List of hackathons in Bedford, Canada in 2017

Atlantic Lottery Hackathon.006: East Coast Hack Hack: Creative collaboration for idea generation and problem solving to a challenge. Challenge: The lottery in Atlantic Canada offers a range of games to residents. Players can buy a scratch ticket at a retail store, purchase a jackpot ticket through ALC’s iOS or Android app, or play instant games online. However many of the games offered are also available across Canada. Can you come up with an innovative, creative lottery idea for East Coasters? We want to see it! Volta Labs and Atlantic Lottery will host Atlantic Lottery Hackathon.006. This two evening hack will begin Thursday, November 2, 2017 (6pm-9pm) with an introduction to our current product portfolio, challenges and opportunities. This is your chance to ask questions as you start exploring ideas. After a week of behind the scenes work, presentations and judging will begin at 6pm Thursday, November 9, 2017. This free hackathon allows you to work at your own pace to explore ways to engage players in the East Coast. This is a fantastic way to show off your design, programming or other talent. Not to mention $4000 in prizes! The Prizes: First overall prize: $1250!!! Second overall prize: $750 Top Technical: $1000 Top Design: $1000  Please see the documents below with rules and regulations pertianing to the Hackathon. ALC Hackathon 006 Official Rules p. 1 ALC Hackathon 006 Official Rules p. 2 ALC Hackathon 006 Official Rules p. 3 ALC Hackathon 006 Official Rules p. 4 The Theme: East Coast Hack In this hackathon, your challenge is to create fun, fresh ideas for lottery or other real money gaming with an East Coast Canada Theme. This could mean an instant scratch ticket, a jackpot game, a online click game, an app or something else entirely. Judging: Projects will be judged on presentation, creativity and, of course, the tech made during the event!  Note there are separate prizes for top design and top technical design. ALC Hackathon 006 Scoring Criteria Judges: - Stephanie Dunn - Director of Client Strategy, Time + Space - Shawn Lowe - VP of Growth + Partnerships, Time + Space - Chris Crowell - Chief Marketing Officer, Mariner Partners - Renee Leblanc - Regional Games Brand Manager, ALC Teams/Participants: You can go solo, or work with a team. All teams must be confirmed by 9pm Thursday. November 2, 2017. Please review Terms and Conditions for full details. Maximum of 5 members per team. Please register your team together if you know the members in advance. Notes:  This event is 19+. The Competition is open only to legal residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island who are 19 years of age or older as of the date of entry.  Teams must be confirmed by 9:00 pm on Thursday, November 2, 2017.  Schedule: Thursday November 2nd: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. to eat pizza, have some refreshments and meet and mingle with your fellow hackers. The hackathon will kick off at 6pm. Thursday November 9th 6pm: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Presentations and judging will begin at 6pm followed by award presentation! Each team will have 5 minutes to present their idea. What's the food situation? Food and drinks will be provided on both Thursdays, including pizza, pop, snacks, coffee, Redbull - all the fuel you’ll need! If you have allergies or food sensitivities, please let us know in advance so that we can accommodate.   Sign up today – We look forward to seeing you there!

Hackers in Nova Scotia! Are you interested in eSports? Think you have an awesome idea for real-money gaming or lottery? Well, The Atlantic Lottery wants you to participate in the Atlantic Lottery Hackathon.005: eSports Real Money Gaming. Come and strut your techie stuff -- showcase your creativity and hacking skills and compete for the $2,000 first prize.

Teen techies in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia! Are you passionate about coding, design, or starting a business? Then Volta Labs invites you to sign up for Hoist Halifax (Teen Tech Workshop - September Meetup). At this mini-hackathon, you'll get to work with other participants to come up with a great idea and then prototype it. Who knows -- you may come up with the next big product or service!

Interested in building mobile applications? Join us for a day of creativity, learning, and hacking. Developers, designers, and creators of all stripes are welcome for this mobile hackathon event. We think building things for pocket-sized computers is awesome, and we want to share our enthusiasm in a low-stress, judgement-free environment! Everyone with an interest is welcome, regardless of skill level or experience. What’s the day going to look like? 9 am- Come at 9 if you need to download any software, want a little extra prep time or have questions for us about Android, iOS or design. Our crew will be here to help answer anything you need help with! 10 am Hack Time! - If you already know the drill, show up at this time, join a team or bring your own and get hacking. We’ll provide some time-appropriate ideas for projects, or you can bring your own and go to town! 10 am to 7/7:30 pm - hacking, snacking and brews! 7/7:30 - Wrap up and App Presentations What about snacks??? Food, drinks, and beer will be provided. More delicious details to follow! FAQs  What can I bring into the event? **We’ll have MindSea team members here to help if you get stuck. Just bring your own computer and/or other instruments of creativity. Those wanting to do iOS development will need an Apple computer running Mac OS X 10.9.4 or later. Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? This event is +19  

Atlantic Lottery Hackathon 004: Let's Get Social Social lottery ideas wanted! Volta Labs and Atlantic Lottery will host Atlantic Lottery Hackathon.004 from Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28, 2017. This will be a 48-hour, free hackathon starting at 6:00pm on Friday, with presentations and judging at 3:00pm on Sunday. The weekend will be full of intense hacking, learning and Redbull-drinking. Not to mention over $4000 in prizes! The Prizes: First prize: $2,000 (!!!)Second prize: $1,250Third prize: $750 The Theme: Let’s Get Social In this hackathon, your challenge is to create fun, fresh ideas for: Lottery games you can play together with other people. Maybe playing together means online, or maybe it’s in-person. Or both? Can you make chat an integral part of the game? How about spectators? Lottery games that have social sharing opportunities. Push the boundaries and think beyond mass Facebook invitations. How can social sharing add value, interest, entertainment or engagement to the players, the game and the people in their social networks? Judging Projects will be judged on presentation, creativity and, of course, the tech made during the event! Teams/Participants You can go solo, or work with a team (Maximum of 3 people).Note: This event is 19+. Schedule Friday, May 26: Doors open at 5:00pm to eat pizza, have some refreshments and meet and mingle with your fellow hackers. The hackathon will kick off at 6:00pm.Saturday, May 27: The hacking continues! We’ll have trivia and mini-prizes during the day (and maybe a foosball tournament!)Sunday, May 28: Presentations and judging will be from 3:00pm-5:00pm followed by award presentation! What's the food situation? Food and drinks will be provided throughout the weekend, including pizza, pop, snacks, coffee, Redbull - all the fuel you’ll need!  If you have allergies or food sensitivities, please let us know in advance so that we can accommodate.

Student hackers and recent (since January 2015) graduates in the Canadian Maritime Provinces -- and beyond! Saint Mary's University invites you to sign up to participate in the Atlantic Lottery Corporation Hackathon. You'll be challenged to identify areas where the Atlantic Lottery Corporation can improve and innovate and design and prototype a solution that can bring a positive impact to the Lottery's clients.

Health professionals, patients, developers, designers, entrepreneurs! Are you motivated to change the world of health! Come participate in the Hacking Health Halifax Hackathon. This hackathon is intended to help bring IT and healthcare professionals together to conceive & design an app, a device, or other solution for patient-centric care. Join a multidisciplinary team and create a prototype of a mobile or web-based application or a hand-held device that could make a dramatic difference in patient care!

Hackers in Nova Scotia! Are you interested in the application of technology to Smart Homes? Volta - Halifax Startup House and Atlantic Lottery invite you to sign up to participate in the Atlantic Lottery Hackathon.002: Smart Home Revolution. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative app that changes the way that people interact with buildings, appliances and devices -- at home and at work.