List of hackathons in Canada in 2019

Are you interested in making a social impact in the health and economics space? Researchers in the Faculty of Environment are collaborating with GreenHouse, to develop and research a problem-solving challenge focused on creating positive social impact by improving the economic quality of life of those living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Participants will use their research, design, and critical-thinking skills to develop policy, hardware, and/or social solutions to enhance the working lives of individuals affected by SLE. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to learn from mentors with lived experience, experts and researchers, collaborate with others from a broad range of disciplines, and learn skills in ideation, policy, prototyping, and pitching. This will allow you to come up with impactful solutions to real problems to be pitched to an expert panel of judges. Opportunities to continue to develop your social innovation solutions are available for the winning teams. Your contributions from this research will be used to improve the working lives of people affected by SLE in Canada. Food and refreshments will be provided! Your contributions from this research will be used to improve the working lives of people affected by SLE in Canada. If you would like to learn more, click here to access our Hackathon Letter of Information and our Hackathon Consent Form. For additional questions, please contact Dr. Francesca Cardwell at fcardwel@uwaterloo.ca. Participation in this research hackathon is voluntary. This project has received ethics clearance from a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee (ORE #40295). Application Process There are a limited number of spots available for this event. Once you register with your application, we will be going through a selection process to identify successful applicants.  You will receive an email in mid-to-late May indicating if you have been accepted as a Hackathon participant.

Makers Making Change is an innovative community based initiative that connects makers to people with disabilities to create affordable open source assistive technologies. Makers Making Change is collaborating with Mount Royal University Maker Studio to host a Toy Hackathon. The MRU Maker Studio is a creative space for students, faculty, staff and community users to explore ideas and concepts . Come see how you can use your maker skills to benefit the community. This event is open to anyone who wants to participate.  In this presentation you will learn how to hack toys to make them more accessible to children with disabilities by using switches.

Join us in developing innovative solutions to problems facing businesses in manufacturing, construction, and entertainment. People from various backgrounds are invited to contribute their talents, meet others, exchange ideas, and apply their passion and expertise to build something awesome. The 2019 ‘Constructing Futures’ Hackathon will take place May 19 to May 20, 2019, at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. This event is organized by the University of Alberta’s Nasseri School of Building Science and Engineering. During the event, you will have an opportunity to transform your ideas into innovative solutions with real business opportunities.

This workshop is led by Elza Seregelyi from l-spark.  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 Pitch Clinic 8:00 p.m Networking If you have an idea, don't forget to post your healthcare problem on the Hacking Health Ottawa 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. Pitch Clinic by Health Partners Sponsored by

Hello Vancouver! Join us for the 2nd annual Girls in Tech Vancouver Hacking for Humanity Hackathon. This hackathon will take place at DevHub, located in beautiful downtown Vancouver, from May 4 - 5, 2019. Expect prizes, food, speaking engagements, and most importantly - lots of fun!  What is Hacking for Humanity? Hacking for Humanity is a 2-day code-a-thon where developers, designers, scientists, students, entrepreneurs, educators, and mentors work together to build apps that solve social problems. We believe that when communities work together, they don't just do good, they become a force for global change. As an organization founded on inclusivity and equality, we invite all women, men, and nonbinary, gender-fluid, genderqueer++ to participate and collaborate!  The hackathon is part of a global series by Girls in Tech that takes place throughout the year in various cities around the world. Each chapter partners with Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to solve social problems local to their community.  