Name: City Design Challenge
Start: 2024-11-02T00:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2024-11-03T15:00:00.000-05:00
Location: City Design Challenge

City Design Challenge

Find and solve a civil issue within the Greater Toronto Area, and present your proposal in front of important members of the city such as construction, municipality, etc.

Who can participate

Ages 13+ only
All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

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About the challenge:

Hackmate's City Design Challenge is 36-hour design challenge where teams across the City compete to shape the future of our cities. This year, the City Design Challenge will focus on improving the Greater Toronto Area. There are two categories of competition: the business pitch category and the hacking category. The business pitch provides beginner programmers an opportunity to participate by proposing a well-researched solution to a problem. The hacking category allows students experienced in the STEM field to propose a practical solution instead. At the end of the hackathon, teams in both categories will present in front of judges whom have experience with working in different sectors of the city, such as city councillors and city council members.

Get started

Participants can work solo, or work in a team up to 4 group members

https://forms.gle/g5edajGRif2UjLQL9

Requirements

What to Build

Prototype/plan a solution to a civil issue within the Greater Toronto Area. This can be in the form of a coded technological solution, or a business proposal for a possible policy. When submitting, please indicate what kind of solution you are presenting to us. Having trouble choosing where to start? Head over to our website where we have example problems located. Or, use the link here for some ideas: https://www.progresstoronto.ca/key-council-issues

What to Submit

Submit a link to your presentation, and make sure it is accessible to everyone. If you are submitting a video presentation, simply provide a link to your video when you submit your project. If you would like to present live in front of our judges, please indicate so, and we will provide an allocated time slot for you to present.