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AgriTech Hackathon

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AgriTech Hackathon

Time: October 18, 2019 at 8am to October 20, 2019 at 9pm
Location: Beamsville District Secondary School
Street: 4317 Central Ave.,
City/Town: Beamsville, ON, L0R 1B0
Website or Map: http://agritechhackathon.ca
Event Type: seminar
Organized By: Town of Lincoln / Spark
Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2019

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Event Description

Bringing together individuals, businesses and educational institutions for a three day event to find solutions to challenges for the agriculture and ecotourism sectors.

What is an AGRITECH HACKATHON?

A hackathon is an event that fosters innovation and collaboration with the goal of expanding technology development. Current challenges in the agricultural industry are identified and tech solutions are proposed. Multiple teams will be asked to find probable solutions to a series of given challenges for the agriculture and eco- tourism sectors.

The AgriTech Hackathon is designed to not only help solve problems, but enable a connection and conversation between our rural and urban communities.

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mail to: info@agritechhackathon.ca

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