A celebration of creativity, technology and innovation
Tech Festival is your chance to step into the future of engineering and IT while also celebrating the work and talent of current UTS students.
Bringing together current students, academics, industry partners and like-minded tech enthusiasts to take part in an array of activities including hackathons, workshops, industry panels and student showcases.
As a current student participating in Tech Festival, you’ll be able to receive in-real-time feedback from academics and industry partners on your work without the pressure of exams and assignments!
Ready to see where next generation of engineering and IT is headed?
Relive the highlights from Tech Festival 2023
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Jaime Garcia Marin - Deputy Director - UTS Tech Festival
It's a festival of many events such as showcases, hackathons, game jams, a whole bunch of competitions where we're bringing challenges from industry for students to fix in the classroom, but not in the traditional teaching scenario.
Jason Do - Coordinator Engaged Learning
The opportunity to interact with industry guests, the general public, showcasing their projects.
Stephanie Lilin - Bachelor of IT student majoring in Interaction Design
It's just so great, you know, to play with the robots and try out the different games and see what my friends have been working on this semester.
Jason Do - Coordinator Engaged Learning
And we invite all guests, including friends, families and industry representatives, to attend.
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#34Events across the program
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#15Industry partners in 2023
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#3,300+Participants across the two week festival
Tech Festival highlights
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Showcases
Showcases are the standout events of the Tech Festival! Our showcases allowed students to demonstrate their projects across Artificial Intelligence, Games, Prototypes and Robotics.
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iOS Hackathon
Held in collaboration with Bilue and Commonwealth Bank, the iOS Hackathon saw students unlock their creativity as they created an iOS application from scratch in teams.
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Space Day
With rocketry workshops, rover demonstrations, and seminars featuring Australia’s first astronaut Dr Paul Scully-Power AM, space enthusiasts were inspired by industry experts to pursue a career in space.
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AWS DeepRacer LeagueThe AWS DeepRacer League Competition gave students the chance to develop and test their own models on the DeepRacer track!
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Closing Ceremony
We capped off two weeks of fun with our Closing Ceremony; a chance to celebrate our student talent!
2023 Industry partners
2023 Showcase partners
Tech Festival is a fantastic opportunity for industry to view first-hand the great talent at UTS. The enthusiasm and support of our partners was integral to the success of our events and we look forward to continuing these collaborations in the future
Sam Ferguson, Director, Teaching & Learning Engagement, UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT
