Hack Western is Western University's annual student-run hackathon. Hack Western 3, presented by the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab at Ivey Business School, will bring together over 500 students for 36 hours of creation and innovation on the weekend of October 14-16.
Hack Western provides a welcoming atmosphere for students to create and learn about all kinds of incredible technologies. Whether it's a mobile app, a hardware project, a web application or some combination of all three, there's a good chance you'll see it at Hack Western.
This year, we're focusing on learning. You don’t need to be a coding expert or a robot-building genius. Even if you’ve never coded before, but can’t wait to learn, we want to see you at Hack Western! We welcome people from all backgrounds -- from the arts, social sciences, science, engineering, business, you name it. We welcome the diversity of thought and we're confident that you have something valuable to contribute. Come discover how technology, code, but most importantly, teamwork can mobilize your great ideas.
Eligibility
Any student who has been accepted to participate and hacked at Hack Western is eligible to submit a project.
Prizes
$10,505 in prizes
1st Place
1st Place at Hack Western 3!
Prize to be announced...
2nd Place
2nd Place at Hack Western 3!
Prize to be announced...
3rd Place
3rd Place at Hack Western 3!
Prize to be announced...
Best FinTech Hack presented by the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab
- Opportunity to demo your project at the Scotiabank Digital Factory in Toronto
- Scotiabank Scene Cards with 12 free movies each
- 1 Pebble Time smartwatch for each team member
Best Use of Blockchain presented by the Scotiabank Digital Factory
Bitcoin for each team member ($100 CAD equivalent)
Best Design presented by the Scotiabank Digital Factory
1 Wacom Intuous Draw Graphics Tablet for each winning team member
Most Secure Implementation of a Project presented by Digital Boundary Group
Raspberry Pi
Best Domain Name presented by Namecheap
$150 Namecheap credits
Perfect Pitch presented by Deloitte Digital
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3D Printer
Best Hack for Social Impact presented by Magnet Forensics
$175 Amazon Gift Card
Most Swell Hack presented by the Ivey MSc Program
Ivey Swell water bottle
Best Hack for Financial Literacy presented by London Life Insurance
$100 Amex Card
Best Use of Public API Data presented by Media Sonar
Parrot Airborne Cargo Mini Drones with VGA Mini Camera
Best Hack to Take Care of Yourself presented by Wealthsimple
Toronto Helicopter Tour
Best Use of Amazon Web Services
1TB Hard Drives
Most Complicated Hack
1 winner - Maple and MapleSim Licenses (12 months)
Best Domain Name presented by Domain.com
Domain.com Swag Bags
Watch Dogs® 2 Best Device Privacy Hack
Watch Dogs 2 Collector's Edition
Best Hack Against Online Harassment
Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment
Best Newcomers presented by Hack Western Organizing Team
Hack to Improve Patient Wait Times by RL Solutions
Fitbits
Hack Western Organizing Team's Top Choice
Fun surprise!
Best #Fail presented by Hack Western Organizing Team
We want you to learn. If you learn something but your project fails, that's still a success to us. You're awesome.
Best Devpost with 10 hours to go!
Don't leave it until the last minute. We'll pick our favourite Devpost submission that is online by midnight on Saturday night, and award you with a fun prize. So make it early and keep updating as you go!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
JP Vergne
Co-Director, Digital Banking Lab
Karel Vuong
Director of Community, Diagram
Rachel Sugar
iOS Specialist, Google
Adam Hartfiel
Data Scientist, Media Sonar
Jessica Asuncion
Test Automation Engineer, RL Solutions
Pei Li
Software Engineer, Wealthsimple
Ryan Wilson
Software Engineer, Google
Marina Mekhall
GDLS
Luke Farnell
Automation Engineer, RL Solutions
Adam Preston
Vetronics Systems Specialist, GDLS
Jared Windover
Software Developer, Magnet Forensics
Daniel Kish
Vetronics Specialist, GDLS
Andrew Neves
GDLS
Jenna Le
London Life Insurance Co.
Patrick Cookson
London Life Insurance Co.
Ryan Primeau
Digital Boundary Group
David Strucke
Media Sonar
Blake Zwikler
Ambitions.co
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
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Technical Difficulty
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Polish
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Usefulness
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Demonstrates Learning
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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