List of hackathons in North York, Canada in 2018

IEEE Ryerson is proud to present you, IOT for Smart City Hackthon, a hardware competition focused on applications that make Cities smarter!Hardware such as Micrcontrollers, a variety of sensors, and other peripherals will be provided and you are free to use the web as a resource!Prizes are: 1st Place $7502nd Place $500 3rd Place $250Professionals from IBM, City of Brampton will be present! 

This workshop pass is a great opportunity to attend all of the workshops and hear all the talks on offer this year at ETHUofT! Here is our current tentative schedule: Friday March 23: 09:30 pm - 10:30 pm: Building your first DApp with Blockgeeks 10:45 pm - 11:45 pm: Ethereum Token Standards with ChainSafe Saturday March 24: 08:00 am - 09:00 am: Cryptoeconomics with Blockgeeks  09:00 am - 10:00 am: Blockchain Security 10:00 am - 11:00 am: Smart Contracts: ingenious or inflexible? with Kai Kramer from Fasken 11:00 am - 12:00 am: Consensys Talk 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: User-Centered Systems Design with Blockchain with Tian Zhao 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: ICOs: A Legal Perspective with Daniel Fuke from Fasken 03:00 pm - 04:00 pm: An Introduction to Blockchain with Nuco's COO Kesem Frank 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm: Smart Contract Security with Zeppelin Solutions 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm: NuCypher's Tech stack SPEAKER BIOS Kai Kramer Kai Kramer is an Associate in the firm’s Information Technology  group and also advises start up and emerging technology clients. In his practice, Kai’s growing practice focuses on advising companies on licensing , technology acquisitions ,  services arrangements, Blockchain technologies  and privacy issues. Kai is actively is also involved in developing Toronto’s start-up community and works closely with the firm’s Start-Up & Entrepreneurial Services initiative, which strives to support start-ups, early stage companies, and entrepreneurs. Outside of his professional efforts, Kai is an avid soccer player and a perpetual enthusiast in innovation. Greg Markou Greg is Partner and System Architect at ChainSafe. While in university, Greg founded Boro, partnered with microsoft azure, as well as Ontario Centers of Excellence, communitech and facebook start. Motivated by a desire for consistent improvement, Greg strives to learn as much as possible in developing as an open-minded Innovator, and bringing Ideas from paper to tangible products. He is passionate about developing technologies that spread awareness and change the way we interact with each other. Daniel Fuke Daniel is a Partner in Fasken’s Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions group and also advises clients in the investment funds and blockchain industries. In his practice, Daniel frequently advises public and private entities on equity and debt financings, share and asset purchase transactions, investment fund formations and initial coin offerings. Tian Zhao The name’s Tian and blockchain + product (UX/UI) design + social innovation/impact is my game. My foray into the realm of blockchain began when I met Vitalik Buterin in 2015 in Waterloo followed by befriending several industry leaders within the space such as William Mougayar as well as having worked at a few blockchain companies such as Cryptiv. I’m currently working at Maropost where I’m building out their design system but on the side I’m working with a blockchain-based social enterprise called Raise and will be teaching a course on product design + blockchain at The Blockchain Hub. Outside of work I love to perform by singing and playing the piano; I was the founder of UofT-choir Tales of Harmonia, play video games, hang out with friends, and write on Medium; I was recently a freelancer writer at Coinsquare. I also love traveling with a purpose - I've been to Silicon Valley and New York City several times for invite-only hackathons and conferences, as well as to the Bahamas for a week-long entrepreneurship competition called Starter Island, and I was recently in Munich, Germany for a 3-month experiential learning program called the Digital Product School all about agile, lean, and design-thinking.  

The ultimate event for learning, hacking and networking in Barrie! All coders, develop and hustlers are invited. No previous blockchain knowledge required. Top blockchain experts will be mentoring on site. All participants will receive complimentary access to blockgeeks course content. 24 hours - to team up and build a blockchain product. $5,000+ in prizes to be won! Tons of free swag too!

