Major League Hacking 2020 Hackathon Season

Windsor's First Major
Hackathon

ROUND 2 APPLICATIONS CLOSE MARCH 6!

March 27-29, 2020 - Windsor ON

Venue

Odette School of Business, 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON, Canada

Learn

Informative workshops, tailored just for you.

Food

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided throughout the event.

What are we all about?

The University of Windsor is proud to host its inaugural hackathon in March 2020. WinHacks will inspire tech talent locally to get involved in our technology community, ultimately contributing to unlocking the potential of our future programmers, hackers, and designers so that we all make a difference.

This event will be hosted in the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor. Over 200 students are expected to join us on this three-day event, where all participants will be given 36 hours to come up with their greatest hack. The theme for this hackathon is Mobility! Students are free to interpret the theme however they want.

Participants will be given the opportunity to come up with their greatest creation that will be later presented and judged by a panel of qualified adjudicators and win top tech and cash prizes to be announced!

FREE food and educational events such as workshops to help hone and adopt new skills in the field of computer science are also on the agenda. We believe that these activities will give contestants a taste of both entrepreneurship and a feel for the work environment that they will soon find themselves.

Apply to attend today!

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Sponsors

Thank you to our amazing sponsors for their support!

WinHacks is currently looking for sponsors to work with, to bring Windsor's first major hackathon to life. We would appreciate your help in creating a memorable conference for passionate computer science students; who will be the future leaders of the Canadian computer technologies industry. If you or your company is interested in being prominently feature among the Future of Computer Science, contact us at sponsorship@winhacks.ca

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Tentative Schedule

Schedule is still under construction. Please come back for updates

Registration Opens

5:00 pm

Lobby

Opening Ceremonies

6:00 pm

Room 104

Dinner

7:30 pm

Dividends

Hardware showcase

7:30 pm

Basement Lobby

Pick your Project

8:00 pm

Room 104

Team Formation

8:30 pm

Room 104

Team Formation Closes

9:30 pm

Room 104

Hardware Checkout

11:00 pm

Basement Lobby

Registration Closes

11:00 pm

Lobby

GitHub Workshop

12:00 am

Room 110

Late Night Snack

1:00 am

Dividends

Breakfast

8:00 am

Dividends

Opening day 2

8:45 am

Room 104

Miovision Workshop

9:00 am

Room 108

Quicken Workshop

9:00 am

Room 110

WeTech Workshop

10:30 am

Room 108

ThinkData Workshop

10:30 am

Room 110

Women's Meetup

11:30 am

Room 108

Lunch

12:00 pm

Dividends

Vendor Booths

12:00 pm

Lobby

LGBTQ Meetup

1:00 pm

Room 108

Fixit Workshop

1:30 pm

Room 108

Blackberry Workshop

1:30 pm

Room 110

Google Firebase Workshop

3:00 pm

Room 108

Google Cloud Workshop

3:00 pm

Room 110

WiCys Workshop

4:30 pm

Room 108

React Workshop

4:30 pm

Room 110

Dinner

6:00 pm

Dividends

Flutter Workshop

7:00 pm

Room 108

Quantum Workshop

7:00 pm

Room 110

Voiceflow Workshop

8:30 pm

Room 108

Pandas Workshop

8:30 pm

Room 110

Activity

9:30 pm

Room 104

Introduction to Ruby on Rails Workshop

11:30 pm

Room 108

Azure

11:30 pm

Room 110

Snack

1:00 am

Dividends

Breakfast

8:00 am

Dividends

Opening day 3

8:45 am

Room 104

Soft submission deadline

9:00 am

Judges initial meeting

9:30 am

Room 108

Hard submission deadline

9:45 am

Showcase

10:00 am

Room 104

Lunch

1:00 pm

Dividends

Judges conclusion meeting

1:00 pm

Room 108

Awards

2:00 pm

Room 104

Closing Ceremonies

2:45 pm

Room 104

FAQ

Some common questions you may have about WinHacks, or hackathons in general


To put it simply, hackathons combine the two words: hacking and marathon. Participants will get the chance to form teams of up to 1-4 members, and bring a project idea to life! However, they only have 36 hours to accomplish this. Students will receive mentorship, learn about new job opportunities, and get some cool swag!

WinHacks applications are open to students from across the world. Whether you are a freshman or completing your PhD, we want you to apply! We will also be accepting high school students! Each application is reviewed from the WinHacks organizing team, and decisions will be sent out on a rolling basis.

There's always a first time for everything, right? We highly encourage individuals with various levels of experience to apply to WinHacks. WinHacks is a hackathon where individuals from various disciplines, majors, and backgrounds are encouraged to come out and participate.

We follow the Major League Hacking guidelines, which prohibits students from bringing and continuing a project that they have already worked on. Your final project should be new and only built during the weekend of WinHacks.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis according to the following schedule:
  • Round 1 Application Deadline: February 23
  • Round 1 Acceptances: February 26
  • Round 1 RSVP Deadline: March 1
  • Round 2 Application Deadline: March 6
  • Round 2 Acceptances: March 9
  • Round 2 RSVP Deadline: March 12

Prizes

Compete to have a chance of winning one of our amazing prizes!
  • Over $3000 in cash prizes for the best entrepreneurial and mobility hacks
  • Access to thousands of dollars in entrepreneurial resources and funding
  • Tech prizes for sponsored challenges
  • Swag giveaways
  • Tech prize raffles
  • & more!

Apply Today

If you are accepted you will receive an email in mid February with information to register.

Applications will be evaluated partially on completeness, so ensure all fields are met!

Your ticket to an amazing hackathon with informative workshops, fun competitions, and awesome prizes is just a click away!

Apply now