Canadian Music Week Hackathon
JOIN us for the first-ever Canadian Music Week HACKATHON! May 8-9, 2018
Coders, developers, hackers, artists, designers and tech specialists! If you're an expert on Music, VR/AR, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, come play in our sandbox of technologies within the music industry. The Hackathon will be 24 hours of intense work, debates, brainstorming, innovation, camaraderie and fun! Each team is invited to formulate solutions to problems and create new pathways to move the music industry forward.
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Our Esteemed judges are Judges include Jay Rosenzweig (CEO of Rosenzweig & Co.), Jodi Kovitz (Founder & CEO of #MoveTheDial), Shawn Wilson (CEO of Muzooka), Greg Nisbet (Founder & CEO of MEDIAZOIC), David Dufresne (Partner at Panache Ventures), Roger Chabra (CIO of TribalScale), Ralph Simon (Founder & Chief Executive, Mobilium Global).
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FACILITATOR: Travis Laurendine, who has run Hackathons for SXSW, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo, The White House, The Super Bowl and others.
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COACHES/MENTORS: Industry experts to be announced soon, so stay tuned.
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Prizes include: Beyerdynamic Headphones, Rebelution VIP package, Universal Music Canada Prize Package, CMW Music Summit Badges, Ottawa Bluesfest Passes, O'Cannabiz Expo Passes, Indie Awards Passes, Music Books Plus Gift Cards, Canadian Musician Subscription, Tickets to Wallifornia Music Tech and more!
Location: Brainsights | 70 Peter St., Suite B01 | Toronto, Ontario M5V 2G5
For coder, developer technical questions, email T@outlier.group.
For admin, schedule questions, emall Luann@cmw.net.
API Partners: Muzooka, Univeral Music Canada, Cloudinary, Capitol Innovation Labs.
Muzooka, where artists and their teams manage digital assets across multiple platforms from a central hub, will be providing their API for the hackers to incorporate into their tech creations.
Our Media Partners: Canadian Musician, Hacker Noon
Additional Partners: Wake Ups, Devpost, Brainsights, RadioMogul by MEDIAZOIC, Wallifornia Music Tech, Beanfield Metroconnect, Access Event Solutions, Music Technology Meetup (Toronto)