Get hands-on experience, make friends, network, and be part of a global community - starting here in Vancouver! How is the Girls in Tech Hackathon different than other Hackathons? Hacking for Humanity is NOT your typical 24-hour hackathon. This year, we are partnering with Minerva BC to present our theme. Although this is a female-focused hackathon, participants of all genders (and non-identifying genders) are encouraged to join! We encourage diverse groups to come together and create amazing projects! Mentorship from industry professionals will be available during the hackathon, as well as amazing prizes for our winners! This event is held over 2 days but you get to go home for a good night's rest after day 1 of hacking. You can return on day 2 refreshed and ready to polish your project for presenting and judging. We have found that this format is more female-inclusive because nobody feels pressured to sleep over or lose sleep over a hackathon. Partnering Non-Profit Organization We are partnering with Minerva BC who will be presenting how their organization supports equality for women. Minerva BC is a non-profit charitable organization that supports women and girls throughout the province to gain the confidence and skills they need to reach their leadership potential.  Who Is Invited? We encourage everyone (ages 18+) with a minimum of 3 months of coding experience to join! (Experience with some coding and setting up your coding environment is strongly recommended.) The best innovations are made by diverse groups. All we ask is to have at least one female in your group. Feel free to come with a group or join on your own - Girls in Tech will help you find a group if needed! Don't be afraid to come out, make friends, and innovate. Agenda Day 1 - Saturday, May 4, 2019 10:00 - 10:30 AM Opening Ceremony 10:30 AM Team formatting/ official start of Hackathon 12:00 PM Lunch to be served6:00 PM Dinner to be served9:00 PM Day 1 Concludes Day 2 - Sunday, May 5, 2019 10:00 AM Day 2 Official launch12:00 PM Lunch to be served3:00 PM Coding Concludes3:00 PM Presentations & Judging Period4:30 - 5:00 PM Closing Ceremony & Prize Presentation Prizes of over $5,000 in value available for winning teams! Most Social Impact Team Prize - Provided from Quantaloop, Powered by Qude includes:  • $1,000 CAD Cash • 4 Nano Ledgers $125 each: Ledger Nano S is a hardware wallet that is used for the storage of and transactions in popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and other popular altcoins like Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and ZCash. ($500 value) • 4 Paper Wallets: A cryptocurrency wallet is a software program that stores private and public keys and interacts with various blockchain to enable users to send and receive digital currency and monitor their balance (Each software wallet contains 100 Qude per person. We can't state the value of Qude token due to legal reasons.) • 4 Urban Juve skincare packages, snapbacks, and t-shirts ($1000 value) • 4 Starbucks $10 gift cards from Coal Harbour Law ($40 value) • 4 Time Escape entries ($200 value) • 4 Chic Lash Boutique $100 gift certificates ($400 value) • 4 ILoveKickBoxing $150 vouchers ($600 value) • A basket of treats - chocolates, bath-bombs, candles Most Creative Concept Team Prize - Provided from Quantaloop, includes: • Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise - 2 vouchers for 4 dinners ($521 value) • 2 The Wealthy Barber books by David Chilton ($40 value) • 4 Urban Juve snapbacks and chapsticks ($40 value) • 4 ILoveKickBoxing $150 vouchers ($600 value) • A basket of treats - candles, chocolates and snacks Most Popular Vote Team Prize:  • $400 CAD Cash • 4 Earnest Ice Cream $25 gift certificates ($100 value) • Goodies from Devhub (t-shirts, stickers, pins) Other Prizes: To be announced. Space is limited so register ASAP. Remember you need to be 18 years or older to register. *** WE ARE SOLD OUT FOR THIS EVENT. *** Sponsors A big thank you to our event sponsors.  Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors   In-Kind Sponsors Interested in sponsoring us? Get in touch with us and we can send you the sponsorship package! sponsorshipvan@girlsintech.org. Speaker Bio Sandra Wong Quantaloop Co-founder, CEO Sandra Wong has 17+ years experience in entrepreneurship and building digital products. Sandra is the former product success manager at BlueBat Games – a subsidiary of Novomatic Group and creators of casino platform GreenTube Pro (awarded Social Casino Supplier of the Year at GIA 2017). She cofounded Lucky Lady Games, a consultancy and game designer to some of the world’s most recognized casino properties across the globe including the world’s first live dealer social casino and the fastest growing online poker room in 2018. Sandra has launched products that have reached 100’s of millions of users and have debut apps at number one in its category in Appstore. Sandra started her career in technology as digital merchandiser at Onvia.com – Canada’s largest IPO of it’s time for $240M. She was nominated for leader of the year in 2013 by Woman of Worth Awards an finds her greatest joy working beside those that take action with purpose. Links Sign up to be a Girls in Tech Vancouver member: http://bit.ly/gitvanmembership Girls in Tech Vancouver Website: http://vancouver.girlsintech.org/              