GovHack 2022

What is GovHack?

GovHack empowers communities all over Australia and New Zealand to experiment and tackle today's big policy and service delivery challenges with data.

We exist to:

• connect community, government and industry to work together to grow data skills and build a digitally capable and inclusive society;
• showcase data as the tool to identify and address today's most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges;
• impress upon government the economic and social value of quality machine-readable, standardised open data;
• highlight how open government is strengthening our democracy by promoting transparency and trust.

We value:

• Inclusion — We're here for everyone! We believe that everyone deserves to participate in our digital future which is why GovHack is age-less, diverse, accessible, safe and secure.
• Free — All our events, everywhere, for everyone.
• Hackers-first — Our community is our priority. We work to elevate the needs of our community and members.
• Regional — Opportunities shouldn't be limited to where you live. We work to drive GovHack to regional and rural regions.
• Volunteer-driven — Passionate volunteers are the change makers and life blood that makes GovHack come alive.
• Transparency — We believe in being accountable and open in all that we do.
• Open Access — We advocate for FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) data to be used in open ways, shared and adaptable for everyone.

GovHack is an annual 46 hour hackathon, a Festival of Ideas, using open government data to make our communities better places.

We do this by providing access to data and a space to connect with Government and organisations so you can workshop ideas around community challenges and imagine and develop concepts to drive meaningful change.

Across one weekend, thousands come together across Australia and New Zealand to form teams, agree to projects, and participate in what has become one of the world's premier open data competitions.

During the competition, teams create a proof of concept and a video that tells the story of how data can be reused, looking for new ways to solve challenges facing government.

Established in 2009 as a small Canberra-based event to showcase the opportunities of open government data, GovHack has grown into the largest open data hackathon in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Who comes to GovHack?

There are several types of attendees and stakeholders involved to help teams create a memorable GovHack experience.

Hackers bring a diverse range of skills such as designing, developing, programming, storyboarding, marketing, visualisation, research, human behaviour, history, journalism, analysis, (to name just a few!), to the event to produce and present a 'proof of concept' during the main two days of the event.

To participate, hackers can be school age or retired, a psychologist or a coder, a historian or a journalist, a teacher or a researcher, a government or corporate employee, etc. etc.

Not all hackers are super technical, but they are all creative, passionate and full of ideas.

Hackers can participate in their preferred location, and also digitally, from anywhere within Australia and New Zealand. This allows us to have participants from far reaching places where we don't have a physical presence. Participants can mix with their peers from anywhere across Australia and New Zealand.

Data Mentors, are custodians of government datasets, they attend to assist teams to access and use their data.

Technology Mentors are generally corporate sponsors and assist hackers in understanding and using their software platforms and technology in the development of the teams open data concepts.

Observers and VIPs are representatives from many sponsoring organisations, visiting Government Ministers and local MPs, kindred organisations who share the same passions, speakers and other organisations keen to see the GovHack experience.

Local Event Hosts, led by Region Leads, the Event Host, is tasked to keep the event running smoothly. They will be responsible for facilitating their local events to make the weekend a creative success.

GovHack is only possible with the contribution of countless passionate volunteers all across ANZ. Our team of organisers is passionately dedicated to GovHack and they're spread across both countries with many roles from our International Operations Team, Region Leads andtheir Regional teams to keep the local events connected and running smoothly.

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The Themes of 2022

This year there are three (3) key themes, these reflect the key strategic areas that both government and organisations can manage their Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
How can open data contribute to addressing ESG goals in our post-pandemic ways of working?. In addition to these 3 key themes, sponsors can also select your own topic of interest that is relevant or particular to your organisation.

Environment

Technologies and enabling services are assisting our primary producers to understand the land and all its resources to make better decisions. How industries are contributing to climate change, managing biodiversity, resource utilisation and maintaining water security is the focus for this theme.

• Climate change: This theme is looking for open data and challenges that can contribute to ideas and concepts on ocean pollution, sea levels, natural disaster, carbon emission, air quality management and all the factors that can contribute to climate change.
• Renewable energy: How can open data be used to reduce the current fossil fuel use across industries? Challenges in this category will include how renewable energy can be used more efficiently, the usage of different types of renewable energy and industry participation in using renewable energy.
• Sustainable resource management: Australia is at the leading edge in its approach to resource management, but we need to ensure those resources are sustainably managed for the future. Challenges under this category will try to solve the better use of water resources, waste management, energy usage and government asset utilisation.

