Join us for Hacking Health Hamilton Hackathon 2019 (Nov 8- Nov 10).
Description
Pitch ideas, form teams, get advice from experts, and build a useable solution to address the users’ problems over the course of a weekend. Sunday afternoon demo your solution in front of a panel of judges for a chance of winning some fantastic prizes!
Here, we want to make it easy for anyone to dream big. Hacking Health fosters collaborative innovation by engaging key groups of stakeholders, such as healthcare professionals, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and patients, to create human-centric solutions to improve the health of our communities. Our weekend hackathons are fun, intense, hands-on events where small teams tackle tough problems in a supportive community of peers and mentors.
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Create a project or join a specific team
On Friday night, you pitch a idea, create or join a team.
Using Sparkboard2019
Our Judges and Mentors
Judges
Our judging panel is made up of healthcare innovators, educators, and hackathon pros.
Judging panel will judge team demos and determine the winners of the health hackathon.
Maggie Bergeron
Co-Founder & CEO of Embodia
Paul Brown
Manager, Architecture and Data at Hamilton Health Science
Robert DeWitte
Entrepreneurial Sr Exec
Riya Karumanchi
Founder & CEO, SmartCanes
Mentors
Leaders will guide and advise groups throughout the health hackathon to refine their ideas, support their techonlogy, and polish their demos.
Nav Kaur, Ph.D
Angel Investor
Zack ZL Technovations
Founder, ZL Technovation
Steve Pereira
Founder, Visible
Dora Laurent
Innovation Consultant
Navita Dyal
Healthcare Innovator
Lisa Sawada
Healthcare Innovator
Adam Kinsman Ph.D
McMaster University
Vinai Bhagirath
Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Be volunteers at this special weekend
Volunteering is a great way to connect with your community, explore career options, share your passion with others and create changes in the Hamilton community.
Register as a volunteer.
Sponsor this special weekend
Each year, our sponsors help Hacking Hacking Hamilton unite emerging healthcare professionals, developers, designers, business people, and educators. Our sponsors make it possible for participants to present and build something they’re proud of.
Sponsor Package
Interested in sponsoring? Contact us
@McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Rd S #105, Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1
Check McMaster Innovation Park on Google Map.
Parking Information
Friday: Free after 5PM;
Weekend: Free;
Resources
3 18 Healthcare Business Ideas
4 How to Perform a SWOT Analysis
8 Anaconda Data Science Platform
9 Healthcare Innovation - 10 Recent Examples
10 How To Present A Successful Hackathon Demo
Frequently asked questions
What is Hacking Health?
Hacking Health is a social organization that pairs innovators with healthcare experts to build solutions to front-line healthcare problems through the use of emerging technology.
Who Can Participate?
Peopele from anywhere in the world are eligible to apply for Health Hackathon!
How many people can be on a team?
There are no restrictions for the member number of a team. You can team up with hackers, health professionals, businessman, students, patients from participants. Teams can be formed before or during the event.
What if I have never been to a hackathon before?
Health Hackathon welcomes all participants. We’ll have talks, mentors and workshops to help you with your project and team. Health hackathons can be a great place to learn new knowledge,skills in a short amount of time. Just be eager to learn, and excited to meet lots of awesome people.
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If your question is not listed here, please feel free to reach out to us at the event.