DELEGATES ORIENTATION PACKAGE hackthecity.ca
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Hack The City As 1 of the 100 delegates accepted, you have the opportunity to start building the foundations of your career. Over two months you will be working with your team and mentors across the city to develop a proposal that will change the face of an industry.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 02
Introduction
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Table of Contents
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Our Partners
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Our Sponsors
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Directors Statement
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Itinerary
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Timeline
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Timeline
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Special Events
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Mentorship
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Keynote Speakers
13-15 Case Breakdown
The winning team in each category will receive a prize that will provide them with an unparalleled opportunity to build the foundation of a career with one of our three presenting partners.
OUR PARTNERS 4
DIAMOND
PRESENTING EMERALD
CASE
OUR SPONSORS
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SAPPHIRE
RUBY
PL ATI NU M GOL D
BRON ZE
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DIRECTORS MESSAGE
Congratulations on your acceptance to Hack the City! Throughout this program you will have the opportunity to apply your education and creativity to real world developments by creating projects that aim to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the province of Ontario today. During Hack the City you will have the chance to network with some of the world’s foremost organizations like IBM, Siemens, and Hatch Ltd; learn first-hand about the developments that are creating the future of Hamilton in health care, transportation, and energy sustainability; interact with employers from across the city in a one-on-one mentorship capacity; and showcase your skills against the brightest 100 post-secondary students in Hamilton. As one of these 100 students, you have the chance to start building the foundations of your career.
DANIEL TUBA D’SOUZA
FOUNDER & CO-DIRECTOR
PEARL ALMEIDA CO-DIRECTOR
True to its mission of fostering innovation, Hack the City provides an opportunity for students to interact with Hamilton like never before. We would like to thank all of our partners and case sponsors for making this program a reality, especially our diamond partner The Forge, our emerald presenting partners IBM, Siemens, and Hatch and our city champion, Chris Murray. Without their support, none of this would have been possible. On behalf of ourselves and our team we wish you the best of luck in this competition and hope that you take advantage of all of the opportunities it can provide you with.
ITINERARY
JAN 11th
7 Hack The City Opening Ceremonies Wednesday January 11th, 2017 David Braley Health Sciences Centre 2032 100 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6
OPENING CEREMONIES
6:00PM-6:30PM
Registration and informal social in the lobby, delegates seated by 6:40
6:40PM-7:00PM
Opening address from Hack the City Directors
7:00PM-7:15PM 7:15PM-7:30PM
Keynote #1 (Hatch) Case Presentation #1
7:30PM-7:45PM 7:45PM-8:00PM
Keynote #2 (IBM) Case Presentation #2
8:00PM-8:15PM 8:15PM-8:30PM
Keynote #3 (Siemens) Case Presentation #3
8:30PM-8:50PM
Closing Keynote (The Forge)
8:50PM-9:00PM
Closing Remarks
9:00PM-9:30PM
Informal Social
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TIMELINE
JAN 11
WILL BE EMAILED
FEB 6,7,8
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OPENING CEREMONIES
INNOVATION SESSIONS
INDUSTRY FEEDBACK SESSIONS
Kicking off the event, the opening ceremonies will be 3 hours where teams will receive their cases, team assignments, expectations and and hear from our keynote speakers. They will meet and have the chance to interact with a variety of our sponsors and hear talking from our presenting emerald partners, case partners, and our diamond partner The Forge.
Hosted by IBM, Hatch, Siemens
Teams will attend one of three industry-specific feedback sessions. During the sessions teams will be interacting with industry professionals discussing their ideas and receiving feedback & industry insight from them. There will be 2-3 industry professionals per team. These sessions will occur from 6-8pm at the McMaster Center for Continuing Education. Teams are expected to have a minimum of three well reasoned ideas to explore with the mentors prior to attending.
Each of our presenting partners will be hosting two innovation sessions specific to teams in their stream. The dates of the sessions will be emailed to you after opening ceremonies. Each session has a maximum limit of 20 people and will discuss both design thinking and innovation around the world in topics pertaining to the cases. These workshops will allow you to develop new ideas and interact with our presenting partners in a small intimate setting.
Health & Tech: Feb 6th Transportation: Feb 7th Energy Sustainability: Feb 8th
A minimum of 3/5 of your team must be present for this portion of the program.
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MARCH 3
THE FORGE PRESENTS: HACK THE CITY’S INNOVATION FAIR All 100 delegates and 100 other interested students and community members will be invited to an innovation fair the evening before the final competition. The beginning of the innovation fair will include an overview of the saturday competition format. It will then proceed with a keynote speech from an IBM distinguished engineer, innovation workshops from world-leading companies, lightning talks from innovation leaders in Hamilton, and an ‘innovation atrium’ where attendees will have the opportunity to meet and network with over 20 different organizations who play a key role in building Hamilton’s innovation ecosystem.
Teams will be expected to submit their slide deck and business plan at the beginning of this event.