Social

In the post-pandemic world, reshaping the health and wellbeing of the community has emerged as a new challenge for organisations and communities. As the workplace arrangement changed, the way we interact with people has been redefined and influenced by technology due to increasing remote work habits. The challenges in this category will focus on mental health issues, skills development, citizen privacy and data security, STEM education and community engagement.

• Skills Development: Skills shortages in many sectors is a critical concern across Australia. Almost every industry is still struggling to get the required skilled workforce yet many people struggle to upskill themselves. Challenges in this category will look at redefining skills criteria, finding opportunities to upgrade skills, encouraging STEM education and ideas to address the skills shortages across industries.
• Diversity and inclusion: Breaking the social and gender bias is one of the key challenges across the world. Race, gender and ethnic bias are very present, from conscious decision making to subconscious, social norms. This challenge will look at how to encourage women into STEM education, increase cultural diversity in the workplace and create social cultural awareness.
• Health and Wellbeing: Reshaping health and wellbeing is one of the common challenges for the post pandemic world. This includes mental health, citizen facilities, vaccine roll out, pandemic response, the most vulnerable communities and ramping up emergency health services. Challenges across this category will uncover possibilities for the most alarming health challenges using available open data.

Governance

Because of more digitally available services, more citizen data is now captured and maintained by organisations. This raises a number of challenges in establishing and maintaining public trust, privacy and security of personal data and developing data governance policy.

• Data Governance: Establishing a data governance policy and the capability to maintain it securely is a significant challenge for organisations. The challenges in this category will focus on most of the common data governance mechanisms, data security, data privacy, management and architecture.
• Better use of Data: Due to more digital participation, more data is now being collected, challenges for this category will focus on how the data can be utilised to provide more valuable citizen services.

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Sponsoring GovHack 2022

GovHack is a community event, run primarily by volunteers across Australia & New Zealand, being free to attend, for everyone, everywhere and we rely on your support to make all that happen.

Sponsorship gives you an opportunity to test and try a particular tricky problem or idea that you or your organisation has been considering, investigating, pondering and procrastinating over. GovHack is a quick way to consider viability and gather a plethora of ideas that are typically not available in the ideation and concept phases.

As a Challenge Sponsor, you get the opportunity to judge all the entries in your category, and that's where you will find not just finalists and winners, but nuggets of information, seeds of thought, critical thinking, innovative ideas and quirky concepts to help you formulate the direction of your challenges and problems beyond GovHack.

Sponsoring GovHack aligns organisations with a respected community event which has established strong ties to Australian and New Zealand developer and creative communities. The hackers that take part in GovHack are often in demand as their skills become visible to sponsors and suitably tested! It's a great way to connect with and potentially recruit new critical thinkers, creative and technical skills.

All sponsors have the option to invite any GovHack team to submit formal quotes to undertake further work on the project they started during GovHack.

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International Sponsorship Packages

Major International and National sponsorship provides participants across Australia and New Zealand an immersive experience, including the opportunity to attend the New Zealand National Awards event and the International Red Carpet Awards event.

Each country brings together all finalists to celebrate their creativity and ingenuity, and sponsors get to present the winning entries across both countries with their awards.

This means your sponsorship will reach a substantial audience and provide more opportunities to connect with even more talent.

• Lead Corporate International Sponsor
  • (1 available) — to be negotiated
• International Red Carpet Awards Sponsor
  • (1 available) — to be negotiated
• International Sponsor
  • (3 available) — AUD$17,000 (ex GST) | NZD$18,600 (ex GST)

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International Red Carpet Awards Sponsor

(1 only)

If you are interested in hosting the Red Carpet Awards in your Region and City, you will be afforded prime positioning at all levels of this celebratory, showcase event.

You will have the most prominent level of sponsorship at this event, be able to invite and host your VIPs, notaries, State and Local Government representatives, etc. for up to 20 of your guests. Your organisation will be a significant proponent of open data/technology and will provide the opening speech at the event and present the awards to your challenge winners and finalists.

