GovHack 2021 Awards Night - Victorian Winners announced

The winners of the Victorian Challenges were announced at last night's (12/10) GovHack Victoria and ACT awards event.

Three challenges were crafted with the help of a number of agencies across government and made available for GovHackers to provide new perspectives and ideas to approach the problems.

This year's themes included better management of water resources, transports solutions post-COVID-19 and data security.

The winners of this year's challenges are:

Challenge 1: Managing Our Water Resources

Winner - "Water Warriors" submitted by The Vikings team (entry video - https://youtu.be/JK3xlcFUm5M) 

Runner Up - "Water Stewards" submitted by the WynTree team (entry video - https://youtu.be/9WxjCxh8F3Y)

Challenge 2: Safeguarding citizens privacy and ownership of their personal data

Winner - "DigiKey" submitted by the Big Sunday team (entry video - https://youtu.be/0uszfAS_df8) 

Runner Up - "Project 1683" submitted by Team 1683 (entry video - https://youtu.be/2jv3TVsvvJs)

Challenge 3: Transport - Transitioning to COVID-Normal

Winner - "Agito App" submitted by the Cool.io team (entry video -  https://youtu.be/LSqqNsEXAWE)

Runner Up - "Public transport hub PTV re-imagined" submitted by the TelStars team (entry video - https://youtu.be/WxQTUNVZDdg)

Congratulations to all our winners, and thank you to all teams that participated in this year's event. We hope to see you again next year.