An AI-focused building competition tackling the real opportunities and challenges of Northern Ontario.

Follow this website for details: https://cheickis.github.io/cursor-hackathon-sudbury-2026/

Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026

Location:
Cliff Fielding Research, Innovation and Engineering Building
Laurentian University

Location Map:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Asb2Pye4PoAVvpHW7

9:45 AM – Registration Opens

10:15 AM – Opening Remarks & Hacking Begins

12:00 PM – Lunch (provided)

4:00 PM – Project Submission Deadline (GitHub repository must be submitted by this time.)

4:00 PM onwards – Project Presentations & Judging

5:45 PM – Awards Ceremony

Three tracks focused on real opportunities and challenges across Northern Ontario. Choose one and build a prototype that makes an impact.

• 1. Sustainable Northern Ontario Environmental and climate solutions for the North: energy, conservation, and resilient communities.
• 2. Health, Safety & Community Well-Being Healthcare and quality-of-life improvements that strengthen safety and well-being across the region.
• 3. Mining & Industrial Innovation Safer, smarter industrial operations, bringing AI to one of the North's defining industries.

What to bring

💻 Laptop

🔌 Charger

⌨️ Cursor installed

📝 Devpost account

💡 A project idea, dataset, or problem

Please create your Cursor account before arriving at the event.

If you're new to Cursor, we highly recommend watching this short introduction beforehand:

https://youtu.be/mM97V2FSzHg?si=3PtayPcmyKwobKuk

Stay up to date with announcements, ask questions, and connect with other participants:

https://discord.gg/AQGYKVGex

If you haven't formed a team yet, please complete this form:

https://forms.gle/mM2RscvjxMidS15w7

• Evaluation Criteria
  TBD