Events for October 2, 2020 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

NASA Space Apps Hackathon

Join us for the anniversary of the first Atlantic Canada NASA Space Apps hackathon challenge designed by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) hosted at Dalhousie University. NASA Space Apps is a free, virtual hackathon where participants will work in teams to create their own projects addressing the impacts of various world issues using data provided by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. The event will be taking place from October 2nd-4th, 2020, and is open to anyone of any background.   Register

Virtual Health Challenge Pitch: Mental Health + Wellness

The second Health Challenge Pitch Event will feature up to five tech companies working on mental health + wellness solutions + vie for $100K About this Event Volta's second virtual Health Challenge Pitch Event will focus on mental health and wellness! When: Friday, October 2, 2020 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm Where: Virtually Registration will close 10:00am, October 2, at which point those registered for the event will receive a link to the stream via email. Description: Created as an exciting, new partnership between Nova Scotia Health (NSH), QEII Foundation, BioNova, ACOA and Volta, the Health Challenge Pitch Event Series showcases medtech companies with disruptive technologies and/or services that align with a major priority of the province’s health care system. This series of pitch events (five in total) focuses on various priorities as identified by NSH; companies in the pre-determined field – in this case, mental health and wellness – will be tasked with presenting their technologies as a means of solving these priorities. The goal is to provide market validation for these companies and provide an opportunity for NSH to pilot these new innovations. The second Health Challenge Pitch event on Friday, October 2 , 2020 will focus on mental health and wellness. Health […]