GovHack, Canberra Oct 30 and 31 – produced by Web Directions
On Friday afternoon at Web Directions South we were excited and honoured to be able to announce GovHack, an event we’ll be producing in canberra at the end of the month. GovHack is an initiative of the Government 2.0 TaskForce, in support of MashupAustralia, a competition encouraging the creation of mashups and apps on top of Australian Government data.
GovHack is a free, intensive day and a half exploring ways of creating mashups and applications with government data and services, and most importantly building some applications before the event is over. See you in Canberra, October 30 and 31.
The executive summary
- What: The first ever Australian Government supported hack day
- When: October 30 and 31 2009 (you can come to one or both days, or hack through the night at the venue)
- Where: Canberra, Australia (venue TBA)
- Who Should attend: Web designers and developers, IAs, back-end engineers, usablity and interaction experts, information visualization gurus, and anyone interested in developing applications, mashups, visualizations and other creative uses of Australian Government data
- What will be provided?: Power, wifi, food, caffeine, inspirational mentors, and the chance to connect with new collaborators.
- Price: Free, but RSVPs are essential
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