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Mental Health in Youth hackathon | Hacking Health Waterloo | True North Festival
05 Jun - 05:00 PM
Waterloo, Canada
We invite healthcare professionals, designers, patients, developers, innovators, students and entrepreneurs to take part in building useable solutions to frontline healthcare problems. Join us Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7 for Hacking Health Waterloo's Hackathon in conjunction with True North Festival taking place at St. Paul's College.
Why participate in the Hacking Health Hackathon and what to expect...
Our hackathons are a fun, hands-on, intense, 3-day hackathon that breaks down barriers to healthcare innovation in Kitchener-Waterloo. Our goal isn’t just to organize hackathons, it’s to have a long-term impact on our healthcare system. This hackathon in conjunction with True North Festival. We can’t wait to see you contribute to a hackathon project that can be brought to market for the benefit of communities everywhere - we have the resources to help you get there!
At the hackathon, teams will pitch ideas, get advice from experts and build solutions that can be integrated and implemented into our healthcare system. We are excited to see the projects you’re dreaming up come to life!
The hackathon rules/guidance will be posted here shortly.
Hackathon Schedule
Friday, June 5
5:00 - 6:00 PM Registration Opens, Food & Networking
6:00 - 7:00 PM Local speakers with mentors table available
7:00 - 7:15 PM Opening Ceremony
7:15 - 8:00 PM Pitch Clinic
8:00 - 8:30 PM 1-minute pitches
8:30 - 10:00 PM Team Formation & Networking
10:00 PM End of Day 1
Saturday, Jun 6
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Hacking Starts
12:00 PM Lunch & Judging Criteria Presentation
1:00 PM Hacking
5:00 PM Dinner
9:00 PM End of Day 2
Sunday, June 7
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Hacking
10:00 AM Pitch Clinic
12:00 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Hacking Ends
1:00 PM Final Pitching to judges
2:00 PM Judges Deliberate
2:30 PM Announcement of Hackathon Winners
2:45 PM Closing Remarks
2019 Theme
Mental health in youth is our theme for this dual-city hackathon. Mental health is a subject of particular concern to Waterloo Region, and links with the Tech for good theme for the True North Festival. The hackathon aim is to break down barriers to healthcare innovation by bringing together healthcare professionals, IT, designers, policy analysts, patients and entrepreneurs to collaborate, dream up & create solutions to real-world problems to improve healthcare.
What is Hacking Health?
Hacking Health is an international movement designed to improve healthcare by inviting technology creators and healthcare professionals to collaborate on realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line problems. It is a grass-roots, bottom-up movement. Learn more about Hacking Health.
Who can participate?
Anyone – you don’t have to be a developer to participate!
What if I don't have a team?
There are many opportunities to meet potential team members, and connect a mix of skills to bring together a team in the first couple hours of the hackathon weekend.
Can I start before the event?
We understand that you are excited to solve problems but please refrain from developing the solution before the Hackathon. Feel free to ideate, design, post, update, review, join a project on Sparkboard once you've registered!
Are you interested in sponsoring our hackathon?
Hacking Health Waterloo is powered by an incredible group of sponsors. We'd love to have you join us! Take a look at our sponsorship package if you are interested in sponsoring our hackathon.
Will food and drinks be provided?
Breakfasts and lunches will be catered for you this weekend, together with a food truck on Friday evening. Bring a refillable water bottle. If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know: waterloo@hackinghealth.ca
What should I bring?
Your laptop, charger, and your ideas!
Still, have questions? Send us a tweet, email or Facebook message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
What are the judging criteria?
The judging criteria include:
Innovation potential
Impact of the project
Execution of the project
Design and user experience of the prototype
Presentation of the project
What is the ticket cancellation policy?
Cancelling your ticket? If you can’t attend, please let us know ASAP so we can refund you and give your spot to another person. There will be no refunds 7 days before the event, no-shows who don’t contact us 7 days in advance will not get refunded.
Terms & Conditions
By purchasing a ticket to 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.
2020 Global DevOps Bootcamp @ Algonquin College Ottawa
30 May - 10:00 AM
Ottawa, Canada
Global DevOps Bootcamp 2020 is an event that will be held on Saturday May 30th and is all about DevOps. See www.globaldevopsbootcamp.com
CryptoChicks Conference and Hackathon 2020 - Third Annual
29 May - 03:00 PM
Toronto, Canada
BLOCKCHAIN & AI CONFERENCE AND HACK•A•THON
For the last three years CryptoChicks has worked to establish a lasting presence in blockchain and AI community globally. From the humble beginning of a meetup group in Canada, we have been able to provide girls and women a supporting environment to learn about blockchain technology and explore entrepreneurial endeavors worldwide.
For three days under one roof, we will gather talent from across the entire world. Connecting programmers to entrepreneurs and investors to startups. Here is a chance to tap into the building talent we grow.
Supporting #CCHackCon2020 is good PR for the company but more importantly it gives you the head start on seeing a future talent as part of your company or your future competitor.
a 3 day event that consists of:
✩ A Hackathon for WOMEN in Tech and Business
✩ An Educational Conference For ALL GENDERS
✩ Startups Pitch Competition FOR ALL GENDERS
We bring together the TOP Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts, leaders, mentors and advisers to educate and inspire our builders and hackers. Take on a new challenge, unlock new skills and make life long connections in our fun, educational environment!
https://cryptochickshackathon.com
Featured Speakers:
Vitalik Buterin, The Inventor of Ethereum
Ben Goertzel, The CEO of SingularityNET
Random Hacks of Kindness Ottawa - April 2020
24 Apr - 06:00 PM
Ottawa, Canada
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/
ADI Toronto Summit and Hackathon
23 Apr - 09:00 AM
Toronto, Canada
The ADI Toronto Summit & Hackathon focuses on Blockchain & AI and brings together global industry leaders, professionals & enthusiasts.
Callysto: Vancouver High School Open Data Hackathon
18 Apr - 10:00 AM
Vancouver, Canada
High school techies in grades 10-12 in British Columbia! You're invited to take part in the Callysto Vancouver online hackathon. Using Callysto -- the free, interactive, online tool -- you'll get to code in Python to “hack” Vancouver-based open data and solve a variety of challenges. For example in one challenge, you’ll help Vancouver get back on its feet after a “zombie apocalypse.”
You will receive full instructions and a link to join the online hackathon. Submit your completed project for judging and your chance to win,
Hackathon en santé - Hacking Heath Quebec
17 Apr - 05:30 PM
Quebec City, Canada
Creatives, entrepreneurs, health professionals, healthtech students, and professionals in the Québec Capitale-Nationale region! Hacking Health Québec invites you to participate in Hackathon en Santé - Hacking Health Quebec. In this 48-hour event, you'll be challenged to collaborate to imagine, design, and develop working prototype solutions to real problems related to health and healthcare.
Your project should address one or more of the following:
The use of blockchain in the health field,
Innovation by clinical and research communities, and
The development of health data.
Present your project to a jury for the chance to win recognition and prize awards.
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon Webinar
15 Apr - 01:00 PM
Toronto, Canada
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon | Fintech Entrepreneurship Workshop | Fintech Entrepreneur Training
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon Webinar
14 Apr - 01:00 PM
Vancouver, Canada
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon Webinar
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon Webinar
14 Apr - 01:00 PM
Montréal, Canada
Develop a Successful FinTech Startup Business Hackathon Webinar