Girls in Tech Global Website: http://girlsintech.org/ Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/girlsintechvan   FAQs What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is a design and coding event where computer programmers, graphic designers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and other domain experts come together and collaborate intensively on a project. Hackathons may have a specific area of focus, which can include programming languages used, the operating system, an application, an API, or a challenge question. The goal of a hackathon is to create a usable software application where teams will have a proof-of-concept (POC) or a minimum-viable-product (MVP) to present at the end of the competition. Teams are usually composed of 4 people where teams have to come up with a new concept, not a project previously worked on before. The winning teams are chosen by a panel of industry professional judges and prizes are awarded to the winning team. How do I sign up as a team? Ticket holders will receive a Google form prior to the event to list out their team preferences and other information. Just make sure everyone on your team purchased their ticket and we'll make sure you get to work together! Keep in mind the team size is 4 persons and we will be randomly assigning participants to teams that have less than four.  I don't have a team. Can I come alone? Yes! We highly encourage everyone to participate in our event. Our goal is to create an inclusive community here in Vancouver. We will be assigning teams randomly so you will get a chance to work with new individuals and make friends! What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? Transit Skytrain - Vancouver City Centre Metro - Granville 246 - West Georgia at Richards St. 250 - West Georgia at Homer St. Parking There is a paid parking lot in the building, located off Homer Street from 6:00am to midnight Monday to Friday and Sunday, Saturday and Stat holidays from 8:00am to midnight. What's covered in my ticket? Registration guarantees a spot as an attendee and will include a Girls in Tech Hacking for Humanity t-shirt, meals, opportunity for prizes, and other swag that sponsors will contribute. We are non-profit and ticket purchases will go towards the event costs.  How can I contact the organizer with any questions? Please contact us through Eventbrite for any questions or at eventsvan@girlsintech.org What's the refund policy? The ticket is refundable up to 7 days prior to the event. If you need to refund your ticket, please contact us as soon as possible so we can transfer your spot to someone on the waitlist. 

Information Provided Below - Conference Program Overview- About Photography at Conference- Conference Code of Conduct GO Open Data Conference is a  non-profit, grass roots annual event held in Ontario and is in it's 7th year.  This year the event is being held in Toronto at the Toronto Reference Library and is co-hosted by the Toronto Public Library and Open Data Institute (ODI) Toronto. This year's theme is "Open - Inclusive, Equitable, Ethical & Impactful" and has an awesome lineup of speakers - check the website for updates http://2019.go-opendata.ca/ and more detailed program information http://2019.go-opendata.ca/program-2/ Program Overview Friday May 3rd, 2019  Conference - Paid Attendance 8:00  Registration, Beeton Hall, Main Floor9:00  Official Welcome9:15  Leaders Keynote Panel10:15 Networking Break10:45 Digital Community Panel11:45 Youth and Educator Panel12:15 Open Mic12:30  LUNCH1:30  Concurrent Sessions2:30 Break2:45  Concurrent Sessions4:00  Closing Action Panel4:30 Closing Remarks4:45 Conference Close & Attendee Networking Saturday May 4th, 2019  Hackathon - FREE  9:00 Registration 9:30 Welcome and Process10:00 Project Pitches10:30  Start work12:00  LUNCH1:00  Continue Projects3:30  Project Presentations4:30  Event Wrap-up Photography Please note that photographs will be taken during the conference.  Please advise the registration desk upon arrival if you prefer not to be photographed.  Similarly, there may be video and livestreaming happening at the conference. GO Open Data Code of Conduct - Adapted from Civic Tech Toronto's "Code of Conduct and Anti-harrasment Policy" It’s important that all participants are aware of the expectations and our grass roots culture during the conference. This is a reminder of the unwritten rules of generally being a good, kind and supportive human being for all those involved with the conference. Civic Tech Toront'os policy has been adapted from the Recurse Center’s Social Rules, and the anti-harassment policy from the Geek Feminism Wiki. GO Open Data is dedicated to providing a harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, technical skill level or economic standing. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate any time, including in present. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or asked to leave, at the discretion of the organizers. Harassment includes verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the organizing team immediately. Organizers will be happy to help participants contact local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. All participants accept that they are responsible and accountable for their own actions. Our Host - Toronto Public Library Rules of Conduct https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/terms-of-use/library-policies/rules-of-conduct.jsp  

