Toronto Opening Ceremony - Global AI Hackathon 2017 (Media & Invited Guest)

This registration link is for Media and Invited Guests. For regular hackathon and public registration for the opening ceremony, please see the original event page. Agenda 6:30 - Registration7:10 - MC introductory remarks 7:25 - Opening Remarks, City of Toronto7:30 - MPP Han Dong7:35 - Coorporate Sponsors7:45 - Toronto local science and technology community8:10 - Global AI Hackathon Briefing, Synced8:20 - Social, mix and mingle9:00 - Event Concludes Time 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm June 21st, 2017 Location Council Chamber, Toronto City Hall 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON About Global AI Hackathon The first Global AI Hackathon is taking place in 15 cities worldwide from June 23-25, 2017, attracting design-thinkers, developers, programmers, marketers and other related experts to come together for 48 hours. Challenges will be announced globally during the kick off of the event, and attendees can pick one of the challenges to work on either by themselves or with a team. After two days of hacking and prototyping, teams have the option to showcase their projects on stage. Your local audience will pick three winners, one for each challenge, prizes TBD. The current Global AI Hackathon is co-sponsored by NEC and Microsoft. Why Toronto? The recent pan-Canadian artificial intelligence strategy launched by the federal government has added $125 million into R&D efforts. We know the opportunities are here and we need the right people to get on board. Global AI Hackthon Co-Sponsors Toronto Strategic Partner Toronto Venue Sponsor Toronto Corporate Sponsor Community Partner Toronto Media Partner Global Initiator -  Hackathon.com  Hackathon.com is a global community of hackathon organizers and a subsidiary of BeMyApp, the leading developer relations agency. Hackathon.com is the initator of the current Global AI Hackathon. Toronto Organizer -  Synced Synced is a global media content provider founded in China that focuses on reporting and analyzing AI and machine intelligence news and information. Synced is recognized by over 500,000 readers and numerous industry partners worldwide. Synced is the current Global AI Hackathon local host for the Toronto and Beijing stations.