{"id":924,"date":"2026-01-21T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/?page_id=924"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:17:34","slug":"2025-edition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/previous-editions\/2025-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"240\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/computer-science-technology\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-477 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/CSdept_2lines-800x163.png\" alt=\"CSdept_2lines\" width=\"268\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/CSdept_2lines-800x163.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/CSdept_2lines-768x156.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/CSdept_2lines.png 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"240\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"240\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PRESENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Dawscon-Logo_final-e1637180217109-800x150.png\" alt=\"Dawscon-Logo_final\" width=\"800\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Dawscon-Logo_final-e1637180217109-800x150.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Dawscon-Logo_final-e1637180217109-768x144.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/156\/Dawscon-Logo_final-e1637180217109.png 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Montreal&#8217;s FREE Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>For Students, Industry, and Educators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Featuring CEGEP Student<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>DAWS<\/strong>CON at Dawson College | March 4th 2025<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Dawson College will be hosting its annual free one-day software conference in Montreal. This year we will focus on showcasing the innovative projects of CEGEP students in computer science. This event offers a unique opportunity for students to present their work, both within and beyond their program curriculum, while engaging with their peers and experts in the field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Attendees can expect presentations and stimulating discussions on a variety of topics. The conference welcomes students, professional software developers, and anyone with a general interest in software development. If you are looking for a day of inspiration, learning, and networking do not forget to register! 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3F.39] <\/strong>Lightning Talks<br \/>\n<em>Themes: Accessibility &amp; Disability, Systems, Issues in Computing<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"240\"><strong>[Room 3F.43] <\/strong>Lightning Talks<br \/>\n<em>Themes: Machine Learning, Hardware, Programming<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>14:35-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><strong>[Room 3F.37] <\/strong>Poster Presentation<br \/>\n<em>Themes: Social Engineering, Cryptography, Authentication, and Security<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"240\"><strong>[Room 3F.38] <\/strong>Poster Presentation<br \/>\n<em>Themes: Breaches and Attacks, Security Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"92\"><strong>17:45-19:15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"496\"><strong>[Room 4C.1] <\/strong>Panel Discussion (Career Challenges in CS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact us at <a  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Upon moving to a web application development team, he found an affinity for automation in the building, testing and deployment processes.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 6 years, across several companies, he has worked to modernize development processes, automate pipelines to bring applications from code to the cloud and build resilient infrastructure capable of running large throughput, multi-tenant applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/article><!-- #post-## -->\n\n                <\/div> <!-- end news-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n                <div class=\"item team_member desktop-12 tablet-6 mobile-full contained\" data-num=\"2\">\n\n                    <article style=\"padding:10px;\" id=\"post-923\" class=\"post-923 dcon_team_member type-dcon_team_member status-publish hentry dcon_team_role-panelist dcon_member_department-faculty-lecturer dcon_member_year-70\">\n\n                        <header class=\"entry-header\">\n\n                            <div class=\"post-img desktop-6 tablet-12 mobile-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawscon\/wp-content\/themes\/dawson-college\/images\/D-300x300.png\" alt=\"no profile picture\" \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"entry-meta desktop-18 popup-trigger\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Jacob Errington<\/h4><span class=\"department\">Faculty Lecturer<\/span>                                <div class=\"excerpt\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Faculty Lecturer in McGill University&#8217;s School of Computer Science Jacob Errington is a computer science educator with five years of experience teaching CS to varied audiences, and five years of experience working in technology. 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