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FINAL COMPETITION Teams will compete against eachother through three rounds of judging to prove why their ideas are the most feasible/creative/implementable. In between rounds, teams will interact with industry professionals to further refine their ideas. Judges will include, young professionals, professors, industry professionals. Winning teams will receive exclusive networking opportunities. Case Breakdown: Page 13
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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FORGE@MAC STARTUP WORKSHOP BUSINESS PLAN GUIDE January 18th, ETB 535
This workshop will introduce you to information that will help shape your initiative, and equips you with the necessary skills to craft a business plan.
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HOW TO MAKE A PITCH Week of February 27th
Summarizing a case submission into a presentation is difficult. Learn the art of ‘pitching’ and useful tactics to incorporate into your presentation on competition day!
PRESENTED BY:
MENTORSHIP
INNOVATION SESSIONS WILL BE EMAILED
Network with executives from IBM, Hatch, and Siemens after presentations on topics surrounding innovation. Registration links will be circulated closer to the date. Limited seats available (max. 20 students).
INDUSTRY FEEDBACK SESSIONS FEB 6, 7, 8
Bring your well developed ideas and have them critiqued by industry professionals. Propose questions and/or ideas to receive as much constructive feedback before you delve into your project.
ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP
COMPETITION
Teams will receive a mentor during the last few weeks of the competition who will meet with them via a one-hour coffee or skype session to assist with a final review of their case
In between competition rounds, your team has the opportunity to consult industry professionals for feedback on your presentation/case. You are encouraged to use this feedback to make changes to your next presentation.
MARCH 3
MARCH 4
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
GAY YUYITUNG THE FORGE
GORDON ALEXANDER IBM
CRYSTAL COLE, MBA, CRM HATCH
CARLO CRISTOFARI, BESc, Mechanical Engineering HATCH
DR. TOM MURAD SIEMENS
Gay Yuyitung is the Executive Director at the McMaster Industry Liaison Office, supporting faculty and staff at McMaster and the affiliated hospitals in working with industry for sponsored research contracts and in the commercialization of their research. She has experience in negotiating license agreements to transfer technology from the university to both large multinationals as well as small and medium sized enterprises. Gay has been a board member and provided management support for several McMaster related companies, from initial start-up, growing to mature companies raising angel and venture capital investment, with significant revenues. Prior to joining McMaster, she has had experience with marketing at MDS Nordion and Eli Lilly. Gay has her PhD in chemistry from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from McMaster. Gordon Alexander is the Healthcare Industry Technical Leader for the IBM Collaborative Innovation Centre - Healthcare in Hamilton. He is a Senior IT Architect with 28 years of experience in the IT industry. Gordon has been with IBM Canada for over 18 years, and prior to that, for 10 years with the IT departments of The Co-operators Insurance and Canada Trust Financial Services. On March 8, 2016, IBM Canada and Hamilton Health Sciences announced plans to establish a new centre in downtown Hamilton focused on healthcare innovation. The centre gives area healthcare providers, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs advanced technology tools and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes and put Hamilton on the map as a hub for healthcare innovation in Canada. Crystal is a Principal Project Manager with over 22 years of diverse program, project, supervisory and consulting experience in the rail transportation, infrastructure and construction industries. She has successfully delivered international and domestic projects in excess of $450 million by directing and managing cross-functional corporate teams and supervising multi-disciplinary consulting contractors. She has synchronized all aspects of project delivery processes from conceptual through to final design, procurement, quality control, logistics, installation, site testing, and commissioning. Crystal has also successfully coordinated the interface of multiple teams in project delivery including software and hardware design development, verification and validation, testing and commissioning, quality and safety. She is a certified risk management leader providing project commercial and contractual oversight to ensure the efficient management of projects. Carlo Cristofari is the Managing Director of Digital Services. Carlo is responsible for the strategy, development and operation of Hatch’s digital services businesses around the world in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Carlo leads the business unit in developing businesses driven outcomes for our clients by drawing on Hatch’s diverse and differentiated skills and technologies. Before joining Hatch, Carlo spent fifteen years in various roles within the technology industry, most recently as the Vice President and Canadian leader for the Innovative Solutions Group with SAP. Carlo began his career in manufacturing with Ford Motor Company and holds a BESc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Tom Murad is the Head of the Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy, established in October 2014. Tom has more than 35 years of Professional Engineering and Technical Operations Executive Management including more than 10 years of Academic and R&D work in Industrial Controls and Automation. Previous to his current role, Tom was Head of the Expert House and Engineering Director for Siemens Canada’s Industry sector since 2010.
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CASE BREAKDOWN
CASE SUBMISSIONS
- Create a business plan package including all relevant information. Your presentation will be a diluted and concise version of your package. - Include an executive summary at the beginning of your package to outline important information, enabling the judges to quickly skim through your content when necessary - Ensure to print 9 business plan packages, one for each judge evaluating your team within each round of the competition. - Your business plan is due in person at the Hack the City Innovation Fair on March 3, 2017, the night before the competition. Please submit all 9 packages upon your team registration.
