List of hackathons in Canada in 2018

The ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence workshop part 1 will cover Linear, Polynomial, and Logistic Regression, and Pytorch implementation. The second part of the ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence workshop will take place on Saturday November 3. Both workshops are open to all. With the ConcordAI Hackathon coming up on November 11th, this two part pre-ConcordAI Hackathon workshop bootcamp will focus on the topics that will best prepare everyone to perform for the real-world AI projects they will encounter during the Artificial Intelligence Hackathon. Note that in order to be eligible to join the ConcordAI 2019 winter cohort for the 12-week student startup mentorship program, participation in the Hackathon is required. More details to come.

The NoW-Academy will decipher these two, all too common terms (hackathon and design thinking), and give you the tools to effectively utilize them! This 1-day bootcamp will inspire you to lead ongoing mini-hackathons that are anchored in principles of design thinking. Participants will see first hand the power of collaborative ideation and rapid prototyping that can be applied "everyday". This is a highly experiential workshop that will catapult your innovative mindset!

Website: HallowHacks.com Twitter: @HallowHacks Bootstrap startups that tackle two long-standing sustainable energy growth issues on October 27-28, 2018 at 7 Gate Ventures, Vancouver! This year, BCSEA Vancouver chapter will host it’s inaugural hackathon that will be bringing together a unique mix of people with technical skills and passion for sustainable initiatives! Our hackathon brings in new ideas to solve the sustainable energy growth problems of 1) engagement and 2) fundraising. It addresses solving the problem of "How to use technology for creating awareness and for financing sustainable energy initiatives?" The hackathon product must educate users in the field of sustainable energy, and have the capability to raise funds towards a related cause. The goal is advocating & educating for environmental sustainability. MOTIVATION and GOAL The idea was born out of the brainstorming sessions by BCSEA Vancouver volunteers. All agreed to the fact that easy access to funding is not only necessary but critical in ensuring success for any initiative, be it entrepreneurship or not-for-profit activities. This is not complete without increasing awareness and engagement, that further create opportunities in sustainable energy initiatives. We seek to promote and empower initiatives that support sustainable energy adoption. At the same time, the fundraising aspect of the hackathon creates a business case for the ideas (ie. revenue by deducting a service fee). This incentivizes the participants to continue their work on their ideas for starting mission-based businesses. The goal of the Hackathon is to conclude the weekend with a marketable product to pursue as a business opportunity for the winners. Our goal is for each attendee to come out with new knowledge, connections, and excitement for the next steps in their careers. SCHEDULE Thursday, October 25, 2018 — Meet & Greet  (Central City Brewpub, 871 Beatty St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2M6) from 6:30pm onwards Saturday, October 27, 2018 — Kick-Off & First Hacking Period Sunday, October 28, 2018 — Second Hacking Period, Presentation & Judging, and Awards For coders and non-coders alike, all are welcome to join us at HallowHacks. Please visit HallowHacks.com and follow us @HallowHacks for more details and amazing prizes!

"How to use technology for creating awareness and for financing sustainable energy initiatives?" This is a valuable opportunity to take your skills to the next level by taking on the role of coder, designer, marketer, or sustainability professional. The vision is to create a product that educates users in the field of sustainable energy, and has the capability to raise funds toward a related cause. The goal is educating and advocating for environmental sustainability.

Hackers in the Greater Toronto Area, you're invited to participate in MediaCom's Hack to Give Back: Tech the Halls with The Salvation Army. Come as a team of four to collaborate on an innovative digital payments solution that makes it easy to make on-the-go donations to the Salvation Army. Come and compete for cash prizes and national recognition.

THIS WORKSHOP IS ONLY OPEN TO DESIGNTHINKERS 2018 TO DELEGATES WHO ARE ATTENDING DAY 2 Become a Graphic Ally! Learn how to tell visual data stories to inspire policy change and mobilize information at the grassroots level. In this hands on workshop, we will explore and apply principles of conscious and responsible design to a real world infographic project. Topics covered are as follows: icon drafting, infographic composition, power dynamics in design, data framing, asset vs. deficit mapping, access to information, and grassroots design strategies. Learn how to map out infographic solutions for reaching and activating policy makers, people with resources, low-opportunity communities, and more. Participants will leave with an actionable list of design strategies, and with experience creating an infographic. General Timeline:15-20mins -Presentation (principles + basic equity measures + basic content parsing +  infographic composition)10 mins - Practice: drawing game and graphic illustration techniques5-7 mins - Project prep:  dissemination data briefs, communication strategy, and facilitate quick outline prep15-17 mins - quick prototype creation for content5+ mins [remaining time] - analyze prototypes and general QA 

