Help Innovators Succeed
Advising offers a unique opportunity to guide passionate developers, designers, and problem-solvers as they bring their ideas to life.
natHacks 2025 Details
Date: November 7-10, 2025
Format: In person
Location: Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering (DICE), University of Alberta
Advisor Application Deadline: October 13th, 2025
Advisors are experienced individuals who volunteer their time and expertise to support our hackathon participants.
They offer technical and business guidance, creative solutions to challenges, and encouragement.
What are advisors?
NAT’s hackathons are competitions that bring together interdisciplinary teams of students and young professionals to develop innovative, real-world solutions with emerging technology.
What are hackathons?
Why become an advisor?
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💬 Expand Your Network
Meet talented students, recent grads, industry professionals, and fellow advisors.
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🤝 Innovate at the Intersection of Disciplines
Work with teams blending science, engineering, programming, design, and business.
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🧠 Learn While You Lead
Immerse yourself in emerging tech, discover trends, and build your leadership and communication skills.
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🌍 Put Your Organization in the Spotlight
Showcase your organization’s leadership in tech innovation to an engaged audience.
We’re seeking advisors with expertise in:
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Hardware
Biosensors, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), embedded systems, IoT, PCB design, haptics, prototyping
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Software & Artificial Intelligence
AI/ML, cloud and edge computing, automation, backend and frontend development, real-time systems, cybersecurity
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Science & Research
Neuroscience, computational modeling, signal processing, data analysis, neuroimaging, biometrics, cognitive science, biostatistics
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Business & Strategy
Project management, startup development, market analysis, fundraising, intellectual property, regulatory affairs
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Design & User Experience
Product design, biofeedback systems design, human-computer interaction, user experience (UX), usability testing, accessibility
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Healthcare
Assistive tech, digital health, wearable health monitoring, rehabilitation, mental health, personalized medicine, cognitive health, aging care
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average rating of overall experience by natHacks 2024 advisors
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