The Spring 2019 ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon features real-world artificial intelligence challenges provided by groundbreaking startups. Those who wish to participate in the ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon must fill out the application and purchase a ticket. Applications close at 11:59 PM on April 26th (extended to May 2nd). More details below. Why apply to the ConcordAI Hackathon? In addition to a fun and exciting experience and potential prizes, selected hackathon participants will be invited to interview for the ConcordAI AI Research & Development Mentorship Spring Cohort. The program is 8 weeks in duration during May and June and will enable you to acquire experience and skills in AI by giving you the support and mentorship needed to push the boundaries of AI in research and development and open innovation projects. The program is part-time with sessions designed to be accessible for students and workers, with sessions on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. ConcordAI Hackathon Application form: https://forms.gle/hfq5CyGjaUM8KEAP8 Interested in the topic of artificial intelligence but do not want to participate in the ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon? Purchase a spectator ticket and join us later on in the evening from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Enjoy food and non-alcoholic beverages as you get to see and learn how a ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon works as well as listen to presentations offered by interesting artificial intelligence startups and experts in the field. More details below. ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon Duration: 8:00am-8:00pm Apply individually and we will take care of grouping you into a team or invent a team name and apply to participate with people you already know. You are not expected to be an artificial intelligence expert to participate in this activity, although some coding experience will help you solve the challenge. Mentors will be available at the event to help guide you in case you get stuck. Beginning at 6 PM judges will briefly listen to, see, and discuss your team's work as well as give advice. Following the end of the ConcordAI Hackathon at 8:00pm, a few of the teams will present and demo their work and judges will deliberate and help decide on the winning teams. Judges include Elisabeth Laett and Jorge Campos from Exagens, Jean-François Connolly from Ivado, Sydney Swaine-Simon from District 3, Phil Rivard from NextAI, Héctor Palacios from Element AI, and Arthur Prats from Catallaxy. You are also welcome to stay until the end of presentations and entertainment at 10:00pm. Those participating in the ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon will be provided the opportunity to apply for the ConcordAI AI Research and Development Mentorship Spring Program. The program offers participants the opportunity to be mentored by AI experts as they gain valuable AI knowledge and experience through working with Montreal startups on real-world AI challenges. The program is a part-time weekly time commitment. Challenges: Funartech Emotive AI project: After a successful first cohort, Funartech is glad to renew its partnership with ConcordAI to continue on our innovative project to inject emotions into chatbots. In a classical machine learning approach, the system/bot will detect patterns in the data and reproduce it. In our radical new approach, the system is autonomous and taking decisions by itself. This is a first step towards an open door to AGI! If you are interested in building the AI of the future, join us! Hackathon Challenge: Develop a system where direct human feedback could be used to improve a sentiment analysis system. The idea is to improve an automatic sentiment analysis system (use known libraries for this) by including humans in the loop. More information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tCXWRvcBdo4ayDEqGxv6DPEk96CGuK3c/view?usp=sharing Itinerum ConcordAI Project: Itinerum is an open-source smartphone travel survey platform. Its goal is to allow researchers (municipal, academic, community groups, etc.) to easily customize and administer their own smartphone travel surveys. This tool and the data it collects has the potential to revolutionize how cities are planned in an era of Smart Cities. Itinerum has already been used in over a dozen studies including three annual studies with the City of Montreal under the name MTL Trajet. In each study, different methods have been used to process, analyze and visualize the data, with each team developing their own methods leading to duplication of techniques. The goal of this program is to put talented developers to the task of developing AI approaches that will be able to automatically process and prepare the data for use in Smart City transportation planning and analysis. An essential aspect is identifying trip information from GPS data and determining attributes such a vehicle choices and purposes of the trip. The long-term goal is to have a tool that makes the analysis and visualization of Itinerum data as easy as running an Itinerum smartphone study.  