About
Rotman Microsoft Excel Hackathon | November 29, 2023
Undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Toronto (St. George, UTM and Scarborough campuses) are invited to participate in the Rotman Microsoft® Excel® Hackathon 2023 supported by CCI Learning® facilitated by the BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab at the Rotman School of Management (Rotman FRT-Lab).
The Excel® Hackathon will be an In Person event hosted at labs on your home campus. See Location(s) below.
- Grow your technical toolkit with Excel challenges via the training platform.
- Compete with your University of Toronto peers from across the GTA.
Awards
Registration Timeline
Qualification
- Participants must be current UofT undergraduate or graduate students in a degree program.
- This is an individual base competition, no teams required.
NOTE: Spots are limited at each campus. If you register, but your schedule is changed and can no longer attend, please email financelab@rotman.utoronto.ca to cancel your registration.
Schedule
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Introduction and Practice Session
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Case Study # 1
- 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Break
- 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Case Study # 2
- 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Awards Ceremony
Location
St. George Campus
BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab
Rotman School of Management
Room 290, North Building
105 St. George St.
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
Canada
Mississauga Campus
Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre
Innovation Complex
Room L1245, Lower Level
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Canada
Scarborough Campus
The BRIDGE Finance and Data Lab
Instructional Centre
Room IC 108
University of Toronto Scarborough
1095 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada
Dress Code
The competition is a professional business competition, so participants are expected to dress in business casual or business formal attire.
Health and Safety | COVID-19
Competition participants are responsible for following health and safety measures where applicable. Individuals should report health and safety concerns to the competition committee via email at financelab[at]rotman.utoronto.ca, who will promptly review, assess and implement measures to address the concern where appropriate.
Measure to reduce risk of exposure:
- Individuals who are sick or who have COVID-19-related symptoms should stay home/hotel/accommodation.
- Isolate until there is no fever and symptoms improve for 24 hours (48 hours for gastrointestinal symptoms), regardless of testing results or no testing.
- Refer to: Ontario COVID-19 Self-Assessment and Procedures in the Event of a Confirmed Case and/or COVID-19 Symptoms.
- Avoid touching your face, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
- Wash your hands often and thoroughly with soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Practice proper respiratory etiquette, such as sneezing and coughing into your elbow.
- Face masks are encouraged, and we ask everyone always to respect the decisions of others, their comfort levels, and their health needs.
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