BIG IDEAS Hackathon #2

The BIG IDEAS Hackathon provides students from across campus with a forum to share their ideas, form interdisciplinary teams, and begin building out their ideas with the help of mentors. At the end of the event, teams will have the chance to pitch for up to $10k in innovation grants and will receive direct support from the Innovation Reactor partners to help them move their projects forward.

Thinking about turning your class project into a real venture? Need motivated co-founders with talent to make it happen? Want to tap into financial and in-kind support services to move your project forward? There’s no better place to start creating your future career then the BIG IDEAS Hackathon.

All UCalgary members are welcome to participate! Whether you have an existing idea or not, we invite you to join us for this memorable experience.

BIG IDEAS Hackathon Schedule

Friday, April 6, 2018

5:00pm to 5:15pm - Dinner provided
5:15pm to 5:30pm - Introductory remarks
5:30pm to 5:45pm - Teams recruit free agents
5:45pm to 6:45pm - Designing for the best version of your idea
6:45pm to 8:00pm - Teams work on ideas
8:00pm - End of day

Saturday, April 7, 2018

8:30am to 9:00am - Breakfast provided
9:00am to 10:00am - Developing your technology
10:00am to 12:00pm - Teams work on projects
12:00pm to 1:00pm - Lunch provided
1:00pm to 2:00pm - How to attract support to your idea
2:00pm to 4:00pm - Teams work on projects
4:00pm to 5:00pm - Project presentations
5:00pm to 5:15pm - Judges deliberate
5:15pm to 5:30pm - Prize awards and closing remarks
5:30pm to 7:00pm - Networking

Innovation Reactor Themes:

• Human Dynamics in a Changing World: How do we develop in a rapidly changing world to ensure our security and quality of life?
  
  
• Energy and Environment Innovation for The Future: How do we move towards a low carbon energy system and resolve climate and other environmental issues?
  
  
• Solutions for Health: What new technologies and approaches could we create to improve the lives of those impacted by health issues?
  
  
• Our Digital Future: How do we address the social, technical and even evolutionary issues in the digital age?
  
  
• Wild card challenge(s) of your own definition!
  
  
• And other challenges through the year!
  
  

This program is developed from the Skunkworks Innovation Consortium and is offered and funded in partnership by the Faculty of Science and the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking. It is supported by the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Schulich School of Engineering, the Cumming School of Medicine, and Innovate Calgary.