SPORTSTECH TASMANIA

Local challenges, piloted in Tasmania.

Bring a real problem from your club, venue or organisation. A University of Tasmania student team spends a semester building a working pilot, with you coaching them.

December 2026
Projects open
February 2027
Student teams start
Bring a challenge or mentor a student team
The Sportstech Tasmania platform: Island Intelligence, The Exchange and Home Ground around Deliberate Innovation IslandIntelligence TheExchange Home Ground DeliberateInnovation the engine room

How the platform fits together

Sportstech Tasmania connects sport, research and ICT. Each part feeds the next, and the engine room decides which pilots go ahead.

Island Intelligence
Tasmania's public data, down to each council. Built by a student Capstone team.
The Exchange
Where sport, research and ICT meet. The next one is in March 2027.
Home Ground
Student projects that give young people a reason to stay.

Deliberate Innovation

the engine room

  1. Choose
  2. Co-design
  3. Fund
  4. Measure
  5. Scale
  6. or stop

Pilots land in four domains

  • Applied Sport Technology
  • Health and Lifespan Performance
  • Safety in Dynamic Environments
  • Active Nature Systems

Island Intelligence: what a student team can build

Island Intelligence is a University of Tasmania ICT Capstone project, built by six students in one semester. It's an example of the work student teams take on through Home Ground.

Dozens of agencies publish figures on Tasmania, each on their own website. Island Intelligence pulls them into one place: 108 measures from 21 official sources, for the state, its 4 regions and all 29 councils.

Business Acumen Award, School of ICT Showcase 2026.

The Island Intelligence Platform Capstone team

  • Taylah StewartProject Manager
  • Tim DowneyUI/UX & Frontend Lead
  • Tanjil MadborAI Architect
  • John StreatLead Architect
  • Han ZhangData Ingestion
  • Noku MufundaClient Liaison
The Overview page, How is Tasmania doing? A score of 38 out of 100, a list of metrics getting better or worse, and headline cards for unemployment, premature deaths, socio-economic disadvantage and emergency department wait.
Overview: how the state, a region or a council is tracking against the national figure.
The Compare page ranking unemployment for Hobart, Launceston, Tasmania, Devonport and Burnie against the national rate, with a trend chart for each.
Compare: one metric across councils, on the same scale.
The Island Intelligence home page, Tasmania's public data in one place, with a map of Tasmania and links to Sport, Health, Environment, Community and Safety, and Economy.
Five topics: sport, health, environment, community and safety, economy.

Home Ground: a two-sided exchange

Students are there to learn. Your organisation gets work it can use, and gives time and coaching in return. Both sides sign a compact that sets this out.

  1. December 2026Projects open for consideration
  2. February 2027Student teams start
  3. Through the semesterKick-off, mid-point and showcase with your champion
Register your interest See how Home Ground works