The longest-running all-women hackathon series in the world
Find your team, build your idea and pitch a working prototype, alongside brilliant women and gender-diverse people. One of the longest-running women's hackathon series in the world.
SheHacks MelbourneMonday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December 2026
Watch: what happens at #SheHacks
Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December 2026
Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Melbourne
This SheHacks we're centring tech-facilitated gender-based abuse.
You'll be matched into a team of hackers, hustlers and hipsters. Within an hour you've found the thing you all care about. Then your team decides what you can build together in a short time frame to prototype a solution. AI Ally, a University of Melbourne research project funded by the eSafety Commissioner, will lead the way by sharing what's possible.
Join us for a cuppa and hear what the teams have built. The AI Ally team showcase what they've built, and SheHacks teams pitch to guests from industry, research and the prevention sector.
Places are limited so get in quick!
Every team needs three skill sets. Which one are you?
Tickets are sold by role, so pick the one you'd most like to do.
Not sure which one you are? Most people are a mix — and that's exactly what makes great teams.
Build the working prototype with code, APIs and AI tools. Developers, engineers, and makers.
You build the working prototype.
Buy a hacker ticketHandle design, visual experience, and user research. Designers, UX specialists, and creative thinkers.
You design it.
Buy a hipster ticketManage project coordination, business model, and pitch. Organisers, marketers, and strategists.
You shape the idea and pitch it.
Buy a hustler ticketWe're committed to making SheHacks accessible and welcoming for all. We've offered these at past events. Tell us what you need when you register and we'll do our best.
Need something else? Email hello@girlgeekacademy.com and we'll do our best to accommodate you.
Every team needs a hacker, a hipster and a hustler, so tickets are sold by hat. Pick the one you'd most like to do.
$20
You build the working prototype.
Buy a hacker ticketIncludes GST and covers both days. After you pay, you'll fill in a short form about you.
$20
You design it.
Buy a hipster ticketIncludes GST and covers both days. After you pay, you'll fill in a short form about you.
$20
You shape the idea and pitch it.
Buy a hustler ticketIncludes GST and covers both days. After you pay, you'll fill in a short form about you.
In 2014 we were going to hackathons, but they were usually held in dark basements where they fed us beer, pizza and energy drinks. Our mates were always happy we came, but they'd ask “why don't more women come?”
So we designed a hackathon we actually wanted to go to. We had tea and cupcakes. And yoga. And sunlight! We ran the first #SheHacks for International Women's Day 2014. It was Australia's first all-women hackathon, and Girl Geek Academy grew out of it.
SheHacks has been running ever since, in Melbourne, regional Victoria and Vanuatu, helping hundreds of women and non-binary people find their team, build their idea and launch their startup.
What the hackathon did was give me a place to see [Bron] for who she was, in her element.
No sign or remnants of beer and pizza but fresh fruit, popcorn, cupcakes and a range of teas and beautiful tea cups.
My first hackathon… I'm in a very talented team… and we're building something really fantastic that I would actually use!
I'm very excited to be out here in an environment that wants and values not just tech, but also women entrepreneurs.
We bring a format refined since 2014 that takes teams from idea to working prototype and pitch in two days. Hackers, hipsters and hustlers work side by side, so your developers, designers and ideas people learn how the others think.
Your challenges
Point the teams at the problems you care about. We turn them into briefs that can be built and pitched in two days.
Skills that stay
Staff and students leave having built, designed and pitched something real, and knowing how to do it again.
We run it
Girl Geek Academy has run SheHacks since 2014. We design the event, form the teams and run the days with you.
You'd be in good company
A few of the workplaces and schools that have brought SheHacks in-house:
Both days of SheHacks Melbourne: Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December 2026.
The hat you'd most like to wear for the two days. Most people are a mix, and the form asks for your second hat too. See Find your role for what each one does.
So we can plan seats and food for the people who come.
Tell us by Monday 23 November and we'll refund your ticket. After that, you can pass your place to someone else: email hello@girlgeekacademy.com with their name.
Yes, each with your own ticket. Teams are matched on the day, so you'll work with people you've just met.
Yes. Teams form and build on Monday and pitch on Tuesday.
Your laptop and charger. You'll need them both days.
Day 2 guests come by invitation. To ask about a place, email hello@girlgeekacademy.com.
We're looking for mentors for SheHacks Melbourne: developers, designers, product and business people, and people from research and the prevention sector. You'll move between teams, answer questions and help them get to a working prototype. Mentoring is unpaid.
Become a mentor