guided by experts in agriculture, technology and design-led development

Over the 550km journey across the Northern Tablelands of NSW, landscapes will change, ideas will emerge and the future of Australian agriculture may just be transformed.

At a Glance

WHEN: Feb 12 – Feb 15, 2020

Wednesday LAUNCH: Aerial UTS Function Centre – 5.30pm

Thursday ONTRAIN: Sydney Central Station – 9.30am

Friday ONFARM: UNE SMART Farms Armidale – 9am

Saturday RETURN: Armidale Train Station – 9am

Accom: UNE Colleges Armidale

COST: $200 per person (Incl. transfers, accommodation and meals*)

Prize Pool: $20,000!

For more information join the Agrifood TrainHack Facebook Group here!