More: https://www.itinerum.ca OVA ConcordAI Project Project information coming soon... https://ova.ai Artificial Intelligence Presentations and Hackathon viewing Duration: 6:00pm-10:00pm Enjoy an evening of presentations from Montreal artificial intelligence startups and experts as well as get the opportunity to see what a ConcordAI Artificial Intelligence Hackathon resembles. Following the presentations, indulge in the tasty food and non-alcoholic beverages all included with your ticket purchase. Gluten-free and vegan options available. Diversity Artificial Intelligence Concordia strongly supports diversity in tech and we do so by prioritizing the selection of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, minorities, Indigenous Peoples and differently abled individuals for 75% of the spots available at our AI hackathon and 12-week program. Given the impacts of AI on the world we live in, we believe that the population should be appropriately and fairly represented in tech in order to ensure that everyone’s interests, contributions and creativity are reflected. You are all valuable and you are all important. Artificial Intelligence Concordia Policy All of our events have a strict, no tolerance policy against violent, aggressive, inappropriate, and/or unprofessional behaviour. Those who are identified as behaving in a way that goes against our policy will be told to leave the premises immediately. Should you be made to feel targeted or uncomfortable or should you witness another person experiencing a situation of this nature, you are welcome and encouraged to come forward and speak to someone from the Artificial Intelligence Concordia management team. Individuals who approach our management team about such issues will with be warmly welcomed, actively listened to, taken seriously, and action will be taken immediately to address and remedy the situation. The ConcordAI Hackathon will last throughout the entire day. Students will be given mandates from real technology start-ups and will work together in small groups to find solutions to the challenges they have been given. Unlike most Hackathons, students will be encouraged to collaborate and help other teams in a friendly, safe and inclusive environment. We strive to promote a more inclusive tech culture by prioritizing the empowerment of women, minorities, LGBTQ+, differently abled and Indigenous Peoples, and therefore we will give priority to these groups for 75% of the available spots within this activity. At the end of this event, attendees will be welcome to enter the hackathon, observe the hackathon participants finalizing their projects, observe the hackathon team acknowledgements and prize distributions as well as enjoy an entertaining, pleasant, social and networking atmosphere afterwards. Inviting university students to attend and observe the end of our hackathon, despite not having participated in it, is an initiative we hope will help to demystify hackathons to students who may otherwise feel too intimidated or “not good enough” to participate in these types of activities. This venue is wheelchair accessible. We would like to acknowledge that Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community. John Molson School of Business 9th Floor 1450 Guy St. Montreal, Quebec H3H 0A1 Donate to our program here (click on tickets): https://www.eventbrite.com/preview?eid=60434960594

Register today for a chance to attend L3 WESCAM's 2nd annual Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing Hackathon  -  THE DRONE SWARM!   May 3/4/5 2019 Open to all 3rd and 4th year Engineering/Software College and University Students, and New Grads (Class of 2017+)  $7000 in total Prize money to be won! $4000 1st Place $2000 2nd Place $1000 3rd Place Using customized Parrot BeBop2  drones - your team will develop on custom SDK's to command a drone swarm capable of flying surveillance missions to seek out, identify and confirm high point-value targets in a 5000 sq ft custom indoor course.  You dont need to be a drone pilot - we'll take care of that. Instead you'll be focusing on A.I., Machine Learning and Image Processing development to run successful surveillance missions, allow your drones to communicate with each other and relay imaging data for processing. Our last Hackathon was a big success - and we're expecting this event to be even bigger and better. First things first - You'll need register, either as an individual or a team.   