McHacks Schedule

All times are in Eastern Time (ET)

Saturday, Jan. 28
Sunday, Jan. 29
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
MAIN EVENT
Registration
All RSVP'ed Hackers must be present at our event venue to register for McHacks 10.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
MAIN EVENT
Opening Ceremony
12:00 PM ET
MAIN EVENT
Hacking Period Starts
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
FOOD
Lunch
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Hackathon 101
Learn how to make the most out of your McHacks this year! A short and sweet guide to all our activities so you can plan your next 24h perfectly!
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM ET
SOCIAL
Guided Team Formation
Don't have a team? Or still missing some members? Find your project's missing puzzle piece as you mix and mingle with some help from our coords!
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Mely.ai
Mely.ai Workshop
Intelligent Document Processing Challenge
1:30 PM - 11:30 PM ET
SOCIAL
Chill Zone
Hackers are invited to take a break and chill in our Chill Zone. There will be calming music and bracelet making so come and relax whenever you'd like!
1:40 PM - 2:10 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Telus
Telus Workshop
Hack your way into your dream job with AI
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM ET
WORKSHOP
CSE
CSE Workshop
CSE Hacks
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Tower Research Capital
Tower Research Capital Workshop
Life at Tower; we will describe a day in the life within our core engineering team.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Intro to Python
FOR BEGINNERS: We'll teach you the basics of Python and direct you to a few great resources to continue your learning! Expect: variables, loops, output, importing libraries
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM ET
MAIN EVENT
Mely.ai
Fireside Chat with Mely.ai
Learn about Mely.ai's mission and the startup scene
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Intro to Devtools (Github)
If you don't know what Git/Github is, this one's for you! Make your first repository and your first commits, pushes, and pulls as we follow along a tutorial with seasoned coords to help you along!
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
MAIN EVENT
Tower Research Capital, The Berggruen Institute, Telus
Fireside Chat with Tower Research, The Berggruen Institute and Telus
Learn about the vision and opportunities created by Tower Research Capital, The Berggruen Institute, and Telus
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
SPEED NETWORKING
Tower Research Capital, The Berggruen Institute, Telus, CSE, Cisco
Speed Networking
Meet with recruiters from McHacks 10's sponsors
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
FOOD
Dinner
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET
SOCIAL
MLH Cupstacking
An MLH hackathon specialty- hackers will compete in teams to see who can stack the TALLEST tower of cups without it all tumbling down!
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Front Row Ventures Worksh
Introduction to Veture Capital
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET
SOCIAL
Hackathon Organizer Meetup
Hackathon Organizer Meetup
9:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET
SOCIAL
Bob Ross (MS)Paint Night
"There are no mistakes, just happy accidents" - Come on out and join your fellow hackers for a relaxing group painting session with just your laptops and let your imagination flow!
9:30 PM - 10:00 PM ET
WORKSHOP
Cohere
Cohere Workshop
Intro to Cohere & LLM’s
10:00 PM - 12:00 AM ET
SOCIAL
Super Smash Ultimate Tournament
There can only be one champion. Rules are single elimination bracket, and there is one top prize. If you think you've got what it takes (or you just wanna have fun!), look out for a Google Form to sign up and we'll message you on Discord when it's time!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
FOOD
Dinner
8:00 PM - 11:59 PM ET
REST
Sleeping Area
Hackers are invite to rest in our Sleeping Area, a more quite option to our hacking zones. We encourage Hackers to bring their own eye masks and ear plugs to make the Sleeping Area even more peaceful.