The main website is http://dmc-conf.com Your full registration gains you access to the pre-conference workshop, 2 days of conference and hands-on workshops on Saturday. Speakers (To Be Confirmed): Ziya Ma (founder Women in Big Data - Intel), Amanda Holden (Leading Women in Technology - Practice Leader - SAS - Big Data for Fraud and Security Intelligence), Karen Lopez - InfoAdvisors - Big Data and Security), Kathy Rondon (Public Sector Data Governance & Data Curation), Elena Sinelnikova (Cryptochicks - may be able to hold a crytochicks hackathon), Giri Berenstein (Analytics and Big Data Expert - Groundswell), David Marco (EW Solutions Inc. - Author Metadata Management; Data Management, Data Governance, Consultant),  Dr. Bradley Jensen (Head Data Scientist, Accenture - Bradley will focus on the Blockchain Certification Program at ICCP), Dr. Kewal Dhariwal, Author Complete Guide to Professional Computing and founder of the Certified Data Professional (formerly CDMP) and Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) programs. Dr. Jerry Luftman: How the C-Suite has to drive profit growth from digital resources (former CIO for IBM), James Saikin (rated the best COO by many large corporations - talking about Blockchain for Financial markets) and many more notable global authorities and local talent from Alberta. Data Management Conference Canada runs in Calgary, and Edmonton on an annual basis. It provides world class presenters at a low cost to regional attendees who often are unable to attend the expensive international events.  The focus is on data analytics and the use of data for business decision making.  How to provide for the needs of business by data managers, data stewards, business analysts, project managers, interface designers for management reports, data visualization experts and data architects having to handle both the security, privacy and volume of data needs.  The latest technologies in listening to the customer (social media analytics), plus future oriented systems integrations involving secure data exchange (Blockchain), Core Data Models, & Application Frameworks, plus large databases, cloud solutions, data lakes and cyber and information security, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are presented.

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We are thrilled to present you the first Rust Hackathon. The event is organized by the Vancouver Rust community and hosted by Finhaven! Our goal is to attract and connect Rust enthusiasts and developers in order to expand the Rust community. The event will promote the language with the aim to gain momentum for participants to build MVP’s in 24 hours. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to learn by peer-to-peer mentoring, collaborating and sharing knowledge. On October 20th, teams will be made (up to 6 teams of 5) and topics will be selected with enough time to prototype and demo on October 21st at 4:00pm. There are a limited number of spots available for this event – secure your spot today!  Join the Vancouver Rust Community: https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Rust/ Speakers: Dan Merino, Head of Engineering, Finhaven

A Weekend of Hacking, Hustling, and Building Applications for the Next Internet No Blockchain Experience Needed! Help Build The New Internet With Blockstack Blockstack is building an ecosystem that gives your users control over their fundamental digital rights: Identity, data-ownership, privacy, and security.  Join us for a weekend to a decentralized app.  Scale your app without limitations of the blockchain. Gain a competitive advantage by giving your users' data ownership Calling All Developers The Decentralized Financial Wellbeing Hackathon is open to any developer to participate. You can be a Front-end, Backend, Full-stack, Middle-Tier, Web, Desktop, Mobile, Game or anything in between. Create a decentralized product/service to help Alice and Bob participate in the emerging decentralized economy. Create a Decentralized Product For The New Economy Decentralized apps represent the next generation of computing ushering the way for the new internet.  In an entirely decentralized world, all things occur using peer-to-peer networks, and the idea of centralized entities are non-existent.  This distributed future is still being designed and built, and you have the opportunity to participate in it in a meaningful way. Blockchain Skill Level? No blockchain coding skills are required. Everyone with basic coding skills can participate! But more seriously, if you want to participate in the distributed future by building:  applications with no dependency on Google, Facebook, or other OAuth provider. applications where the data is stored securely with the people who created it, so you no longer have to maintain and secure databases with all your user information. applications that help Alice and Bob participate in the emerging decentralized economy This is the hackthon for you. Blockstack Blockstack is a new internet for decentralized apps that you access through the Blockstack Browser. With Blockstack, there is a new world of apps that let you own your data and maintain your privacy, security and freedom. We guarantee that you’ll be well fed and caffeinated all through the weekend, and we won’t charge you for having too much fun ;)