02 PM | 18 Feb

Australia’s first all-female hackathons to launch in Sydney and Melbourne [#geekgirl]

[From an article at StartUpSmart] “Sydney and Melbourne are readying to host Australia’s first female-only hack-days as women’s coder groups combine forces to boost the number of female tech start-up founders.

The She-Hacks events will be run in the Google Australia offices in Sydney and at Melbourne co-working space Inspire9 in late March.

The events will bring together coders, project managers and designers who will form teams of around five to develop apps around a ‘communities and neighbourhood’ theme.

The She-Hacks events are co-ordinated by the local chapters of international networking group Girl Geek Dinners.

According to co-ordinator Tammy Butow, the Melbourne chapter has grown from 300 to 800 members in 18 months.”