List of hackathons in Canada in 2017

Lawyers, paralegals, company executives, entrepreneurs, designers, coders, and data analysts in and around Toronto! You're invited to participate in Toronto's Legal Tech Hackathon. You'll collaborate on a team to design and prototype a software solution to a challenge related to the legal industry. Your solution will help law firms and in-house legal departments better manage their firms. You will select your challenge from the one of the following: 1.Develop a multiple voice to text solution for transcripts. 2.Develop an AI platform to streamline review of legal documents. 3.Develop a platform to monitor progress on a file assigned to lawyers. 4.Wildcard: Your own idea to solve a problem faced by the legal industry.

Join us on twitter with #AIforCommerce SCHEDULE 6:00pm – Doors | Mix & Mingle 6:30pm – Opening Remarks 6:45pm – Panel Introductions 7:00pm – Panel Q & A 7:45pm – Audience Q&A 8:15pm – 9:00pm – Networking & Closing The growth of investment in Artificial Intelligence has been astronomical with companies like IBM, Microsoft and Google spending hundreds of millions of dollars to gain an edge in the development and distribution of AI. As large companies build public software and platforms such as Watson and TensorFlow other companies take those advancements and combine them with specific use cases to build compelling businesses and products. Startups and Venture Capital are also spending hundreds of millions building chatbots, personal assistants and customer service platforms leveraging recent advances in AI, machine learning and NLP. Many of these new startups come from universities such as Waterloo, UofT, McGill and the University of Montreal. Research done at these and other institutions is at the forefront of machine learning. On June 1st, join us in discussing the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence in commerce for businesses large and small. The focus will be on the current ways Artificial Intelligence is changing the way humanity transacts, online and in person. MODERATOR: Jesse Hirsh, President Metaviews Media Management Ltd. Jesse Hirsh is an futurist, internet strategist, researcher, and artist based in Toronto, Canada. He owns and operates Metaviews Media Management Ltd., which focuses on research and consulting around new media business models, cognitive computing, big data, and the strategic use of social media. He is also a co-founder of the Academy of the Impossible a peer to peer life long learning facility. PANELISTS:  Adarsha Datta, National Startup Lead & Technical Evangelist Microsoft Canada  Adarsha Datta is the National Startup Lead & Technical Evangelist at Microsoft Canada. As his title suggests – he is passionate about (and loves talking about) startups and technology, currently focusing on the cloud, machine learning, and internet of things! As an evangelist, he enables and supports developers, students and startups with Microsoft technologies and services. He considers himself an educator, a community developer and engages through consistent involvement in events/ camps/ hackathons/ conferences and other online/social channels (@AdarshaDatta) . When he is not ‘evangelizing’ – he is either in the squash court, listening to music, or getting better at cooking! Ben Newton, Director of E-commerce Ecobee Ben Newton has focused on marketing for new ventures and corporate startups for over 16 years. In addition to managing e-commerce and digital advertising for ecobee, he's worked on internal startups at iconic Canadian companies like Loblaws (eGrocer, PC Points, PC Bank), Rogers Ventures (Zoocasa & Thoora), and held a variety of consulting roles with brands such as Just-Eat. Ben's interests in AI and machine learning centre around understanding & influencing consumer behaviour and improving sales conversion. Giri Amarakone, CEO deepPiXEL Giri is a 20 year technology and startup veteran. He has held various technical/marketing roles in large companies and startups both in Toronto and Silicon Valley. He spent the last 8 years in the Valley working for NVIDIA on key AI and machine learning projects. Last year he started an innovative AI startup in Toronto which works with medium and larger companies reduce support costs and increase their engagements. deepPiXEL is now part of the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab at UofT, and is currently headquartered out of IBM's downtown Innovation space. Sponsors/Organizers ​ ​​

