Digital Irish Community Hackathon - Participant Registration
DIA Hackathon 2026 - Use your skills for something that matters.
A week-long challenge where Irish tech professionals solve real problems for Irish Australian community organisations - culminating in a live pitch night on Thursday 2 July.
Digital Irish Australia, in partnership with PagerDuty, is bringing together developers, designers, product managers, data analysts, marketers, and strategists for our inaugural hackathon. Every brief has been set by a real Irish community organisation in Sydney, and every solution will be presented back to them live. Registration is free. All you need is your skills.
The 2026 Premier Challenges
🏆 The Ireland Funds Australia - Digital Archive: 40 Years of Impact Since 1987, The Ireland Funds Australia has been a force for peace, education, and community development. Help build a digital archive to celebrate and showcase 40 remarkable years of philanthropic impact.
🏆 Sydney Irish Film Festival - Transforming the Online Booking Experience The Sydney Irish Film Festival brings the best of Irish cinema to Australian audiences. Reimagine their online booking and audience experience from the ground up.
🏆 The Gaelic Club - Revitalising the Digital Membership Card One of Sydney's most beloved Irish institutions — help bring their digital membership experience into 2026, something members are proud to carry and use.
Additional challenges: WordPress best-practice enhancements and clean up for the Irish Film Festival and The Gaelic Club.
How It Works
1️⃣ Register - skills, team preference, availability
2️⃣ Get matched to a challenge and receive your brief
3️⃣ Briefing call with your community group - Monday 29 June (evening)
4️⃣ Build your solution through the week
5️⃣ Pitch Night - Thursday 2 July, 6:00pm–8:30pm (in person, drinks & nibbles included)
Who Should Register? Developers, designers, PMs, data analysts, marketers, strategists - come solo or with a team.
Register you interest now - it's free
Note: depending on levels of interest we may have multiple groups working on each project to look at different solutions.