List of hackathons in Canada in 2018

Ludum Dare is the oldest International Game Creation Competition. The theme will be released at 7:00pm MDT and the contest will last 72 hours. Nimble Programmer will host a hackathon from 6:30 to 9pm on the 20th and 10am to 2pm on the 21st. Pre-requisites: Age 16 and above. Younger than 16 may participate with an adult. We will be using Ruby/Gosu and participants can meet others and form teams on the first night. Participants can use other game frameworks if they like. We will have a few monitors but competitors should bring their own equipment such as Mac or PC laptops or a Raspberry Pi 3. (Gosu runs slowly on a Raspberry Pi Zero due to lack of a graphics processor.) This will be in our bootcamp classrom at 9125 50 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6B 2H3. Room N218 Includes pizza and refreshments both days.

Take a distributed app idea from concept to prototype in three days!  Familiarize yourself with a new coding paradigm and learn tools for the rapid development of decentralized applications. Holochain is a post-blockchain protocol for storing data in a completely peer-2-peer network. Join founder, Art Brock, and members of the Holochain team for a weekend workshop on using the technology. This event is generously sponsored by Creative CoWorkers. Friday, April 20th 6pm-9pm @ Stretch                                                                                                                      (180 East Pender, Vancouver) Saturday, April 21st Noon-9pm @ Creative CoWorkers                                                                                                  (343 Railway Street, Vancouver) Sunday, April 22nd Noon-6pm @ Creative CoWorkers                                                                                              (343 Railway Street, Vancouver) Are you interested in building decentralised applications? Holochain is a breakthrough in the scalability of distributed computing that allows you to run Facebook scale applications on a decentralized architecture. Holochain dapps are held completely by their users in a peer-2-peer network. Users are directly connected in a data commons with no centralised server or cloud processing data between them. Holochain is currently in Alpha with a number of prototype apps available to play with. This weekend is an opportunity to come get started on building your own! Check out the holochain github and developer tools at the links below: https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto https://developer.holochain.org/ Hackathon Structure Project co-founder, Art Brock, and developer, Connor Turland, will introduce developers to building in the holochain framework. We encourage people to come with app ideas and in small teams. Experience with either JavaScript or Lisp will be helpful. The Friday evening session will be held at Stretch Yoga in Chinatown. It will include an introduction to the technology from Art with an inital Q and A and an opportunity to get situated as projects and groups for the weekend.  Saturday and Sunday at Creative CoWorkers on Railway attendees will walk through the process of building an app prototype. This will include periodic presentations from Art and Connor on specific elements of holochain and opportunities for direct work with them in groups.

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

This workshop is divided into two parts: 1) Join us for an overview of why you should be thinking about IP, and the common types of IP that are available, e.g. patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. 2) Communication is key to effective collaboration. At this pitch clinic, we'll help you learn how to effectively craft a 90 second elevator-style pitch that will convey your idea in a way that transcends disciplines and reaches each individual regardless of their training or perspective! If you are considering pitching an idea at the Hacking Health Ottawa #HIP613 Hackathon attending this pitch clinic is highly recommended: we'll help you learn how to deliver the right type and amount of information, within the 60-second time limit, to improve your odds of attracting a great team. It's also a great chance to network with other Hackathon participants, and get a sneak peek at some of the great projects that will be looking for members! Agenda: 6:00 p.m Registration and Networking 6:30 p.m Welcome and Opening Remarks 6:45 p.m IP Chats 8:00 p.m Pitch Clinic 8:45 p.m Networking If you have an idea, don't forget to post your healthcare problem on the Sparkboard. This year, we are encouraging participants to practice pitching their healthcare problems in advance of the Hacking Health Ottawa hackathon during any of our events. Here's why you need to pitch: Great opportunity to practice your pitch before the HIP613 hackathon. Get your problem noticed and attract team members early. Grab the attention of experts, researchers and mentors who can assist you along your journey. If you are interested, contact us ottawa@hackinghealth.ca. Terms & Conditions By Purchasing a ticket to the Hacking Health, you agree to the following terms and conditions: I hereby grant Hacking Health permission to use my likeness in a video, photo or other digital reproduction in any and all of its publications, including website, without payment or any other consideration. IP Chats by Pitch Clinic by

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Random Hacks of Kindness is a hackathon for social good that brings together volunteer developers and tech-savvy do-gooders to work with charities, community groups and social enterprises. Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Ottawa is part of a global movement that organizes hackathons that bring together problem solvers, creative thinkers, and technologists for a weekend to bring technology solutions to challenges faced by charities, not-for-profits, and civic organizations. Over the course of a weekend, teams of volunteers bring their creative, technical, and problem-solving know-how to tackle and solve several of these challenges. More details can be found here: https://rhok.ca/

Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit is a weekend hackaton that breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together tech & healthcare professionals and students from the US and Canada to team up, dream up & design app and tech solutions that improve health care. Hacking Health Windsor Detroit IV returns to Canada - April 13 & 14, 2018 - with St. Clair College playing host in the beautiful and modern Dr. John Strasser Student Life Centre. What is Hacking Health? Hacking Health is a global movement spanning over 60 cities that is designed to improve health care by bringing together creative collaborators from tech, health & business. Hacking Health Windsor Detroit is the first cross-border chapter founded by TechTown Detroit & WEtech Alliance.  Learn more about Hacking Health HERE. Hacking Health Windsor-Detroit is powered by our cross-border partnerships. We'd love to have YOU join us! For sponsorship opportunities please click HERE. Terms & Conditions All ticket prices are in Canadian dollars. By purchasing a ticket to the Hacking Health Hackathon, you agree to the following terms and conditions: I hereby grant Hacking Health permission to use my likeness in a video, photo or other digital reproduction in any and all of its publications, including website, without payment or any other consideration.

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.

FREE EVENT - REGISTRATION REQUIRED ON THE WEBSITEhttps://www.hackworks.com/en/missionhackMTL Mission Hack is a free hackathon designed for developers and designers wanting to push the limits of what they can imagine and build in a futuristic set-up. Participants will have the opportunity to choose the type of technology they need to prototype solutions to 1 of 4 challenges. The best 3 teams will win cash prices. Visit www.missionhack.ca to learn more. Mission Hack est un hackathon gratuit conçu pour les développeurs et les concepteurs qui veulent repousser les limites de ce qu'ils peuvent imaginer et construire dans un thème futuriste. Les participants auront la chance d'utiliser la technologie de leur choix pour créer des solutions à l'un des quatre défis proposés. Les 3 meilleures équipes gagneront des prix en argent. Visitez notre site web www.missionhack.ca pour plus de détails

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.