Build 2017 Vancouver Come learn about some of the topics discussed at the May 10-12 Build 2017 conference. Presented by .NET BC, Vancouver Azure & Vancouver Windows Platform Developers Group. Join the .NET BC User Group, Vancouver Windows Platform Developer Group, and Vancouver Azure Meetup as we bring together many top speakers in BC to recap the many exciting announcements from this month's Microsoft Build 2017 Conference. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Everyone who registers by Monday, May 22 (including those already registered) will receive a $10 Starbucks giftcard and be entered into a draw for a Surface Dial ($129 value). Wifi will be provided. Please bring a charged laptop. Tickets: Early - free $10 Starbucks giftcard Until May 22 $20.00 Early May 23 - May 26 $20.00 On event day May 27 $30.00 Registration fees will go towards covering our expenses for the venue, breakfast and lunch. Any surplus will be donated to a local charity. Schedule:   Room SW5-1840Azure Room SW5-1850Dev 8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Breakfast 9:00 - 10:00 Opening Keynote with Richard Campbell 10:05 - 11:05 Containers in Azure by Anthony Chu Azure is a great place to run Linux and Windows containers! Learn about all the different Azure services for deploying and running containerized workloads. We'll also cover exciting announcements from Build, including the new containers support on App Service. What's new with the Microsoft Bot Framework by Mark Schramm Find out what new features are coming to the Bot Framework. We’ll look at the next generation of Bot functionality including updates to LUIS, the Microsoft Language Understanding Intelligence Service that is tightly coupled with the Bot Framework. Mark will go over the features and talk about how they will benefit and affect you. Mark will also briefly talk about Cortana Skills and how your Bot can easily be voice enabled. 11:10 - 12:10 Learn about Big Data Tools in Azure - New Cosmos DB - A globally distributed NoSQL Database, Stream Analytics and Event Hubs by Ash Prasad Have you been doing Data Analysis using legacy DataWarehouse technologies? Join Ash Prasad to learn how things have changed on Azure and what tools are available to do big data processing. The new tools are cheaper, faster to develop and can provide infite global scaling. Top 7 technologies you should learn in 2017 as a full stack developer by Tony Shi Full-Stack Web Development, according to the Stack Overflow 2016 Developer Survey, is the most popular developer occupation today. A Full-Stack Developer is someone who is comfortable to work on both the front-end and back-end portions of an application. In this session, I will introduce to the most popular technical skills you should learn as a Full-Stack Developer. HTML/CSS – HTML 5, CSS Box Model, CSS Preprocessors, CSS Media Queries and Bootstrap JavaScript - Language features such as functional composition, prototypal inheritance, closures, event delegation, scope, higher-order functions, asynchronous control flow, promises, and callbacks. JS Frameworks such as React JS and Angular JS Back-end API development – ASP.Net Web API, Java Jersey or NodeJS Database – Understanding the benefits of Relational Database, No-SQL Database and In-Memory Database Data Structure and Algorithms – Array, Linked List, Queue, Stack, Hashtable and Tree. Source Control – Git or TFS PowerShell – scripting language for CI and CD 12:15 - 13:00 LUNCH 13:00 - 14:00 Service Fabric or Container orchestration by Jef King Service Fabric is the Microsoft Azure microservices platform. This session is a developer’s tour and roadmap and dives into the latest Service Fabric capabilities, including containerized services, container orchestration including using Docker Compose, ASP.NET Core service support, integration with other Azure services and the latest developments in Visual Studio 2017 tooling, all sprinkled with customers scenarios. Introduction to the Fluent Design System by Jan Hannemann Microsoft is advancing its design system with Fluent Design to engage users, empower creators, and scale to a new generation of devices and inputs. Experience a new wave of UI design with the animations, effects, and transitions that are the platform building blocks in the Visual Layer. See how physics, depth, lighting, and unique materials allow you to create immersive and personalized experiences, optimized for the range of Windows devices. See how Fluent Design is being applied across Windows 10 devices and apps to create beautiful, engaging, and intuitive experiences. Get a sneak peek at the great support for Fluent Design across guidelines, platform, and tools. Join us and other designers, developers, and creators of all kinds as we all become Fluent. 14:05 - 15:05 Serverless Computing with Azure Functions by Siavash Ghassemi First there were monolithic applications. They were big, high maintenance and hard to extend. Then developers came up with microservices and everyone knew they're better, even if no one really knew what "micro" really meant. These days a lot of companies are doing microservices using Docker. Docker is great as it takes away a pain point from developers who do no have to worry about infrastructure anymore. But even with Docker there are still a lot of boilerplate code that developers have to rewrite every time they implement a new service, in spite of known and best practice frameworks or SDKs. This is platform infrastructure code, like routing and other I/O Access. