BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Mountain BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210119T235502Z UID:3FE1ADFC-8922-424F-9E12-FC78C633318E DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Mountain:20201201T213800 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Mountain:20201204T213800 DESCRIPTION:Who Can Participate?\n\nThis Hackathon is geared towards Albert a post-secondary students pursuing an education in STEM fields in college\ , undergraduate\, and also graduate programs at masters level. The goal is to give students a chance to work on real-world problems while practicing teamwork and collaboration. Participants will work together as a group in teams of 2-6 members.\n\nTimeline\n\n- Team registration deadline: Nov. 1 5\, 2020\n- Kickoff meeting: Dec. 1\, 2020\n- Implementation: Dec. 1\, 202 0 - Feb. 17\, 2021\n- Submission deadline: Feb. 17\, 2021\n- Announcement of the finalists: Feb. 20\, 2021\n- Presentations of finalists: Feb. 27\, 2021\n- Announcement of winners: Mar. 1\, 2021\n- Final ceremony: Mar. 8\, 2021\n\nRegistration\n\nForm a team and submit your team and project desc ription on our [registration page](https://bit.ly/3iMu5iQ) before the dead line and be sure to answer all of the questions on the submission form. A group can be registered by one of the group members. Submissions are edita ble until the submission deadline.\n\nSubmissions\n\nSubmit your project b y sending an email to hacktogetheralberta@gmail.com and make sure to inclu de the following in your submission email:\n\n- Technical solutions - GitH ub or other code repository link. Please ensure that this link is publicly shareable so judges can access your project.\n- Concept Ideas - A report including the description and details of the concept idea. Template format of the final submission document will be sent to the participants after t he registration period.\n- All submissions - Video (max: 2 minutes)\n\n- U pload a video and walk-through your solution via YouTube\, and include the link in your submission email.\n- By submitting a video\, you are acknowl edging that these materials may be used to promote the hackathon\, without extra obligation to you.\n\nFinalists will be invited to do a 10-minute o nline presentation before the winners are selected.\n\nEvaluation\n\nSubmi ssions will be evaluated by a team of judges from different STEM backgroun ds. Solutions will be judged based on the following criteria and weighted accordingly:\n\n- 20% – User experience of the technical solution\, qual ity of the report for concept ideas\n- 20% – Innovation & creativity\n- 20% – Impact & potential\n- 20% – Quality of the implementation and/or research.\n- 20% - Final presentation\n\nWinners will be announced after the final presentations.\n\nPrizes\n\nThere will be monetary prizes for th e selected submissions of both categories:\n\n- The best technical solutio n: $ 500 CAD\n- The best concept idea: $ 500 CAD\n- Runner up for technica l solutions: $ 250 CAD\n- Runner up for concept ideas: $ 250 CAD\n\nAll fi nalists invited to present their submission will receive honorable mention certificates and winners will be recognized via social media.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244304 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244304 ORGANIZER:s.afkhami.goli@gmail.com SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:HackTogether: Alberta Virtual 2020 Hackathon URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244304 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h1><span style="font-weight: 400\; font-size : 18pt\;">Who Can Participate?</span></h1>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 4 00\;">This Hackathon is geared towards Alberta post-secondary students pur suing an education in STEM fields in college\, undergraduate\, and also gr aduate programs at masters level. The goal is to give students a chance to work on real-world problems while practicing teamwork and collaboration. Participants will work together as a group in teams of 2-6 members.</span> </p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\; font-size: 18pt\; ">Timeline</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Team r egistration deadline</strong><span style="font-weight: 400\;">: Nov. 15\, 2020</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Kickoff meeting</ strong><span style="font-weight: 400\;">: Dec. 1\, 2020</span></li>\n<li s tyle="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Implementation:</strong><span style="fon t-weight: 400\;"> Dec. 1\, 2020 - Feb. 17\, 2021</span></li>\n<li style="f ont-weight: 400\;"><strong>Submission deadline</strong><span style="font-w eight: 400\;">: Feb. 17\, 2021</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;" ><strong>Announcement of the finalists</strong><span style="font-weight: 4 00\;">: Feb. 20\, 2021</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong >Presentations of finalists</strong><span style="font-weight: 400\;">: Feb . 27\, 2021</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Announceme nt of winners</strong><span style="font-weight: 400\;">: Mar. 1\, 2021</sp an></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Final ceremony</strong><s pan style="font-weight: 400\;">: Mar. 8\, 2021</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><spa n style="font-weight: 400\; font-size: 18pt\;">Registration</span></p>\n<p ><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Form a team and submit your team and pro ject description on our </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3iMu5iQ"><span styl e="font-weight: 400\;">registration page</span></a><span style="font-weigh t: 400\;"> before the deadline and be sure to answer all of the questions on the submission form. A group can be registered by one of the group memb ers. Submissions are editable until the submission deadline.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><span sty le="font-size: 18pt\;">Submissions</span>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span styl e="font-weight: 400\;">Submit your project by sending an email to </span>< a href="mailto:hacktogetheralberta@gmail.com"><span style="font-weight: 40 0\;">hacktogetheralberta@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400 \;"> and make sure to include the following in your submission email:</spa n></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Technical solu tions - </span><strong>GitHub or other code repository link. </strong><spa n style="font-weight: 400\;">Please ensure that this link is publicly shar eable so judges can access your project.</span></li>\n<li style="font-weig ht: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Concept Ideas - </span><strong >A report including the description and details of the concept idea. </str ong><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Template format of the final submissi on document will be sent to the participants after the registration period .</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 40 0\;">All submissions</span><strong> - Video (max: 2 minutes)</strong></li> \n<ul>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Up load a video and walk-through your solution via YouTube\, and include the link in your submission email.</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;" ><span style="font-weight: 400\;">By submitting a video\, you are acknowle dging that these materials may be used to promote the hackathon\, without extra obligation to you.</span></li>\n</ul>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-w eight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Fina lists will be invited to do a 10-minute online presentation before the win ners are selected.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\; </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\; font-size: 18pt\;">Evaluat ion</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Submissions will be ev aluated by a team of judges from different STEM backgrounds. Solutions wil l be judged based on the following criteria and weighted accordingly:</spa n></p>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400 \;">2</span><span style="font-weight: 400\;">0% &ndash\; User experience o f the technical solution\, quality of the report for concept ideas</span>< /li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">20% &ndash\; Innovation &amp\; creativity</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">20% &ndash\; Impact &amp\; potent ial</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">20% &ndash\; Quality of the implementation and/or research.</span>< /li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">20% - Final presentation</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\ ;">Winners will be announced after the final presentations.</span></p>\n<p ><span style="font-weight: 400\; font-size: 18pt\;">Prizes</span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-weight: 400\;">There will be monetary prizes for the sel ected submissions of both categories:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-we ight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">The best technical solution: $ 500 CAD</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-w eight: 400\;">The best concept idea: $ 500 CAD</span></li>\n<li style="fon t-weight: 400\;"><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Runner up for technical solutions: $ 250 CAD</span></li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;"><span sty le="font-weight: 400\;">Runner up for concept ideas: $ 250 CAD</span></li> \n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">All finalists invited to pres ent their submission will receive honorable mention certificates and winne rs will be recognized via social media.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-w eight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR