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Thank you for turning up in numbers for our third Friday workshop. 

This week, we explore how to pitch a business/industry/real-world problem and a blockchain/smart contract enabled solution. There is an update on the breakdown of competitions and prizes. Moreover, we continue to write smart contracts in Solidity and see them in action. Experts will help you out during lab activity. 

Fourth Workshop 

Friday, Feb 22, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

University of Lethbridge, Anderson Hall 177 (AH 177) 

Dr. Muhammad Khan (Math & CS): Problem Pitches and Blockchain Enabled Solutions for the Hackathon 

Abstract: The idea behind the hackathon is for teams to identify a real-world problem, propose a blockchain enabled solution, and deploy part/whole of it using smart contracts. Teams can choose to focus on all/some of these aspects. Prizes will be awarded for each, but the biggest winners will be the ones with a business idea and a smart contract to back it. So, a team having a mix of backgrounds and expertise is likely to do better. I will discuss this in some detail and then share a quad chart template, courtesy of Dr. Greg Vilk (UILO), that will be used for the problem pitch competition.  

Leila Karimi (Math & CS): Hands-on Lab Activities (Voting, Intellectual Property) 

NOTES: 

FOOD and DRINKS will be provided.  

We request that you BRING A DEVICE (laptop/tablet/phablet) with the CHROME web browser installed. A limited number of devices might be available for University of Lethbridge students. 

We highly recommend attending the orientation and the workshops for team building and preparing for the competitions. Some (not all) materials from the first three workshops are posted on our slack channel.  

Eventbrite: http://uoflsmartcontracts.eventbrite.ca 

Slack channel: http://bchack2019uleth.slack.com 

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