List of hackathons in Canada in 2017

WHAT'S AN IMPACT JAM? A two-day Innovation Hackathon focused on turning innovation into impact against a specific global challenge. The 9Billion Lives Impact Jam - Food Waste will connect innovation hubs in Stockholm, Toronto and Nairobi to collectively work on the Food Waste challenge - sharing skills, ideas, and experiences using the Challenge Dialogue System framework. WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE. Food Waste in one of our time's biggest challenges as we're approaching 9 Billion people on the planet. We live in a time of unprecedented opportunities. There is no shortage of ideas, innovation, and money, yet grand challenges remain. THE 9BILLION LIVES IMPACT JAM IS: A collaborative environment where a mix of skill sets co-create impactful solutions Across multiple global locations over a 2 day period Focused on a diverse group of Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Sustainability Experts, Design Thinkers, Engineers and Policy Makers  Ultimately, it is a unique opportunity to collectively drive sustainable impact in a creative, solution-driven and international environment. And yes, IT'S FREE!  All we ask in return is dedication, engagement, focus, and that you don't waste food, of course! WHAT'S INCLUDED: - A facilitator lead Design Thinking weekend with unique international networking opportunities - A great venue downtown MaRS Discovery  District - All meals, drinks, snacks, and coffee included WHAT TO BRING - Laptop (don't forget your power cord) - Research, ideas, insights, skills - whatever you have to contribute! If you have further questions or would like more information about COLLABORATING, PARTICIPATING or FACILITATING in any of the JAM's, please reach out to Carissa Consoli, cconsoli@9billionlives.org. We can't wait to see you there! 9Billion Lives

Hackathons are for designing, creating, and building awesome projects. HackEDbeta is a welcoming event that provides a great learning environment for students from any program of study or school (including our high school friends!) Whether or not you have programmed before does not matter! We want you here regardless your level of experience! Mentorship Mentors from cool startups in Edmonton and grad students of the University of Alberta will be available throughout the event to help students along with their projects. Competition Worried about being in a competition? Don’t be! The competition aspect is optional - if you wish to opt out of presenting your project at the end, you can. This hackathon is all about learning something new and the environment will be extremely laid back. The prizes are sweet, and so is the swag! Join Us We want to see you take your idea and make it a reality, and we’re here to help from idea to final product in just 24 hours. Register today or contact us for more information.     Mentors! Mentoring at HackEDbeta is a great opportunity to work with these young talents on a face-to-face level. Get engaged in the problems they’re solving over the 24 hours, and support them through their adventure. How to Mentor? Help students past their roadblocks and guide them towards a solution. 24 hours can be a lot time so we’ve broken up the time into 6, four hour shifts. Enter & Mentor Through our Enter & Mentor program, grad students are now able to work on their projects while also being available to mentor. Register using the "Enter & Mentor" ticket type!   For more information see the HackEDbeta website: hackedbeta.compeclub.com   HackEDbeta is organized and hosted by the Computer Engineering Club of the University of Alberta, contact us at hacked@compeclub.com 

Faith-driven developers and creators in Vancouver! You're invited to participate in the FaithTech Vancouver Hackathon! Come on your own or bring a team! Jump in and collaborate to design and build something that is practical and useful to address an issue.

CALGARY REGION HACKATHON 2017 Brought to you by the Alberta Geomatics Group, Calgary Regional Partnership, DeltaGEO & SAIT The Calgary Region Hackathon 2017 is a three-day competition to create a mapping or software solution, such as an application or website, using Calgary Region Open Data. You will have the opportunity to pitch your product to a panel of judges, in addition to fellow Hackathon attendees, for a chance to win amazing prizes! The first 50 people to register will receive an awesome swag bag! Date: Friday, November 17 to Sunday, November 19, 2017 Time: Friday - 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 am | Saturday - 10:00 am to 12 am | Sunday - 10:00 am to 8:00 pm (lunches and dinners will be provided along with snacks and coffee). Location: Aldred Centre, SAIT Campus Capacity: Space is limited to 200 participants (must be 18+) Theme: “Why the Calgary Region?” Create maps, apps, and websites helping users understand and enjoy the abundant Calgary Region opportunities for recreation, industry, and healthy communities. Prizes: $5000 for first place, $2000 for second and $1000 for third...and more! Teams: Teams must be between two and six people. You can register for the event as a team or you can come solo and join an existing team or form a new one. Resources: There will be mentors on site all weekend. In addition, Esri Canada recently published a blog outlining some free resources available for the weekend of the Hackathon. Power bars and extension cords will also be on site, but you are required to provide the hardware and software you will need to complete the Hackathon. Rules: You can access the rules here.  For more information, follow @crpgis for updates and check out our Sponsorship Package! The Calgary Region Hackathon would not be possible without the generous support from our partners and sponsors! SILVER SPONSOR:                                                                            BRONZE SPONSORS:  COMMUNITY BOOSTER:

