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Industry Hackathon

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Join the IEEE Southern Alberta Section Young Professionals for a 48-hour hackathon focused on developing Autonomous AI Agents to solve critical "hard science" bottlenecks across industrial sectors. Designed to move beyond basic productivity tools and simple chat interfaces, teams will build advanced agent frameworks capable of reasoning through complex challenges.

We are at capacity, join the waitlist: https://forms.gle/T5yQr3KHu1jBd1c88

Event Details

Dates: Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4, 2026
Location: Collision Space, University of Calgary
Prizes:
- 1st prize: $800 + 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro tier (~$300 per team member)
- 2nd prize: $600
- 3rd prize: $500
- Fan Fav: $100
- Best Project Built with ElevenLabs: 3 months of ElevenLabs Scale tier (~$900 per team member)
- Everyone: ElevenLabs Creator Tier (~$22 per person)
Eligibility: Open to All! (Innovators, Students, Professionals, and Researchers)
Food: Meals provided!

Hackathon Tracks

Teams of 2–5 can either bring their own problem using public data (Option A) for the tracks below or solve a prepared case (Option B) for these tracks:

Energy & Infrastructure Systems: Power grid optimization, building retrofits, wind shortage flags, engine lifespan prediction, traffic incident hot-spots, street light repair schedules, housing permit routing, and water main break prioritization.
Software & Computational Math: 311 service request dispatching, snowplow and delivery routing, wildfire crew allocation, and smoke or hail risk flagging.
Chemical Systems & Material Science: Battery cathode selection for Alberta storage and real-time Bow/Elbow River water quality monitoring.
More tracks and cases will be revealed soon!