Whether you are an beginner or expert with an interest in Bitcoin, Ethereum or other blockchain projects our Blockchain Hackathon is a two day event you really will not want to miss. Our two day event series will begin on March 23 at 5PM at the Five Points Theatre, with a delicious dinner, followed by a keynote speaker (will be announced) to give an overview of what will be happening! Followed by brainstorming and teamwork all day on March 24 at Georgian College.  So what will be happening? You will form a team, we will then present all the teams with a challenge related to Blockchain technology. In your teams you will work together to come up with a solution that you will present on Saturday, March 24. We have over $5,000.00 in prizes to be won for those placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd! Friday evening and all day Saturday, we will provide you with workshops, talks, and mentors to help your team come up with your solution. No matter your expertise, you will learn something at this event. Attendees range from beginner to expert. Saturday evening your team will present your solutions to a panel of judges for your opportunity to win! A celebration dinner and networking event will follow at Georgian College. All participants will receive complimentary codes to access Block Geeks Customized Learning Courses. We hope to see you there! Stay tuned for more updates! RESTRICTED TO AGE 17 AND OVER. **UPDATE** We are so excited to announce our keynote speaker from Blockgeeks: Niloo! Visit our Facebook or Twitter page to see more details!  Friday, March 23, 2018 - 5PM - 10PMSaturday, March 24, 2018 - 8AM - 7:30PM  * * $25.00 Event Fee will be refunded in full upon attendance* *  If you would prefer to pay in person rather than online - please email: jenna.green@georgiancollege.ca

Centennial's annual celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Aerospace and Mathematics (STEAM) for National Engineering Month (NEM) 2018. Festivities will include an Engineering Convention for students and industry partners, and an open Hackathon that aims to solve a real-world engineering challenge. Visit our website for more information: https://www.steamweek.ca/

Combine your love of code, design, big data, and baseball at the FIRST annual Baseball Hackday Hackathon in Toronto! This special one day The event will take place on March 17th, 2018 at the Think Research building and we will be hacking along with teams in Boston, Montreal, Chicago, and San Diego. We will all participate in the development of baseball-related projects and experiments to see if can make something awesome with technology. By participating, you will be part of a group that joins technology with sports and our hope is to bring technology and sports communities together. Using your creativity along with baseball, you can make, a web app, a mobile app, a web site, or data visualization. The majority of your coding must happen during the event. Some work done prior to the event is allowed, but it should be disclosed at your demo. Prototypes/mockups for demo are OK, but working websites or mobile apps are strongly encouraged. And afterwards, you'll get the opportunity to show your stuff to judges from the Blue Jays organization (and more)!  Designers, developers, statisticians, big data enthusiasts, and baseball fans are welcome to participate! We are looking for sponsors to help offset the costs of hosting our event and judges to evaluate the projects and then present the winning team with a grand prize. There is no cost to attend and participate in the event but there are limited spots so book early. The day will end with an award ceremony for the winning projects. Checkout https://baseballhackday.com for more information.   New to hack days? Have no fear. Check out https://baseballhackday-2017.devpost.com/ to see last year’s submissions Check out resources in https://github.com/baseballhackday/data-and-resources/wiki/Resources-and-ideas Check out http://baseballhackday.tumblr.com/" for an inspiration blog on tumblr

$1 deposit gets refunded upon check-in Luiz Gustavo Ferraz Aoqui graduated in 2012 from University of São Paulo with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and has been working as a lead engineer for IBM Canada since 2013. His work is focused on software development in the areas of web, cloud, mobile and blockchain. He is the technical leader for the Cognitive Class learning platform and the Documentorum accreditation network. Documentorum is a global initiative focused on tackling the issue of fraud in academic accreditation. It leverages blockchain technology to build trust among educational institutions, government bodies, independent learners and employers. Each document that is issued is automatically verified and endorsed by the relevant parties and is permanently stored in the tamper-proof ledger within the blockchain, so its authenticity can be always guaranteed. In 2017, Luiz was part of one of the winning teams of ETHWaterloo, the world's largest Ethereum hackathon, with over 300 participants. The winning project was called Provt, a web application that allows anyone to upload a file's metadata to the Ethereum blockchain so it can later be used by any other person to verify its integrity and provenance.

Techie post-secondary students in and around Ontario! If you're interested in SAS analytics software, then you're invited to participate in the ZLAS: Hackathon with SAS and MAESD. Participate in a team of between 2 and 5 students! If you don't have a team -- don't worry, you'll be assigned to one. This year's Hackathon challenge is about the completion rates of apprenticeship programs in Ontario. Be prepared to present your project in person at Ryerson University on the final day!

Developers, designers, and marketers in the Greater Toronto Area! Are you interested in using technology to help address the problems caused by global climate change? If so, you're invited to participate in Hack For Good - the Hackathon For Environmental Innovation. Come as a team of 2 - 5 people -- or join one at the event! You'll have 48 hours to design and build an innovative mobile app be challenged that addresses a pressing issue such as disaster relief and preparedness, conservation, energy saving, waste management, recycling, etc.

Techie students of computer science, data science, engineering, statistics, analytics, and math! You're invited to participate in the University of Toronto Data Science Student Challenge 2018. You'll be challenged to demonstrate your skills by leveraging the power of analytics. This is your chance to network and collaborate with like-minded students and compete for amazing prizes.