QHacks 2020 is back for another year of collaboration, ideation, and creativity! More than 300 students from across North America will come together on January 31st - February 2nd for a weekend of awesome hacking. Attend workshops, play with hardware, take part in hacker challenges, and meet some new friends while turning your dreams into reality. Out-of-the-box thinkers, creatives, and innovators from all faculties and skill levels are encouraged to apply. We can't wait to see you there!
Prizes
$CAD1,587 in prizes
QHacks - Overall Winning Team
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Every hacker of the top team will receive an Ultimate Ears Boom 3 Portable Speakers and a Sketch license.
TD - Green Hack
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TD will review any hacks submitted with a “green theme”, which could extend to money/finance, the environment, sustainability, or simply, the color.
Prize: 4 x $100 for winning team
Mayor’s Innovation Challenge
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Two of the top teams will be given direct entry into the Mayor’s Innovation Challenge pitch competition on Thursday, February 27th.
Sun Life - Best Health Hack
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Sun Life is excited to be back at Qhacks, sponsoring the prize category for Best Health Hack. Stop by the Sun Life booth to chat about our many co-ops and new grad opportunities in digital, data and analytics, and security. The prize is a $100 Amazon gift card for each team member
Best UiPath Automation Hack
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Build or add automation to your hack using UiPath! Each winning team member will receive a Limited Edition UiPath Branded Backpack and an opportunity to interview for a UiPath Internship in 2020 with a high recommendation! Visit https://hack.mlh.io/prizes/ for more info.
Best use of Google Cloud
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Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member will receive a Google Nest Mini. Visit https://hack.mlh.io/prizes/ for more info.
Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
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Register a domain using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a Domain.com branded backpack. Visit https://hack.mlh.io/prizes/ for more info.
Most Creative Radar.io Hack
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Build the most creative hack using Radar's SDKs and APIs for geofencing, location search, and geocoding. Some ideas for location-aware projects include a delivery tracker, campus building locator, and a Find my Friends clone. Winning team members will be eligible to win a Tile Sticker Smart Tracker and a chance to be featured by Radar. Visit https://hack.mlh.io/prizes/ for more info.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Enoch Tam
Google
Cameron Gorrie
Top Hat
Nicole Fitzgerald
Microsoft
Anuj Arora
ada
Gordon Gibson
ada
Stefan Sokic
Kindred
Alex Adusei
Twitter
Rakan Al-Shawaf
makeship
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Application of project in an unexpected/original manner. Project portrays clever use of available resources. -
Functionality
Experience of the presentation was complete and well explained. Provided an impressive experience from start to end. -
Technical Ability
Used appropriate technical tools and seems to be built in a logical and well-structured manner. -
Design
Presentation was polished and well structured. Design is clean and aesthetically pleasing.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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