PRESENTATION
- Prepare a 5-minute presentation on your team’s initiative for the first round of the competition. If you qualify for the subsequent rounds, your team will deliver a 10-minute presentation. - You will present your business plan to a team of industry professionals from your allocated Hamilton sector. Be sure to outline your initiative, explain why you are recommending your new initiative, and discuss the financial impact based on your chosen implementation timeline (relative cost, return on investment, etc.). - All members of the team must have adequate speaking time during the presentation. Monopolization of speaking time by certain members will result in a deduction of points. - Judges may ask questions about your project after your team’s presentation
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Integrated Community Energy Systems are a path towards Carbon Neutrality Hamilton Utilities Corporation (“HUC”) is a holding company with investments in a regulated utility and non-regulated companies. HUC’s mission is to meet their customer’s energy and communications needs by providing superior value in an innovative and sustainable manner with helpful, courteous and prompt service. HUC’s vision is to be a Top Tier energy and communications service provider within the North American market by 2025. HCE Energy Inc., a subsidiary of HUC, operates a 3.5 MW natural gas-fired cogeneration system with 12.5 MW thermal capacity backup boilers along with 3.2 MW district cooling capacity, supplying backup electricity, hot water heating and space cooling to 2 million sq. ft. of commercial, institutional and multifamily properties in the downtown core of Hamilton including Art Gallery of Hamilton, City Hall, Victoria Park Community Homes, Lister Block and more. HCE Energy also owns and operates a renewable District Energy system at McMaster Innovation Park (MIP), Hamilton with a geo-exchange system of eighty-one 500-ft geothermal wells. Commissioned in 2011, this system provides heating and cooling services to three buildings comprising McMaster Innovation Park Atrium, the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory and the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre. HUC has aligned its values with the City of Hamilton’s VISION 2020 initiative of a strong, healthy and vibrant city, by promoting local solutions to environmental and development challenges through responsible stewardship, protection of natural resources, and the integration of its citizens into a sustainable social infrastructure furthering the advancement within the City of Hamilton.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
Fundamental to its performance, HUC continues to focus and emphasize on its core business, however HUC needs to continue to provide innovative and differentiating services from its competitors to succeed in order to augment its growth and meet its investment criteria. A key, however, will be the ability to evolve with the marketplace and regulatory policy changes. As such, HUC believes in long term sustainable solutions and is investigating the immediate viability of the “Wireless” communities. In the view of HUC, a wireless community is an off-grid community that is neither connected to the electrical grid nor, piped individually to the natural gas network or to a fiber based telecommunications provider. With this vision, HUC is working with private developers to understand the environmental, municipal planning, social, marketing, legislative, operational, contractual, economic and legal concerns that relate to developing a “wireless” community and the associated technologies that may inhibit the creation of such communities. The aim of this exercise is to provide a comparatively cheaper, eco-friendly, reliable power system as a reasonable alternative for new developments as well as the rural and remote communities, while making sufficient profit to ensure that the business model could function smoothly in the long run and eventually be replicated within rural and remote areas around the world.”
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1. Understand the types of electricity uses, current source of energy, and the per kWh (kilowatt hour) cost to the target customers. 2. To identify potential designs for providing energy and telecommunications services to a “wireless” mixed-use community, including residential, commercial and institutional spaces. 3. To develop a Business Case model reflecting the key interests and points of view from (i) the developer (ii) the end user and (iii) public policy. The business case(s) should include; a. Financial metrics, b. Life cycle costs, c. Risks analysis, d. Sensitivity analysis, and e. Payback. 4. To provide a summary on the environmental and social economic benefits/costs of implementing wireless communities. 5. To perform an ASHRAE (Level 1) analysis determining the feasibility of the project based on the acreage data provided. 6. To perform a Sensitivity and Risk analysis to determine the best combination of technologies to service a typical mixed-use development. 7. To prepare a consolidated report highlighting all the points stated above.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Groups will be assessed and scored on: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Quality of the RESEARCH/ANALYSIS, Comprehensiveness of the SELECTION CRITERIA, Relevant SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION (charts, graphs, figures etc.), and, PRESENTATION SKILLS.
APPENDIX: ASHRAE stands for American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers. ASHRAE analysis is an approach to decision-making in the area of energy management. It has 3 levels of detail: 1. ASHRAE Level 1 – Walk-through Analysis/Preliminary Audit 2. ASHRAE Level 2 – Energy Survey and Analysis 3. ASHRAE Level 3 – Detailed Analysis of Capital Intensive Modifications Level 1 (Preliminary) ASHRAE analysis is required for this project at this feasibility stage. For more information, on ASHRAE and its use please visit the links mentioned below: https://www.ashrae.org/about-ashrae http://www.energyadvantage.com/blog/2011/05/the-difference-between-ahsrae-level-1-2-3-
Forge@Mac Student Startup Competition Online application open January 4th - February 5th, 2017 McMaster University, Student Centre, CIBC Hall, 1280 Main Street W, Hamilton, ON
Calling all budding McMaster entrepreneurs: the Forge@Mac Student Startup Competition online application is open from January 4th - February 5th, 2017! Finalists will compete for a chance to win up to $20,000 and automatic entry into The Forge on March 23rd, 2017. Don’t delay - apply today at theforge.mcmaster.ca/student-startup-competition
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