Your organisation will be on-show as the co-host of the event and all promotional opportunities are afforded to you.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of 1 Challenge in Australia
• Naming Rights of 1 International Challenge
• Video interview/article on a subject of your choice
• Agency Briefing session (for Agency sponsor only) - Address attendees on open data in government, digital skills development and the merits of participating in GovHack
• Digital Conference - Present insights/case studies about your technology or provide learning opportunities on skills related to your sector, technology or organisation, max 1 hour in total
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• International Red Carpet Awards Events -
  • Opening address to all attendees
  • Co-host Naming Rights to the event
  • Presentation of your Award challenges to finalists and winner

Investment - Negotiated

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Australian National Sponsorship Packages

Australian National sponsorship provides participants across Australia an immersive experience, including the opportunity to attend the national awards.

We bring together all finalists to celebrate their outstanding projects, and sponsors will present the winning entries with their National awards.

This means your sponsorship will reach a substantial audience and provide more opportunities to connect with even more talent.

• Theme Lead Sponsor
  • (1 available for each theme) — to be negotiated
• Theme Sponsor
  • (4 available for each theme) — AUD$15,000 (ex GST)
• National Sponsor
  • (Unlimited, may or may not be directly related to any theme)
  • Range between AUD$12,000 to AUD$15,000 (ex GST)

National Prize Pool Allocations

Theme Sponsors funding is divided between a total prize pool of 50% and 50% allocation for operations (an increase in the prize pool from 40% in previous years).

Other National Sponsors funding is divided between a total prize pool of 40% and 60% allocation for operations (as per previous years).

Prize pools for negotiated sponsorships are agreed separately and included in agreements.

Our focus is to ensure we provide a fully inclusive, fully funded free attendance at the local, state/territory and national events by covering all costs for everyone, as well as providing cash awards to winning teams.

The operations component contributes to many compliance and logistics costs including interstate transport and accommodation for Red Carpet Awards finalists and the necessary resources, management, and infrastructure for a nation of hackers and volunteers.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Having winning and finalist teams attend the prestigious GovHack International Red Carpet Awards and represent their state/territory and country is the pinnacle of the GovHack experience for teams.

This is only made possible through the ongoing contribution and support of our innovative and outstanding sponsors and supporters.

Your national prize pool will be allocated between a winning team and a number of runner ups for each of your sponsored challenges. Typically the total prize amount to the winning team will be AUD$2,000 and the remaining pool will be distributed between the runner ups. The pool can be redistributed in cases of dual winners.

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Theme Sponsor

(4 only for each theme)

Theme Sponsor is available to any organisation who is specifically interested in any one of GovHacks key themes for 2022;

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

This package is available only via negotiation and is an exclusive opportunity for those organisations who are committed to the opportunities of innovation, increasing digital skills development in Australia and New Zealand, has a key focus area in one of the specific themes, the benefits of open data collaboration and the critical thinking talent involved in ideation and problem solving.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of 1 Challenges in Australia
• Digital Conference - Present insights/case studies about your technology or provide learning opportunities on skills related to your sector, technology or organisation, max 30 mins in total
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• International Red Carpet Awards Events (AU) -
  • Presentation of your Award challenge to finalists and winner

Investment - AUD$15,000 (ex GST)

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Region Sponsorship Packages

Region sponsorship helps to provide all participants in your state or territory with an immersive experience, including the opportunity to attend the online Digital Conference, Connections and Region Awards events, with a distinct focus on region-wide prizes and exposure.

Each Australian state and territory will have its own Region Awards Event which brings together all finalists in the region to celebrate their creativity and ingenuity, and where sponsors present the winning teams with their awards.

This means your sponsorship will reach a substantial audience and provide more opportunities to connect with even more region-based talent.

Your sponsorship will also directly assist selected National Competition finalists in your region. Selected finalists will represent their region and team, they will be flown interstate and provided with accommodation for the GovHack International Red Carpet Awards to be held intentionally in October 2022.

• Premier Sponsor
  • (2 available per Region) — to be negotiated
• Platinum Sponsor
  • range between AUD$12,000 to AUD$15,000 (ex GST)
• Gold and Silver Sponsor
  • range between AUD$2,500 to AUD$12,000 (ex GST)
• Event Partner
  • In-Kind
• Venue and Catering Partner
  • In-Kind

Additional options are available to be purchased to add to your package, e.g. additional region challenges, opportunity to speak at the digital conference, etc.

