List of hackathons in Scarborough, Canada in 2018

This is a great way to get your hands dirty and learn from others around you. You don't have to be a coder to register for the hacker track, just be willing to learn and stay up all day and all night to get something done. For those that are limited in time come and listen, interact with thought leaders in the space, by signing up for the workshop track. Those in attendance include: Developers Starts-ups (FINTECH) Entrepreneurs investors Venture Capitalist Blockchain and crypto enthusiast Crypto Traders and Asset managers FORMAL AGENDAApril 20 - April 22, 2018 Friday, April 20, 2018 6:00 pm: Registration Opens / Networking6:30 pm: Team Pitches & Formation7:00 pm: Open remarks from Host Bitcoin Bay7:30 pm: Keynote by Toufi Saliba, CEO Toda 8:00 pm: Dinner9:30 pm: ERC20 Token Creation Workshop Saturday, April 21, 2018 8:00 AM - BREAKFAST Room 217, Bergeron Centre 9:00 AM: Cryptography for Beginners10:00 AM: Interview with Toda CEO Toufi Saliba11:00 AM: Mining Workshop12:00 PM: LUNCH1:00 PM: Panel: Blockchain Regulatory & Compliance2:00  PM: Panel: Blockchain Interoperability3:00 PM: Panel: Blockchain & Financial Services4:00 PM: Panel: Blockchain & Entreprise5:00 PM: Panel: Blockchain Education & Careers Room 213, Bergeron Centre 9:00 AM: Basics of Crypto Setting Up a Wallet11:00 AM: Intro to Solidity by Chainsafe12:00 PM: LUNCH1:00 PM: Hyperledger Workshop2:00  PM: Intro to the Ethereum Virtual Machine by Chainsafe3:00 PM: How to setup a Masternode  Room 211, Bergeron Centre 9:00 AM: Consensys Ethereum Tools11:00 AM: UX and Blockchain System Design12:00 PM: LUNCH1:00 PM: Retail Payments & Blockchain2:00  PM: Solving the Blockchain Scalability Dilema for Entreprise3:00 PM: Parity Bridge Ethereum Interoperability Workshop by Chainsafe 6:00 PM: DINNERSunday, April 22, 2018 Bergeron Centre 8:00 AM: BREAKFAST9:00 AM: All morning Hacking12:00 PM: LUNCH AND HACKING CUT OFF Lassonde Engineering Centre 1:00 PM: Team Presentations3:00 PM - Community Announcements3:30 PM: Closing Keynote and Award Ceremony

Hacking Health Toronto is proud to present its next event during Toronto Health Innovation Week at MaRS. Join us for this THIW kick-off Ideathon and help us reimagine the clinical experience for patients with chronic diseases. Bring your best budding ideas, brainstorm and pitch your solutions! Schedule 9:00-9:30AM Doors open: Breakfast & Networking 9:30-9:45AM Keynote by Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya 9:45-9:55AM Keynote by Lisa Machado, Patient Advocate 10:00AM - 11:30AM Team Formation and Hacking Begins 11:30AM - 12:30PM Pitching and Judging Who should join? This Ideathon is for techies, healthcare workers, business people, and most of all... patients with lived experience! We're starting from square one, with creativity, technology, and patients as the building blocks for a new vision of the healthcare experience. We are looking for a winning solution that can: Improve patient outcomes Give a better user experience... patients are people too! Provide a realistic solution that makes business sense  What are we creating? Ideathons are design workshops with patients at the center. Understanding the problem patients face, defining it, and brainstorming a solution that your team can present in any creative way they choose is the mission (i.e. a few slides, short video, acting, wireframes... surprise us!) Did you say Judging? Yes! Whether it's a Hackathon, Design Jam, or Ideathon, the best solutions win! At our THIW Ideathon the winning team will get a swag bag, and the opportunity to share their idea with the Hacking Health Canada network.  About Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya Dr.Onil Bhattacharyya is the Frigon Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research at Women’s College Hospital. He is a practicing clinician and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He has been a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Commonwealth Fund in New York City and a Takemi Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research focuses on the application of methods from the software and startup sector to health service design. Dr. Bhattacharyya received his medical degree from the University of Montreal, and PhD in health services research from the University of Toronto. About Lisa Machado Lisa Machado is a former financial journalist who, after being diagnosed with a rare leukemia in 2008, now writes and speaks about the patient experience and the challenges of living with chronic illness. She is the head of PatientSpeak, a communications consultancy that matches patients and caregivers with organizations that want to engage them. She is also the founder of the Canadian CML Network, and the author of the award-winning "Living Well with CML: What you need to know to live your best life with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia." Lisa has been interviewed by CTV News, Rogers Media and the CBC and featured in a number of newspaper articles. She has written for The Caregiver Network and Cure Today magazine. Lisa also writes a regular column at CML-IQ.com and you can find her blog at cmlnetwork.ca.