"The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value." - Don Tapscott. Blockchain technology has been hailed as everything from the renaissance of money to the new internet. Early adopters are looking for ways to apply the technology, with use cases currently focused on financial services at the industry level, and even in terms of new forms of governance at the discipline level. This meetup aims to present an overview of this fascinating technology. Blockchain - Changing The World Around Us Join us on November 14, 2017 at the Milton Education Village Innovation Center to learn more about Blockchain technology, including: What is Blockchain technology and why does it matter to the world? Is it really the new Internet? Key aspects of Blockchain technology you need to know - trust, peer to peer systems, cryptography, cryptocurrency, immutability, and consensus. The threat of disruption - and why banks really got involved. Understanding the challenges and constraints of Blockchain technology. What makes a good blockchain use case? Introducing Blockchain for developers - how to get started. Finally - insights from ETHWaterloo: the world's largest Ethereum hackathon. Presenters Guy Pearce - Managing Partner: REData Performance Consulting and Board Director: IIBA Guy Pearce (BSc, BCom, MBA) has served on various Boards in Banking, Financial Services and Retail over the last decade, as well as on their Risk, Audit, Governance and Credit Committees. He has also served as CEO of a multinational operation serving 100,000 customers in three countries with a staff complement of 700. He has published numerous articles and presented numerous keynotes on various aspects of governance, risk, IT and data around the world, and is interested in the competitive transformation potential and governance implications of Big Data, IoT, and Blockchain. His $94.95 million big data case study is an example of a practical outcome of this interest.   Denys Linkov - University of Toronto Computer Science Student / Tech Under Twenty Lead Denys is a third year student at the University of Toronto studying Computer Science. He enjoys reading, discussing and exploring everything related to tech, including Blockchain and Bitcoin. Denys leads the Silicon Halton Tech Under Twenty initiative and has interned at two Halton companies - Geotab and VL Omni in the two summers. Denys has been selected as a participant in EthWaterloo - the world's largest Ethereum hackathon.  He will be joining 300 other ambitious developers for the opportunity to build the decentralized future and work alongside the inventors of Ethereum.  He will be sharing his insights and experiences about the hackathon.

Ready for another awesome hackathon? Sponsored by BDC, and in collaboration with Ville de Montreal and CEIM, BETA - The McGill Innovation Collective and the Centre for Social and Cultural Data Science are hosting a data-oriented hackathon focused on working with civic datasets, as one of the many events in McGill Innovation Week. Attendees will be working with Montreal's datasets on issues relevant (and important) to the city. Unlike typical hackathons, which heavily weigh software engineering, this hackathon will focus on using data analysis to empower the public/decision makers around an issue of value to the city of Montreal. Prizes, swag, learning, and fun times abound!

Entrepreneurs, creators, leaders, and community members in and around Prince George, BC! Come and participate in Startup Weekend Prince George 2017. Over an intense 54-hour period, you'll be challenged to form a team and develop your business idea! Design and prototype your project solution and present it to an expert panel of judges for a chance to win and be recognized.

Health professionals, patients, developers, designers, entrepreneurs! Are you motivated to change the world of health! Come participate in the Health Innovation Marathon - HACKING HEALTH QUÉBEC - 2017. 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.

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!

Hacker students—high schoolers, college undergrads, graduates—in and around Montreal! Concordia University's HackConcordia student group invites you to register to participate in the official HackConcordia Presents - ConUHacks III launch event. You'll get to meet the organizers behind this event, as well as like-minded hackers with whom you'll collaborate and compete. Get practical advice on participation in ConUHacks III from the hackathon expert tips page!