In teams, you will have to demonstrate your skills with the technologies of your choice in order to create an innovative solution using genetic data supplied to you by BiogeniQ on the day of the challenge.

This challenge will take place over the course of a single day. You will need to present your solution to the judges, who will evaluate your work and nominate the winners, in programming, user interface development and presentation.

You must pre-register your team by filling out the registration form on BDC's website.

Also, see the Facebook event for this hackathon.

Eligibility

You must form a team of three to five university students who are enrolled in the Winter 2018 term at a Canadian university. You will need to present a valid student ID card on the day of the event. More than one team per university can participate in the challenge.

Requirements

In teams, you will have to demonstrate your skills with the technologies of your choice in order to create an innovative solution using genetic data supplied to you by BiogeniQ on the day of the challenge.

This challenge will take place over the course of a single day. You will need to present your solution to the judges, who will evaluate your work and nominate the winners, in programming, user interface development and presentation.

You will retain all ownership rights over the work that you create for the challenge.

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Prizes

$11,070 in prizes
iPhone X
5 winners

Apple Watch
5 winners

Google Home
5 winners

BiogeniQ Nutrition Profile
2 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

You must pre-register your team by filling out the registration form on BDC's website.

Keep in mind that you will have a better chance of winning the challenge if your team members are good at programming, UI development, and presentation.

Judges

Olivier Caron-Lizotte

Olivier Caron-Lizotte
CTO, BiogeniQ

François Tanguay

François Tanguay
CEO, nventive

TBD

TBD

Judging Criteria

  • Creativité et innovation
    L'idée est originale, et montre une utilisation créative de la technologie.
  • Complexité technique
    La solution montre un certain niveau de complexité technique, et utilise une quantité suffisante de types de données.
  • Expérience utilisateur
    L'expérience utilisateur est agréable, l'interface est intuitive et claire, et le visuel est poli.
  • Utilité et valeur sociale
    La solution démontre une utilité réelle, et pourrait réellement aider la société.
  • Présentation finale
    La présentation de l'équipe est dynamique, démontre un niveau de préparation suffisant, est claire et concise, et respecte le temps alloué.

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