A hackathon is an intensive event over a timeboxed period where cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams compete to design a solution to a specified problem, and build and deliver a working prototype from scratch”

No, we welcome any Partner, Start Up, Telstra employee, university student or Industry peer to join us. We are accepting applications for participants around the world. Submit your application today along with completed user profiles for eligible team members. At round 1 commencement, eligible teams will be accepted into the hackathon.

To participate in the Hackathon, navigate to the Hackathon homepage and register your user. Then, join a team or click the “Sign Up” button. You are now considered a participant of the event where you can:

• Submit a project
• Browse projects you may be interested (and request to join the project)
• Collaborate with other participants to hack on something together.
• Add deliverables or work products to your project as you complete them.

Note that as a participant, you will receive Hackathon specific communications throughout the tenure of the event. This includes invites to all key sessions.

We have some great prizes on offer with a prize pool of $20,000 AUD across a range of categories.

We will use Discord for general discussion, and the TIH2023@team.telstra.com inbox for offline team support and information mailouts.

The goal of this event is to work on something that otherwise wouldn’t have had the chance to be explored before.

Think of the one thing you really wanted to do, but your day-to-day duties have gotten in the way. This Hackathon is the perfect time to get it done!

To ensure your hack will bring value, first, observe at what your department is struggling with, but hasn’t had the time to solve. If nothing comes to mind, look elsewhere within your company for any known pain points. Also, try to take in the perspective of one of your customers - do they have something you are certain they are struggling with?

You are more than welcome to work on something unrelated and spontaneous, but know that judging will be looking projects that are not only creative, but also that will create significant impact. See the judging criteria for more details.

Of course you can! You have a few options here:

1. If you are not a part of a project, make yourself discoverable to other participants by applying expertise to your Account profile and mark yourself as “Looking for Project” on the Participants page.
2. Some participants will already have projects, but are looking for some added assistance. Browse the current project submissions and filter by teams “Accepting Teammates”. There, you can drill down even further by filtering by “Expertise needed” to see if you have skills they are seeking.
3. If you can’t find a project, head over to Discord and announce yourself as open for a team. Also, use the Participants page to discover and collaborate with other participants and build a team together!

Typically, the strongest Hackathon teams are usually the most diverse. The best way for you to find success within a team is to possess a unique skill or expertise.

If you find yourself on a team with people of similar skillsets, you should perhaps look elsewhere where your strengths will be more in need.

Yes, although individuals can join multiple projects in round 1, you will need to choose only 1 project for round 2.

Yes, this event is mostly online, with some in person localised sessions around the world. We recommend a stable internet connection for video sessions.

Yes, this is a global event, and the more the merrier!

Click this link for a copy of the Participant Terms. These are the Event Terms which are separate to the BrightIdea portal terms when first registering for the platform.

We will release detailed problem statements for each theme closer to the event. For now, please see the 3 themes on offer on the main page.

If you want to sell your product or service, this may not be the event for you. If, however, you want to participate in the event to build, learn and experiment, then we want you! It is a great way to network and get in front of leaders.

You can contact the Hackathon manager at TIH2023@team.telstra.com