Hello Students,
Registration is now open for the 2019 Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon!
You may have heard of hackathons for programmers and software engineers but what is a Health Hackathon? The Health Hackathon is a competition event where teams will work for 24-hours to solve a variety of challenges being faced in our community. Whether it’s a problem in the clinic or on the lab bench, each challenge has been submitted by someone involved in BC healthcare or medical research and they span a variety of disciplines in engineering and science. The goal at the end of the competition is to have a usable solution that can be implemented.
Students at all levels and from all disciplines are welcome. There is no prerequisite knowledge or experience required!
Why should you attend the Health Hackathon?:
- You enjoy problem solving and want to apply it to improve your community
- You want to learn about new innovations in healthcare
- Looks great on a resume especially when applying for co-ops
- Free food and cash prizes!
Curious about the Health Hackathon? Come to our kick-off event on September 6th (ECS660 – 6-8pm) to learn about the challenges, learn about the resources available for completing the challenges and make teams. Teams will have a month after the kick-off to plan/prepare for the Hackathon.
Event details:
- Kick-off: September 6th, 2019 – Engineering and Computer Science Building, Room 660, UVic – 6pm
- 24-hour Hackathon: October 4th-5th, 2019 – Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort Street – 6pm (Oct4) to 6pm (Oct5)
- Team presentations, judging and prizes: October 6th, 2019 – Fort Tectoria, 777 Fort Street – 10am
More info and registration:
This event is being run by UVic’s Centre for Biomedical Research and the BC Regenerative Medicine Network. Concurrent events will be held in Victoria and Vancouver. More information on the 2019 Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon can be on the CBR website : https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/biomedical/events-outreach/health-and-regenerative-medicine-hackathon/index.php.
Registration is through the BCRegMed website, please indicate which campus you will compete on : https://bcregmed.ca/hackathon/. You can also register at the kick-off event.
If there are any questions regarding this event please email Laila at cfbr@uvic.ca.
Hope to see you at the kick-off!
Laila Abelseth
Assistant to the Director, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 Stn. CSC, Victoria, V8W 2Y2/ Phone: (250) 472-4067; Fax: (250) 472-4075: Email: cfbr@uvic.ca; Website: cbr.uvic.ca
