TechWeek 2024

Join us, as of November 18, for the 2024 edition of TechWeek!

This eventful week offers our students interested in IT and video games a vast selection of tutorials, lectures, panels, and workshops led by industry experts.

• When? From Monday November 18 to Thursday, November 21
• Where? Salle Jean-Paul-Morin, 2000 Ste-Catherine Street W.

Coding, game design, neurodivergence in tech, and tips for breaking into the industry... This edition promises to cover a broad range of topics relevant to our students' development.

IMPORTANT: Events with a reservation link on Eventbrite are open to the general public. Don't forget to reserve your spot. Arrive early to request access to the venue from security.

P.S. Do not miss out on the closing event of the week, the Gamejam ! This contest, sponsored by Room8 studios, will have teams of students facing against one another to create games for scratch. Our visitors will be able to try out their demos. Come see them hard at work.

 

Schedule:

* Only events with required reservation are open to the general public. Please use the eventbrite links below to reserve your spot. 

 

Monday, November 18

Opening word

• 10:15 - 10:25
• By Claude Marchand

Conference: Le gonflement et la thésaurisation dans le monde numérique qui nuisent à la planète

• 10:30 - 11:00
• By Salima Hassaine and Elisa Schaeffer

Conference: Data-Informed Game Design, Development, and Operations

• 12:00 - 13:00
• By Serge Poueme
• Language: English
• Reservation required

Workshop: Creation with Augmented Reality

• 13:30 - 15:30
• By Abdelhak Fennouh and Jon Yu
• Language: French
• Reservation required

Tuesday, November 19

Tutorial: Open Source et les logiciels libres

• 8:30 - 10:00
• By Mourad Sehboub; other speakers
• Language: French

Conference: The Era of Quantum Utility and How the Canadian Ecosystem Becomes Quantum-ready

• 10:30 - 11:30
• By Mourad Sehboub and Julien Chosson
• Language: English
• Reservation required

Conference: Code Like a Knitter, and Vice Versa

• 11:45 - 12:30
• By Mohamed Zeroug and April Colossimo
• Language: English
• Reservation required

Workshop: The Thinking Game - Documentary Screening

• 13:00 - 15:00
• By Michelle Khalife
• Language: English
• Reservation required

Panel: Empowering Connections: Building Networks in Tech (Part 1)

• 15:15 - 15:45
• By Naya Vasques, Sofia Guerrero, Camille Henrique and Elisa Schaeffer
• Language: English

Panel: Empowering Connections: Building Networks in Tech (Part 2)

• 16:00 - 16:45
• By Naya Vasques, Houda Kaddioui, Chloe Gaudreau and Elisa Schaeffer
• Language: English

Wednesday, November 20

Tutorial: Quand la créativité rencontre la diversité : Neurodivergence et innovation dans la technologie et le design numérique

• 8:15 - 8:45
• By Georgette Luque Huacho and Elisa Schaeffer

Panel: Transforming Software Delivery: Enhancing Accessibility and Flexibility with AppsAnywhere

• 9:00 - 10:00
• By Simon Cohen, Drew Hibyan, and Katie Roberts

Conference: Obsolescence programmée du programmeur : technological self-harm and self-help

• 10:15 - 11:15
• By Johnathan Mina, Marc Delesclefs, Regis Barpondeau, and Elisa Schaeffer
• Reservation required

Conference: From Data to Decisions: The Power of Data Engineering

• 11:30 - 12:15
• By Mohamed Zeroug and Sacha Gucciardo
• Reservation required

Workshop: Introduction to UX and UI Design for Software Developers

• 13:00 - 16:00
• By Catherine Banville and Justin Penney
• Language: English
• Reservation required

Activity: Learn to Personalize Your Laptop Appearance

• 10:15 - 15:00

Thursday, November 21

Tutorial: Landing Your First Tech Job in Canada: Cross-Cultural Do’s and Don’ts

• 8:30 - 9:15
• By Mahboobeh Masoud and Ali Moridnejad
• Language: English

Tutorial: ChatGPT and Hallucination: An Intro into Large Language Models

• 9:30 - 10:15
• By Mahboobeh Masoud and Kaveh Bakhtiyari
• Language: English

Panel: L'industrie 4.0 et son avenir

• 10:30 - 10:45
• By Elisa Schaeffer, Alexis Chebeia, and Massyl Ait Si Amar
• Language: French

Conference: [Subject to be confirmed]

• 11:00 - 11:45
• By Zohreh Moeini and Stephanie Costache
• Language: French
• Reservation required

Conference: La technologie sans frontières : préparer l’avenir de nos talents

• 12:00 - 12:30
• By Elisa Schaeffer and Eric Briand
• Language: French