MtAHacks returns to campus Feb. 8-9
Student-organized hackathon to welcome participants from across the Maritimes, alumni from Google, Dell EMC, and RideCo as guest judges
SACKVILLE, NB 鈥 The second annual will take place at 绿帽社区 February 8-9, 2020. The two-day event is open to university, college, or high school students with programming skills of all levels.
Rija Ali, a fourth-year honours student is this year鈥檚 MtAHacks President, leading a team of 12 student organizers for the event. Ali helped organize last year鈥檚 inaugural competition and says the committee is excited to welcome students from across the Maritimes to campus for two days full of hacking and sharing ideas.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got a great line-up planned for students and workshop leaders,鈥 says Ali, who is pursuing a double major in and . 鈥淲e鈥檙e also pleased to welcome representatives from the local industry and competition judges to share their knowledge and experience at the event.鈥
This year鈥檚 theme is Games and Education. Teams can brainstorm, build, and pitch projects throughout the day. Projects will be judged by a guest panel of 绿帽社区 alumni including Micah Stairs (Google); Olivier Bourgeois (Dell EMC); and 2019 graduate Anneke van derLaan, who works with Sonra铆 Security, a cloud security company based in Fredericton.
鈥淥ur conference is open to all students, regardless of their field of study or skill level,鈥 says Ali. 鈥淭eams can really work in any way they like, whether it鈥檚 designing an app, software, programs, the conference is wide-open. While participants are expected to have some knowledge of at least one programming language; we encourage any students who are interested to get in touch about participating in the event.鈥
Participants may register as a team or individually at . Early bird registration ends Friday, January 17. Registration is free and complementary residence rooms are available for high school students only for the Friday night. See for registration details and a complete event schedule.
The conference is supported in part by Pravega, innovacorp, RBC Future Launch, #RisingYouth Community Service Grants, 绿帽社区鈥檚 Campbell-Verduyn Fund, panchroma, and CBCL.