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just skip this part too? This is where Serverless Computing comes to the rescue. It is event-based and it lets developers focus on the actual service implementation. This talk gives you a brief introduction to Serverless Computing and shows how easily you can jumpstart and leverage all the power given by Azure Functions to start your first serverless service. UWP: New features in Creators Update and beyond by Sergii Baidachnyi In this session we will discuss new features that are available for developers since Creators Update including new user controls, changes in Composition framework, Mixed Reality API and so on. 15:10 - 16:10 Missing Children Society of Canada #Cloud4Good project by Nastassia Rashid This project was featured at Microsoft Build 2017. Children today are technology natives, harnessing technology to play, share, and learn. With this empowerment comes responsibility, both of parents and of the children themselves. Who kids chat with online and what they share can come at a price should it fall into the wrong hands. This challenge is something that keep the team at Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) up at night as more and more predators are using online sources to lure children. Last year 45,000 children in Canada went missing. Alongside //Build developers continued on a project started with MSCS and the Calgary police aimed to use technology and social media to help to find missing kids more quickly. The resulting application uses Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure Storage, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as Code, Visual Studio Team Services, and App Service. The goal of the initial project was to enable MCSC to use automated Azure functionality to extract last-known coordinates, who the child was in contact with, and the sentiment of conversation from social-media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Attend this session to learn how Microsoft and Open source technology was instrumental in acquiring information from the social media to cut down research time from 30 days to 30 minutes to further aid police in the search for missing children. #Cloud4Good ASP.NET Core 2.0 & .NET Standard by Medhat Elmasry .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 and Visual Studio 2017 Preview version 15.3 are available for immediate download. In this session we run through some of the new innovations including the Microsoft .NET Framework updates and .NET Standard. We'll take a look at what's new in ASP.NET Core 2.0! A number of improvements big and small are here, and we walk you through them in this demo-filled session. See how ASP.NET Core 2.0 simplifies development, improves performance, and increases security. We show how getting started with ASP.NET Core 2.0 is easy with the new Razor Pages app model. 17:00 - Boston Pizza, 2850 Bentall St, Vancouver, BC V5M 4H4, Canada, +1 604-439-1132 We are looking for a sponsor to cover the cost of beer & snacks at Boston Pizza. Speakers: Richard Campbell Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry both on the hardware and software sides, development and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013 and was on the board of directors of Telerik which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014. Today he is a consultant and advisor to a number of successful technology firms and is the founder and chairman of Humanitarian Toolbox (www.htbox.org), a public charity that builds open source software for disaster relief. Richard is also the host of two podcasts: .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) which publishes three shows a week to .NET developers and RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com) which is a weekly show for IT Professionals. You can reach Richard at richard@pwop.com. Mark Schramm Mark Schramm, Microsoft MVP, Windows Development. Mark has over Sixty Apps in the Microsoft Store. He develops Windows Apps, Cognitive Services applications and also cross-platform apps. Mark currently is providing coaching and mentoring services to Microsoft's Garage University Interns and managing his own development consulting company. Anthony Chu Anthony Chu: Anthony has been in web development for 20 years and his current technology stack includes ASP.NET , Angular, Node.js, and Microsoft Azure. He is a system architect at BuildDirect Technologies. He blogs at anthonychu.ca and can be found on Twitter at @nthonyChu. Sergii Baidachnyi Sergii Baidachnyi is a principal developer evangelist at Microsoft. Currently residing in Canada, Sergii is responsible for working with the developer community and promoting client-development tools as a superior mechanism for creating cross-platform business applications. The author was introduced to the .NET platform circa 2001, and since that time, he has actively participated in a number of .NET projects, developing, managing, and architecting financial, medical, and multimedia applications. At the same time, Sergii led Microsoft IT Academy, where he delivered .NET-related training on C#, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and so on. He