ASEN University of Melbourne Hackathon

By Future Students Team, Engineering & IT

Date and time

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 8:30 AM - Fri, 30 Nov 2018 4:00 PM AEDT

Location

University of Melbourne

Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia

Description

Be a mentor for students participating in the inaugural ASEN University of Melbourne Hackathon

Two teams from each school (Melbourne High, Mac Roberston Girls School, The Nossal High School and Suzanne Corey) of around 4 - 5 people will solve a problem in a hackathon.

The secondary school students will be given the problem on the first morning, they will then be given small goals to complete that slowly build towards a business plans.
The secondary school students will utilise skills in business, design, IT, humanities, science with academics and student ambassadors helping to guide the secondary school students to develop their ideas
Teams will then present their 'pitch' to a judging panel of University of Melbourne judges.

  • The Task: You will roam between the student groups and act as devil's advocate, question the groups, chellenge them, relate your story to the problem etc.

    You will spread your knowledge and influence

  • Requirements: 2 Ambassadors

  • Desirable: Ambasasdors who have participated in hack-a-thons before


  • Questions: please email Katie Potts, potts.k@unimelb.edu.au

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