CryptoChicks Hackathon and Conference is an open invitation to take part in a bold blockchain event. Women are underrepresented in the crypto space and with your help, we want to change that. We are calling for blockchain leaders, mentors, advisors, speakers to be the new faces that will help educate, encourage and inspire women to learn new skills and take on new challenges. This event is geared to students, developers, UX/UI designers, business analysts, technologists, community leaders, education professionals, advisors, mentors, entrepreneurs, crypto-curious individuals, thought leaders, and investors. We will have something for the newbie and the tech-savvy. The event schedule is here.

We will be working on the 2018 Yelp challange as a team!   https://www.yelp.co.uk/dataset/challenge This is an advanced workshop for machine learners who already have exprience with basics: Python 3.x installed Familiarity with Pandas and Numpy Familiarity with neural networks  What you can expect to learn: Natural Language Processing techniques Convolutional/Recurrent neural network models Keras/Pytorch/Tensorflow The goal of this workshop will be to gather intermediated/advanced machine learners together to work on a larger project which may extend for several weeks and depending on interest, may include more hackathon-esque sessions.  We'll be supplying all attendees with further information about what you need to bring as we near the date.  For those interested in catching up, we have collected some great CNN and RNN intro videos which we'll send out to everyone before the event. Food and drink will be provided.

Are you ambitious and passionate about shaping the future of email? Do you have ideas for how to improve the way we communicate with each other? If so, we want to see you in action! Zimbra and Synacor invite you to join us at our first ever Hackathon on March 29-30 at Hotel Henry in Buffalo NY. About the Hackathon We're looking for creative thinkers and doers to collaborate on developing new features for email and messaging, and especially for the newly released Zimbra code. All skill levels are welcome! Hang out with us at the beautiful Hotel Henry as we ideate, design, code, eat snacks and meet new people who share similar passions. In addition to participating teams, we will have local experts on site assisting and providing technical/emotional support. We'll be offering a tutorial of Zimbra and Synacor's other developer services if you want ideas to kick things off, and look forward to seeing what you build! We've opened up a full set of APIs, so if you want to add other services to Zimbra come on by. Want to be able to order a pizza by sending a mail? Pay your electric bill? Order up a Lyft an hour before your next meeting? How about cue up your Spotify playlist as your afternoon coffee alarm? At Synacor, we have adopted a progressive approach to innovation - one that embraces openness and encourages collaboration between entrepreneurs, professionals, hobbyists and beginners of all genders and backgrounds. About Zimbra Zimbra is releasing our newest code base, and it is an update to our email, calendar and collaboration solution built for the cloud, both public and private. With a React-based application and containerized architecture, the next generation of Zimbra offers the most innovative messaging experience available today, connecting end users to the information and activity in their personal clouds. For you You’re a developer, designer, writer or a product manager. We invite you to sign up a team before the event or come on your own and meet people onsite. Whether you want to design it, code it or document it, you are welcome to join us. You’ll be integrating 3rd party services or building brand new collaboration products that can be used within the Zimbra application. Just bring with you your laptop, your skills and ideas and a collaborative, team-focused mindset. Event Schedule March 29th 10:00AM - Doors open for registration and breakfast/networking10:30AM - Introductions, opening talks11:00AM - Team formation and idea iteration12:00PM - Team registration12:30PM - Lunch1:00PM - Teams start work!7:00PM - Cocktail hour, dinner and networking March 30th 12:00AM - Cookies & Red Bull Break7:00AM - CODE FREEZE! All teams must close all pull requests by 7AM to be included in the final presentations7:00AM - Breakfast and networking8:00AM - Final presentation, pitches and judging Prizes Prizes will be awarded to the top teams as selected by the judges and split between team members. Amazon Giftcards, Echo Spots, Tile Mates and More! Judging Criteria Projects will be judged based on participants’ ability to describe your project, consumer value, characterization and code quality.   Judges:Erynn Petersen - Synacor, IncCharlie Lisk - Oracle CloudJon Spitz - z80 Labs/Buffalo BlockchainNick Barone - Helm Experience & Design Many thanks to our sponsors:Premium Sponsors:OracleSponsors:PostlightSynacor, IncGirl Develop It A special thank you to:Society of Women EngineersUniversity of Buffalo, School of Engineering & Applied Sciencesz80 Labsdig BuffaloHotel Henry Location:Hotel Henry444 Forest AveBuffalo, NY 14213Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center makes innovative new use of one of Western New York’s most iconic architectural landmarks. Widely considered to be one of Buffalo’s most important and beautiful buildings, construction on the 145-year-old Richardson Olmsted Campus began in 1872 and opened in 1880 as the state-of-the-art Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane. Today, Hotel Henry’s uncommon spaces invite guests to explore, gather and tuck away in the unique character of Buffalo’s National Historic Landmark.