has published articles and reviews in multiple IT-industry magazines and several books on ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Forms, and Windows 8 Development. His book about Windows 10 development is available on Amazon. You can read more of Sergii's musings on his blog at http://en.baydachnyy.com. You can also catch him attending and speaking at Microsoft events around Canada. Sergii's twitter handle is @sbaidachni. Ash Prasad Ashish (Ash) Prasad has been developing software for close to 20 years. He currently works as Director of Engineering at DNN Corp. (formerly known as DotNetNuke) from their Langley, BC office. The DNN platform is one of the largest open-source ASP.NET based Content Management System (CMS) around the world. Ash and his team are actively developing on cloud using Azure tools and technologies such as DocumentDB, App Insights, Search, etc. Ash is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. Ash can be found on twitter at @ashishprasad. Jef King Jef King is a technical evangelist at Microsoft. Currently working with Microsoft partners across western Canada. Most recently Jef went to Nairobi, Kenya to build a BOT for the largest comic book publisher on the planet. He also, finds a bit of time to work on a game which uses Azure Container Service to handle the high performance workload. Nastassia Rashid Nastassia is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, where she is focused on teaching and learning about all things Azure and enabling people with the tools they need to build whatever they can dream up. She first discovered her passion for technology at UBC where she majored in Cognitive Systems. Before joining Microsoft she worked as software developer and QA tester at a variety at companies. Nastassia's current obsessions include building bots and playing with cognitive services. Jan Hannemann Jan Hannemann is a passionate software developer with great expertise for all things .NET. XAML/C# is his weapon of choice. No matter whether it is WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows Store apps. Jan not only believes in beautiful UI and great UX. He also loves sleek and elegant software architecture. If you need help then Bitdisaster is his handle in almost any tech related forum. As a Microsoft MVP (Windows Development), he shares his knowledge and excitement with the community. He organizes and speaks at user group meetings and hackathons. Jan is ready to assist you with writing the next big app for the Windows platform. Siavash Ghassemi Sia (Siavash Ghassemi) is a software architect and developer. He is an expert in Microsoft Azure and Xamarin. Since two years he co-organizes the .NET User Group Hamburg together with 3 friends from Hamburg’s developer-community and gives talks and workshops throughout Germany and on community conferences like the Developer Open Space or Spartakiade. As a big fan of such community events he created a Cross-Plattform-App with Xamarin for such events. On GitHub you can find all the sheets and code samples from his talks and workshops. In his free time he started the startup MyMie with one of his friends, this way he can always use the newest technology and tools to see how useful they are and if so, he uses those in his professional work. Tony Shi Tony Shi is Director of Engineering at Lendified Technologies Inc. Tony, qualified with both MCSD and MCSE, has been working with the .NET Framework since its first release. With high productivity, good performance, strong problem solving skills and more than 20-year experiences, he led and built many large software systems and applications successfully. He is good at software architecture with good maintainability, usability, sociability, security and high performance. He specializes in Software design and development with Service-Oriented Architecture in RESTful API, WCF and SOAP web service. He is fluent in Object-Oriented design and development with C# in .NET Framework and Java in J2EE Framework. He is also good at logical and physical data model design with SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB and Redis. He is leading the teams of Dev, QA, DevOps and Data Scientist at Lendified. Medhat Elmasry Medhat Elmasry was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He obtained his first and second degrees from the UK. He wrote his first commercial computer program in Cobol on an NCR computer that used punched cards in the 80s while working for the "United Nations Economic Commission for Africa" in Addis Ababa. Currently, Medhat is an instructor at BCIT in the Computing department, an independent IT contractor, and a founder of the .NET BC user group in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a regular speaker at user group meetings and technology conferences. Medhat likes to dabble in various technologies pertaining to Web, .NET, Mobile, Cloud and Java spaces. He blogs at http://blog.medhat.ca. Medhat was awarded MVP status by Microsoft in March 2017 under the category of 'Visual Studio and Development Technologies'.