Then once you're registered, you'll be invited to submit your (or your team's) application to us. With only 100 spots available, we'll be selecting teams based on a blend of academic pursuits in engineering/electronics/software, co-op work experiences, summer jobs and of course - your own interests and hobbies. Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Please bring your photo/government ID so that you can show us you are who you told us you were when you registered... What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? For those driving - FREE PARKING is on site and there's a map on the event page. For those taking Public Transit, the Burlington Transit Route 87 runs from both Burlington and Aldershot GO stations to directly in front of the event site. Click here for a schedule:  https://bit.ly/2tBp7hR What can I bring into the event? Whatever you need to be comfortable and productive for 36 hours.  We'll provide some air mattresses and couches to catch some zzzz's on. We'll feed you and keep you hydrated, and we'll make sure there's lots of snacks for late-nite munchies. How can I contact the organizer with any questions? You can email hackwescam@l3t.com for any questions you have. We'll respond as quickly as we can.  Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Nope.  We'll have your name and you'll have your ID so that should do it.  Can I update my registration information? Yup. Eventbrite will notify us of any updates to your registration. If you want to be extra sure, email us at hackwescam@l3t.com to be sure. Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Nope. If there are any changes to your team, you'll need to notify us of whomever cannot attend.  Whomever joins your team will need to register the same way you did. If that happens, email us at hackwescam@l3t.com and we'll walk you through it.  Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends? Nope. Please register using your normal/given name and what matches your ID.  Registering as "Breezy" or "HackDAWG" won't get you very far...

Information Provided Below - Conference Program Overview- About Photography at Conference- Conference Code of Conduct GO Open Data Conference is a  non-profit, grass roots annual event held in Ontario and is in it's 7th year.  This year the event is being held in Toronto at the Toronto Reference Library and is co-hosted by the Toronto Public Library and Open Data Institute (ODI) Toronto. This year's theme is "Open - Inclusive, Equitable, Ethical & Impactful" and has an awesome lineup of speakers - check the website for updates http://2019.go-opendata.ca/ and more detailed program information http://2019.go-opendata.ca/program-2/ Program Overview Friday May 3rd, 2019  Conference - Paid Attendance 8:00  Registration, Beeton Hall, Main Floor9:00  Official Welcome9:15  Leaders Keynote Panel10:15 Networking Break10:45 Digital Community Panel11:45 Youth and Educator Panel12:15 Open Mic12:30  LUNCH1:30  Concurrent Sessions2:30 Break2:45  Concurrent Sessions4:00  Closing Action Panel4:30 Closing Remarks4:45 Conference Close & Attendee Networking Saturday May 4th, 2019  Hackathon - FREE  9:00 Registration 9:30 Welcome and Process10:00 Project Pitches10:30  Start work12:00  LUNCH1:00  Continue Projects3:30  Project Presentations4:30  Event Wrap-up Photography Please note that photographs will be taken during the conference.  Please advise the registration desk upon arrival if you prefer not to be photographed.  Similarly, there may be video and livestreaming happening at the conference. GO Open Data Code of Conduct - Adapted from Civic Tech Toronto's "Code of Conduct and Anti-harrasment Policy" It’s important that all participants are aware of the expectations and our grass roots culture during the conference. This is a reminder of the unwritten rules of generally being a good, kind and supportive human being for all those involved with the conference. Civic Tech Toront'os policy has been adapted from the Recurse Center’s Social Rules, and the anti-harassment policy from the Geek Feminism Wiki. GO Open Data is dedicated to providing a harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, technical skill level or economic standing. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate any time, including in present. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or asked to leave, at the discretion of the organizers. Harassment includes verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the organizing team immediately. Organizers will be happy to help participants contact local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. All participants accept that they are responsible and accountable for their own actions. Our Host - Toronto Public Library Rules of Conduct https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/terms-of-use/library-policies/rules-of-conduct.jsp  

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