Call for applications for the Australian-French Entrepreneurship Hackathon

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We are thrilled to announce the call for applications for the Australian-French Entrepreneurship Hackathon: Mitigating climate change and accelerating energy transition.

Are you a PhD student or an young industry engineer? From Australia or the French Pacific territories? Are you willing to work in teams, have a passion for problem-solving, and available on the 4th and 5th of November? This opportunity is for you!

Join the Australian-French Entrepreneurship Hackathon on the theme "Mitigating climate change and accelerating energy transition" !

Apply and explore, reflect and create over two days to build new initiatives or technologies to mitigate climate change and accelerate energy transition!

Context:

Research and innovation play a crucial role in addressing the critical challenges of the 21st century. This Hackathon will lead groups of 4-5 participants from research ideas to the creation of their company on low emission and sustainable solutions. You will experience the potential for translation of an innovative idea, and discover that the business culture functions as an incubator for research creativity. Finally, you will learn to establish a dialogue between the complexity of research and the empirical experience of the market. The hackathon will last two days, divided into learning phases, creation phases and breaks. At the end, each group will pitch their company project in front of a panel of sponsors.

Objectives:

The Hackathon aims to:

Empower participants to become SDG change agents while using their scientific (including social sciences and humanities) skills.
Foster creativity and topic knowledge, encourage creative problem-solving and critical thinking.
Build connections: interact with other participants from Australia and the Pacific, and with coaches from industry and academia.
Develop Personal and Professional Competencies: learn key competencies for the design of a solution and the building of a business.

Eligibility:

PhD students and industry engineers from Australia and the French Pacific territories are eligible to apply. Students from diverse disciplines, backgrounds, and nationalities are encouraged to apply. Participants should be willing to work in teams, have a passion for problem-solving, and be available for the entire duration of the hackathon. Participants should be able to interact in English.

Application process:

To apply, please send all the documents below to: science.canberra-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr:

The application form
Your CV
Proof of English proficiency (if relevant)

For participants traveling to Canberra for the hackathon:

A copy of your passport
The Passerelle form filled with your information (with no signature)

Team Formation:

Each candidate will choose topics of expertise and interest. Depending on the number of applicants, a selection may occur.
Participants will then be sorted into teams according to their favourite topic. Please note that if there are not enough people in one topic to create a team, students will be sorted into their second favourite topic.
Each team will be composed of 4/5 participants. Mentors will circulate amongst the teams to guide them and help them if needed. Coaches will give short presentations to teach key steps of a company building.