*** English below *** HackCité #375MTL est un événement en plusieurs volets issu d’une démarche artistique multidisciplinaire afin de laisser un legs numérique à la ville de Montréal dans le cadre de son 375e anniversaire. Nous voulons offrir une œuvre célébrant la diversité créative de Montréal et cristallisant la mémoire collective dans une symbiose vivante entre arts, technologies, et design. C'est un marathon de coopération rassemblant un maximum de 60 participants issus des arts, design et technologies pour réaliser en deux jours (26 - 28 Mai 2017) une première ébauche de cette oeuvre dans l'une des trois thématiques (énoncées ci-dessous) Ce hackathon nouveau genre est organisé par Printemps numérique, Cohorte 2016 - Projet A144, Pixsenses, Desjardins Lab et MTL Newtech; en collaboration avec le Festival Chromatic de MASSIVart, et les entreprises DIX au carré, La boîte interactive et Pixsenses pour la partie réalisation par la suite. 9 projets au maximum seront admis dans 3 thématiques de réalisation : - Artefact numérique - Leg interactif & projection - Réalité virtuelle & Réalité augmentée  3 projets gagnants seront sélectionnés par catégorie puis peaufinés pendant une semaine de résidence avec nos 3 entreprises partenaires DIX au carré, La boîte intéractive et Pixsenses, qui vous apporteront leur expertise pour vous aider à les mener à bien ! La réalisation finale de cette oeuvre en 3 volets sera enfin exposée le 21 Juin 2017, lors de la soirée de clôture du Printemps Numérique. Ne manquez pas cette belle occasion d'apprendre, partager avec du beau monde, et de laisser votre marque concrête dans les célébrations du 375ème anniversaire de Montréal! À vendredi! ps: Le contribution pour l'inscription est comme on l'avait souligné dans le formulaire, de 25$ pour couvrir une partie de certains frais tels que la nourriture et les boissons. On est trois communautés à s'être mis ensemble pour réaliser ce beau projet sans subventions (on y croit fort!!), et on a mis près de 7000$ pour couvrir les coûts de nourritures etc., et les prix pour réaliser les oeuvres par la suite! On a vraiment vraiment hâte à Vendredi pour travailler ensemble et offrir une œuvre célébrant la diversité créative de Montréal et cristallisant la mémoire collective du 375ème de Montréal! Si vous ne pouvez vous permettre cette contribution, envoyez moi un message privé et on va essaye de s'arranger, on veut vraiment en faire la célébration la plus inclusive possible  ps: et veuillez aussi remplir le formulaire suivant, on va essayer d'avoir des tshirts!! :) http://go.mtlnewtech.com/hackcite375tshirt HackCité #375MTL is a unique multidisciplinary cooperative project to create 3 digital artefacts to celebrate the 375th anniversary of our beloved Montréal. We want the Montréal community to offer a digital artwork to celebrate our creative diversity and crystallize our collective memory at the crossroad of art, design and technology. More info at www.hackcite.com 1. Register as a participant and pitch or select an idea you want to contribute to. 2. Work on your idea in a multidisciplinary team to create an innovative concept presented at the final pitches. Three winning projects will be selected by the jury. 3. Win cash prizes (800-1400$) to finalize your project in residence at one of our 3 partners (Dix2, Pixsenses, La Boîte Interactive) for up to 35 hours (worth thousands of dollars!) This project is driven by Printemps numérique, Cohorte 2016 - Projet A144, Pixsenses, Desjardins Lab and of course MTL Newtech; in collaboration with MASSIVart’s Chromatic Festival, DIX au carré, Pixsenses and La boîte interactive for the production. The 3 themes of the art-pieces are as follow: - Digital Artefact - Interactivity & projection - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality  So, seize the day, and join us to mingle, learn and share with amazing people; and leave your mark in the #375th anniversary of Montréal ps: The contribution that we had discussed is 25$ for the whole hackathon, and will go for a portion of the food and drinks. We are three communities coming together to get this unique hackathon to life and we pitched in more than 7000$ on our own (yep we really believe in this!) for food, drinks, and especially to dedicate it for the actual making of the three winning art pieces!!If you can't afford this amount, please reach out to us and we will try to figure it out! We really want to make this celebration as inclusive as possible!! ps: And please fill this form as well, we are trying hard to get you tshirts as well!! http://go.mtlnewtech.com/hackcite375tshirt ================== // Partenaires de réalisation // Un hackathon nouveau genre pour un leg pérenne ! Nous ne pouvons évidemment pas garantir les résultats, et c'est la beauté d'un hackathon! Cependant nous voulions faire en sorte que cette collaboration majeure puisse mettre le maximum de chances de votre côté pour vous permettre de réaliser une oeuvre qui fera honneur à Montréal, et à nos communautés de créateurs de tout horizons! D'où le déroulement suivant: // Partenaires organisateurs  Nous avons la chance de pouvoir organiser ce hackathon pour célébrer l'anniversaire de Montréal avec des acteurs majeurs de l'écosystème créatif de Montréal, tant du côté artistique, citoyen que technologique. Cette démarche se veut collaborative et inclusive, si vous représentez, ou connaissez des organisations qui désireuse de contribuer à cette opportunité de célébrer le 375ème anniversaire de Montréal, n'hésitez pas à entrer en contact avec nous. Nous avons à coeur la collaborations citoyennes et désirons contribuer au mieux-être économique et social des personnes et des collectivités au Québec par l’entrepreneuriat et l’innovation artistique, technologique, et sociale.  