Region Prize Pool Allocation

Your Region sponsorship is divided between a total prize pool of 40% and 60% to operational expenses.

Our focus is to ensure we provide a fully inclusive, fully funded free attendance at ALL events by covering all costs for everyone, as well as providing cash awards to winning teams.

The operations component contributes to many compliance and logistics costs including interstate transport and accommodation for Red Carpet Awards finalists and the necessary resources, management, and infrastructure for a nation of hackers and volunteers.

Having winning and finalist teams attend the prestigious GovHack International Red Carpet Awards and represent their state and country is the pinnacle of the GovHack experience for teams.

This is only made possible through the ongoing contribution and support of our innovative and outstanding sponsors and supporters.

Your total prize pool, as above, may allow you to have multiple challenges, or a single challenge, this can be finalised at the time of your sponsorship activation.

Your region prize pool will be allocated between a winning team and a number of runner ups for each of your sponsored challenges. Typically the total prize amount to the winning team will be AUD$1,000 and the remaining pool will be distributed between the runner ups. The pool can be redistributed in cases of dual winners.

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Platinum Sponsor

(Unlimited per Region)

These organisations will have a particular interest in a particular Region and a potential focus on a single GovHack Event/location.

You may be a Government or non-Government organisation within a Region with a specific Region focus and have an interest in furthering the Regions entrepreneurial ecosystem, the value of government open data, digital skills development and community benefit.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of up to 3 Challenges in your Region
• Opportunity to attend and present at your Region Connections Event, digital and/or physical
• Digital Conference (for $15k sponsors only) - Present insights/case studies about your data or technology or provide learning opportunities on skills related to your sector, data/technology or organisation, max 30 min in total
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• Option to address attendees at your preferred local Competition event
• Region Awards Events -
  • Presentation of your allocated challenges to finalists and winner

Investment - AUD$12,000—$15,000 (ex GST)

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Silver Sponsor

(Unlimited per Region)

These sponsors will have a particular interest in at least one Official GovHack event, (e.g. GovHack Brisbane, GovHack Darwin). They will have a greater presence at the official event of their choosing and is designed to directly support your community to participate in GovHack.

Local Government, regional offices of large corporates and small to medium sized businesses often provide these levels of sponsorship as it demonstrates support for your local community.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of 1 Challenge in your Region
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• Region Awards Events -
  • Presentation of your allocated challenges to finalists and winner

Investment - AUD$2,500—$5,000 (ex GST)

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Venue Partner

(Exclusive to 1 per Event)

Venue Partners will gain exposure by hosting and financing all aspects of their preferred local event, this includes in-kind provision of, or full financial support for, the local official event venue, including internet access costs.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Option to provide standing banners at your local sponsored event
• Option to give presentation at your local sponsored event

Investment - In-Kind

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New Zealand National Sponsorship Packages

New Zealand National sponsorship provides participants across New Zealand an immersive experience, including the opportunity to attend the national awards.

We bring together all finalists to celebrate their outstanding projects, and sponsors will present the winning entries with their National awards.

This means your sponsorship will reach a substantial audience and provide more opportunities to connect with even more talent.

• Theme Lead Sponsor
  • (1 available for each theme) — to be negotiated
• Theme Sponsor
  • (4 available for each theme) — NZD$15,000 (ex GST)
• National Sponsor
  • (Unlimited, may or may not be directly related to any theme)
  • Range between NZD$12,000 to NZD$15,000 (ex GST)
• National Premier Sponsor
  • (2 available per Region) — to be negotiated
• National Platinum Sponsor
  • range between NZD$12,000 to NZD$15,000 (ex GST)
• National Gold and Silver Sponsor
  • range between NZD$2,500 to NZD$12,000 (ex GST)
• Event Partner
  • In-Kind
• Venue and Catering Partner
  • In-Kind

National Prize Pool Allocations

Theme Sponsors funding is divided between a total prize pool of 50% and 50% allocation for operations (an increase in the prize pool from 40% in previous years).

Other National Sponsors funding is divided between a total prize pool of 40% and 60% allocation for operations.

