This September, join over 1000 students from around the world at the University of Waterloo to collaborate and create something extraordinary in 36 hours.
This is an event for hackers who choose to learn because they can, and build because they love it. Let us take care of the details — just bring your creativity and come bring your ideas to life.
Requirements
All project submissions must be submitted on Devpost by 9:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 17, 2017.
All hackers must follow the Code of Conduct.
Prizes
Hack the North Finalist
The finalists of Hack the North 2017!
Best Use of Blockchain
Hack the North and Consensys will award $2000 in Ethereum to the team that best utilises blockchain technology in their hack.
Canadian Open Data
The Canadian Open Data Exchange will award a bagpack full of swag and a $100 Amazon Gift Card to each member of the team that best utilises Canadian Open Data.
CANSOFCOM
CANSOFCOM will award the team with the best solution to their challenge with a unique one of a kind CANSOFCOM experience featuring: One-on-One discussions with CANSOFCOM Operators, Hands-on with CANSOFCOM drone technology, Student employment opportunity with CANSOFCOM, Custom Shadow box with CANSOFCOM memorabilia, CANSOFCOM and Canadian Armed Forces SWAG.
Cockroach Labs
Cockroach Labs will award $1000 to the team that best utilises CockroachDB.
Coinbase
Coinbase will award $1000 in bitcoin or ethereum to the team that best utilises the Coinbase API.
eSentire
eSentire will award a Samsung Galaxy Tab A to each member of the team that best utilises the Cymon Open Threat Intelligence API.
Google
Google will award a Nintendo Switch Console to each member of the winning team and a Firebase trophy to the who team that best utilises the Firebase Platform.
IBM
IBM will award an Ultimate Ears ROLL 2 Bluetooth Speaker to each member of the team that best utilises the IBM Watson Visual Recognition API.
Microsoft
Microsoft will award a Surface Laptop to each member of the team that best utilises the Azure Bot service API.
Pagerduty
Pagerduty will award a $150 Best Buy gift card to each member of the team that best utilises the Pagerduty API.
Square
Square will award a $100 Amazon Gift Card and a Square Branded TIMBUK2 bag to each member of the team that best utilises the Square point of sale API.
Vitech
Vitech will award a $2000 American Express Gift Card to the team that best utilises the Vitech's Insurance Data.
XE.com
XE.com will award a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones to each member of the team that best utilises the XE.com API.
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
$30 Amazon Gift Card
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit
Best IoT Using a Qualcomm Device
410C Dragonboard for each team member
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Charlie Cheever
Founder, Expo
Tracy Chou
Founding Advisor, Project Include
Michael Gibson
General Partner, 1517 Fund
Dylan Field
CEO, Figma
Jennifer Dewalt
Founder, Zube
Tracy Young
CEO, PlanGrid
Paul Biggar
Founder, CircleCI
Johnny Chin
CEO, Bannerman
Ellen Chisa
Founder, Project Dark
Cat Noone
Founder, Iris
Jay Shah
Director, Velocity
Michael Litt
CEO, Vidyard
Tiffani Ashley Bell
Founder, The Human Utility
Laura Smith
Co-Founder, Pout
Mike Kirkup
CTO, Encircle
Aaron Glazer
CEO, Taplytics
Joey Krug
Founder, Augur
Judging Criteria
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Technicality
What type of technical challenges did the group deal with? -
Originality
How unique and innovative is the demo? Can it be found in previous submissions? -
Practicality
How useful is this demo based on the problem they are trying to solve? -
Design
Is the project visually appealing? Does the project have a pleasant user experience? -
Wow Factor
Are you blown away by what you see? -
Note:
The potential for your hack to become a company/startup will receive no special consideration. You are not allowed to use a powerpoint/slides during judging; you must do a live demo of what you made.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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