Join us for the Policy innovation initiative (School of Public Policy & Governance)'s annual hackathon. Our "Food for Thought" hackathon will explore and pose solutions to some of the most difficult food security issues in an urban setting. It will be an opportunity to apply design thinking, create impact creatively, learn, and connect with multi-disciplinary experts. The hackathon will focus on three key issues: Institutional Food Procurement: How might we encourage healthy and sustainable food procurement in public institutions? Food Literacy: How might we strengthen food literacy for at-risk populations in urban centers? Home-based Food Businesses: How might we support urban home-based food businesses? Participants will tackle the challenges in teams composed of diverse skills and experiences, and will be joined by our Keynote Speaker Lori Stahlbrand (Coordinator, Toronto Food Policy Council) and Challenge Leaders, Adeline Cohen (OpenLab, Urban Farm Project, UHN), Reg Noble (Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University), and Cassandra Gentile (Director, Food Innovation Hub) to provide guidance during the hackathon. The hackathon is open to all graduate students, including public policy, urban planning, public health, as well as public servants and those passionate to make changes through policy. Read more about our hackathon last year and our ongoing work here. Details Date: Sunday March 25, 2018Time: 9:00am Reception with breakfast; 9:30am - 4:30pm Hackathon Light breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your laptop and reusable water bottle. Acknowledgements Thank you to the School of Public Policy & Governance, Petersen Fund, and the Graduate Student Union at University of Toronto for helping make this event possible.

MORE INFORMATION AT: http://wolfhacks.ca/  A Platform for Audacious Solutions  The Smart Cities Hackathon is a platform for bold ideas and driven individuals to actively problem solve using technology as a tool for innovation. We want to bring together entrepreneurs, students, members of government and experts in tech to discuss and act on the pivotal point between technology and urbanization.  Join us this March 25th for a full day of knowledge-sharing and some intense real world problem solving!  Who Can Attend?  Entrepreneurs, professionals, free lancers, academics - anyone who wants to change the world, really.   Teams will have a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 members.  One of the aims of the hackathon is to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to get new perspectives from fresh talent and inspire them, as well as allow students to interact with and learn from professionals already in the smart technology industry. The hackathon includes coming up with a new product and creating holistic business models, successful teams need to balance technology gurus, business and finance geeks, data analysis experts, and product managers. Talented designers will also be necessary to maximize solution aesthetics and presentations!

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!