Prize pools for negotiated sponsorships are agreed separately and included in agreements.

Our focus is to ensure we provide a fully inclusive, fully funded free attendance at the local and national events by covering all costs for everyone, as well as providing cash awards to winning teams.

The operations component contributes to many compliance and logistics costs including interstate transport and accommodation for Red Carpet Awards finalists and the necessary resources, management, and infrastructure for a nation of hackers and volunteers.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Your total prize pool, as above, may allow you to have multiple challenges, or a single challenge, this can be finalised at the time of your sponsorship activation.

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Theme Sponsor

(4 only for each theme)

Theme Sponsor is available to any organisation who is specifically interested in any one of GovHacks key themes for 2022;

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

This package is available only via negotiation and is an exclusive opportunity for those organisations who are committed to the opportunities of innovation, increasing digital skills development in Australia and New Zealand, has a key focus area in one of the specific themes, the benefits of open data collaboration and the critical thinking talent involved in ideation and problem solving.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of 1 Challenges in New Zealand
• Digital Conference - Present insights/case studies about your technology or provide learning opportunities on skills related to your sector, technology or organisation, max 30 mins in total
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• Aotearoa New Zealand Awards Event (NZ) -
  • Presentation of your Award challenge to finalists and winner

Investment - NZD$15,000 (ex GST)

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National Platinum Sponsor

(Unlimited)

These organisations will have a particular interest in a particular New Zealand and a potential focus on a single GovHack Event/location.

You may be a Government or non-Government organisation within New Zealand with a specific area focus and have an interest in furthering the areas entrepreneurial ecosystem, the value of government open data, digital skills development and community benefit.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of up to 3 Challenges in your New Zealand
• Opportunity to attend and present at your Region Connections Event, digital and/or physical
• Digital Conference (for $15k sponsors only) - Present insights/case studies about your data or technology or provide learning opportunities on skills related to your sector, data/technology or organisation, max 30 min in total
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• Option to address attendees at your preferred local Competition event
• Aotearoa New Zealand Awards Event (NZ) -
  • Presentation of your allocated challenges to finalists and winner

Investment - NZD$12,000—$15,000 (ex GST)

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National Silver Sponsor

(Unlimited)

These sponsors will have a particular interest in at least one Official GovHack event, (e.g. GovHack Wellington, GovHack Auckland). They will have a greater presence at the official event of their choosing and is designed to directly support your community to participate in GovHack.

Local Government, regional offices of large corporates and small to medium sized businesses often provide these levels of sponsorship as it demonstrates support for your local community.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Naming Rights of 1 Challenge in New Zealand
• Judging Panel - Select your challenge(s) winner and runners up by participating in the judging process
• Aotearoa New Zealand Awards Event (NZ) -
  • Presentation of your allocated challenges to finalists and winner

Investment - NZD$2,500—$5,000 (ex GST)

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Venue Partner

(Exclusive to 1 per Event)

Venue Partners will gain exposure by hosting and financing all aspects of their preferred local event, this includes in-kind provision of, or full financial support for, the local official event venue, including internet access costs.

For the full summary of benefits visit govhack.org/sponsor-bd-22.

Key Sponsorship Benefits

• Option to provide standing banners at your local sponsored event
• Option to give presentation at your local sponsored event

Investment - In-Kind

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Other Sponsor Options

Still don't see anything that suits you?

We can tailor other options to suit you specifically, here's some examples we can work with:

• Can you host an event and the participants at your location?
• Can you provide catering for our participants at a specific location?
• Do you want to purchase additional challenges?
• I want to sponsor but we don't want a challenge
• I only want to have my data featured, no challenge
• We would like to have some marketing and promotions only
• I only want a regional challenge, nothing else
• We only want a national challenge, nothing else

Contact us to discuss what you need — sponsors@govhack.org.

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Contact and Terms

Sponsorship terms and conditions can be found here.

Contact our GovHack Sponsor Lead, Jan Bryson, at sponsors@govhack.org for more information.

You can also contact one of the below region emails to speak to our Region Leads in your region.

• nz@govhack.org

• act@govhack.org
• nsw@govhack.org
• nt@govhack.org
• qld@govhack.org
• sa@govhack.org
• tas@govhack.org
• vic@govhack.org
• wa@govhack.org

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