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.

Fashiontech Festival (FTF) est un évènement international regroupant des designers de mode, ingénieurs, start-ups, et compagnies du secteur des TI investis dans le développement du futur des vêtements et accessoires intelligents. FTF présentera des conférences, expositions, et un fashiontech hack-à-thon guidé par un panel d’experts internationaux. Conférence + Cocktail - Musée McCord (690 Sherbrooke St W) 26 mai, 8:30 - 18:00 Hackathon - Espace Infopresse (4310 St Laurent Blvd) 27 mai, 9:00 - 17:00 28 mai, 9:00 - 15:00 Un grand merci à nos partenaires et collaborateurs Musée McCord Museum, Infopresse, MASSIVart, Chromatic, Groupe Sensation Mode, mmode, Lynks, Printemps numérique et 3lectromode!  ---- Fashiontech Festival (FTF) is an international event bringing together fashion designers, engineers, start-ups, and major IT companies invested in developing the future of design for smart clothing and accessories. FTF will feature conferences, exhibitions, and a fashiontech hackathon mentored by a panel of international experts. Conference + Cocktail - McCord Museum (690 Sherbrooke St W) May 26, 8:30 - 18:00 Hackathon - Espace Infopresse (4310 St Laurent Blvd) May 27, 9:00 - 17:00 May 28, 9:00 - 15:00 A big thank you to our partners and collaborators at Musée McCord Museum, Infopresse, MASSIVart, Chromatic, Groupe Sensation Mode, mmode, Lynks, Printemps numérique et 3lectromode!

Students and start-ups are invited to participate in the Canada Mining Innovation Council's #HACKMINING. This is a three-day hackathon intended to innovate the mining industry. If you win, your solution will be presented at the CMIC National Mining Innovation Forum on June 6th, 2017. You'll get to address one of the two following mining industry challenges: 1:Transporting ore and waste from difficult-to-access areas, or 2:Reducing the volume of mine tailings.

The Youth For Public Transport (Y4PT) Foundation (http://www.y4pt.org/),  UITP Members and other stakeholders, and following a long-standing tradition of Y4PT Youth Lab series, has promoted the organization of local transport hackathons around the world,  in collaborative environments, with the aim of advancing transport sector towards sustainability. We are now inviting Montreal locals  to join the winners from each local transport hackathon and several international enthusiasts at the  1st Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon Montreal 2017 (http://www.y4pt.org/projects/youth-meeting/montreal-2017/) in the framework of the 62nd UITP Global Public Transport Summit Montreal 2017 (http://www.uitpsummit.org/) – the world’s oldest and largest sustainable transport event – to contest in a final round for unveiling the world’s best ground-breaking transport solutions. Many cities around the world such as Almaty (Kazakhstan), Bogotá (Colombia), Brescia (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Cambridge (England), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Kampala (Uganda), Lisbon (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Manchester (England), Medellín (Colombia), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Skopje (Macedonia-FYROM), São Paulo (Brazil), Stockholm (Sweden), Zagreb (Croatia) among others, have hosted the first local transport hackathons. 

Come participate in the first ever global transport hackathon in the framework of the world’s leading sustainable mobility event.

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