Dates

March 7-8

Eligibility

Current student enrolled in a postsecondary institution or high school

18+

Project and Submission Requirements

You may not begin working on your project before 12:00 PM MST on Saturday, March 7th, 2026. Ideas may be brainstormed, but no work may be completed before this time.

Plagiarism is not acceptable and teams with plagiarized work will be disqualified - this includes self-plagiarism. All code must be available on a public repository (General Software Stream only).

Teams can have up to 4 members of registered hackers who must be present at the event.

Collaboration between two or more teams is not permitted.

All participants and volunteers will abide by the University of Alberta Student Conduct Policy. https://www.ualberta.ca/en/alfresco/uappol/academic/student-conduct/policy/student-conduct-policy.pdf

Ada's Team reserves the right to remove individuals from the premises.