about this event
Enactus Melbourne and CISSA are teaming up with Affinda, a Melbourne-based AI transformation partner to organisations around the world, for a four-day AI build challenge.
Every team gets the same real-world business case and builds an AI-powered product for it. No coding experience needed: no-code tools, AI coding tools and vibe coding are all welcome. We judge the product and the thinking, not the code.
Fieldday Events, a five-person events company, has just won the contract to run Riverside: a three-day riverfront festival for up to 15,000 people a day. They have ten weeks and five staff.
Your challenge: Build an AI-powered product that helps Fieldday successfully deliver Riverside at a scale they've never operated before.
Choose one of three tracks, each built around a different person at the festival: - Track 1: Backstage - for the production team managing 60 artists and 40 food vendors - Track 2: Front Row - for festival-goers, up to 15,000 a day - Track 3: Ground Control - for the safety lead and 300 volunteers
Full brief, track guides and judging rubric: https://groovy-prune-775.notion.site/Affinda-AI-Innovation-Challenge-Track-Guide-3ef1e973de588137b302fd544dfc1a76
Key links: - Tickets (Humanitix): https://events.humanitix.com/affinda-ai-innovation-challenge - Team registration form (ONE person per team): https://forms.gle/kL6HoJAnumiAe8Ry8 - Track selection form (ONE person per team): https://forms.gle/71QCPtin8XqmcvLf7 - Discord (all announcements go here): https://discord.gg/DZgMfVRfr - Event hub (everything in one place): https://groovy-prune-775.notion.site/Affinda-AI-Innovation-Challenge-Hacker-Hub-3f01e973de58814e8252e20bd9d81f5b
Schedule: - Opening Night: Tue 6 Oct, 5:30–7:30pm · Laby Theatre, David Caro Building - Build Day 1: Wed 7 Oct, 9:00am–2:30pm · L1-107, 100 Leicester St (Building 278) - Team Registrations and Track Selections close: Wed 7 Oct, 5:00pm (AEDT) via Google Forms - Build Day 2: Thu 8 Oct, 9:00am–2:30pm · G20 Collaborative Learning Space, Old Howard Florey Laboratories (Building 183) - Submissions close: Thu 8 Oct, 5:00pm (AEDT) on Devpost - Finalists announced: Fri 9 Oct, 2:00pm on Discord - Closing Night: Fri 9 Oct, 6:00–9:00pm · Singapore Theatre, Glyn Davis Building
Build days are optional drop-in rooms. You can build from anywhere, but finalists must attend Closing Night in person.
Teams of 3–4 · Open to all current Australian university students, any degree.
tracks
Track 1: Backstage
For the production team managing 60 artists and 40 food vendors.
Track 2: Front Row
For festival-goers, up to 15,000 a day.
Track 3: Ground Control
For the safety lead and 300 volunteers.
when
Challenge Period
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