McMaster Design League: CAD Designathon 2021

Jan 29, 9:00PM to Feb 1, 3:00AM UTC

437 people attending

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Schedule

January 29, 2021 10:00pm 10:00PM–11:00PM · Networking

Team Formation

Quick networking for Team Formation! Click on the networking tab where you will have 30 seconds to talk to everyone and find people for your team.

2021-01-29T17:00:00Z 2021-01-29T18:00:00Z America/New_York Team+Formation https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 29, 2021 11:00pm 11:00PM–12:00AM · Stage

Opening Ceremony & Challenge Introductions

Our official opening of the event. Come meet our sponsors and learn about the design problems for this weekend.

2021-01-29T18:00:00Z 2021-01-29T19:00:00Z America/New_York Opening+Ceremony+%26+Challenge+Introductions https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:00AM · Networking

Team Formation

Join for a rapid team formation session!

2021-01-29T19:00:00Z 2021-01-29T20:00:00Z America/New_York Team+Formation https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:00AM · Expo

Sponsor Q&A

Join the sponsors and Tech Team in the expo to talk more about the design problems!

2021-01-29T19:00:00Z 2021-01-29T20:00:00Z America/New_York Sponsor+Q%26A https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 1:00am 1:00AM– 2:00AM · Stage

Inventor 101 Workshop

One of the workshops in our Designathon Workshop Series where the Tech Team goes over part modelling and assembly in Autodesk Inventor.

2021-01-29T20:00:00Z 2021-01-29T21:00:00Z America/New_York Inventor+101+Workshop https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 3:00pm 3:00PM– 3:00AM · Sessions

Help Center

Our MDL team is back online to help everyone with their designs! You are more than welcome to join the session to get a review about your design so far!

2021-01-30T10:00:00Z 2021-01-30T22:00:00Z America/New_York Help+Center https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 3:30pm 3:30PM– 4:00PM · Stage

What we expect?

Join us for this workshop where we cover the judging rubric and deliverables!

2021-01-30T10:30:00Z 2021-01-30T11:00:00Z America/New_York What+we+expect%3F https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Stage

Commercialization and Innovation

Come and join Sarrah Lal from Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine to talk about commercialization and innovation!

2021-01-30T11:00:00Z 2021-01-30T12:00:00Z America/New_York Commercialization+and+Innovation https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:00PM · Stage

Drunk Engineers Q&A

Our sponsors will be giving a talk about how made ran a successful kickstarter campaign and ended up starting their own company.

2021-01-30T12:00:00Z 2021-01-30T13:00:00Z America/New_York Drunk+Engineers+Q%26A https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 6:00pm 6:00PM– 7:00PM · Stage

How to Start Your Own Company

Thinking about becoming an entrepreneur? Pop in and learn from Marcus Riganelli on how you can do just that!

2021-01-30T13:00:00Z 2021-01-30T14:00:00Z America/New_York How+to+Start+Your+Own+Company https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 7:00pm 7:00PM– 8:00PM · Stage

Talk with Magna International

Senior designer from Magna International will talk about his experiences in working in a professional environment

2021-01-30T14:00:00Z 2021-01-30T15:00:00Z America/New_York Talk+with+Magna+International https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 8:00pm 8:00PM–10:00PM · Expo

Design Reviews

Get some feedback on your designs from our sponsors, mentors, judges, and the MDL team!

2021-01-30T15:00:00Z 2021-01-30T17:00:00Z America/New_York Design+Reviews https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 30, 2021 11:00pm 11:00PM–12:00AM · Stage

National Design League Q&A

2021-01-30T18:00:00Z 2021-01-30T19:00:00Z America/New_York National+Design+League+Q%26A https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 31, 2021 12:00am 12:00AM– 1:00AM · Stage

Engineering for a Better World with Sarah Gonder

2021-01-30T19:00:00Z 2021-01-30T20:00:00Z America/New_York Engineering+for+a+Better+World+with+Sarah+Gonder+ https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 31, 2021 1:00am 1:00AM– 2:00AM · Stage

Video Editing Workshop

The last part of our Designathon Workshop Series where the Tech Team teaches you how to edit simple videos for submission!

2021-01-30T20:00:00Z 2021-01-30T21:00:00Z America/New_York Video+Editing+Workshop https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 31, 2021 3:00pm 3:00PM– 5:00PM · Sessions

Help Center

Our team is back online to help your team as you finish and polish your submissions!

2021-01-31T10:00:00Z 2021-01-31T12:00:00Z America/New_York Help+Center https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 31, 2021 6:30pm 6:30PM– 9:30PM · Expo

Judging

Pitch your design within 5 minutes to our panel of judges. Webcams are strongly encouraged!

2021-01-31T13:30:00Z 2021-01-31T16:30:00Z America/New_York Judging https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

January 31, 2021 10:00pm 10:00PM–11:00PM · Stage

Closing Ceremony

Join us one last time to hear a few words from our sponsors before we announce the winners of each design problem!

2021-01-31T17:00:00Z 2021-01-31T18:00:00Z America/New_York Closing+Ceremony https%3A%2F%2Fhopin.com%2Fevents%2Fmdl-cad2020 Hosted virtually on Hopin (link in the description)

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