Zig Day @ BCIT 2025
November 15 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Are you curious about embedded systems or looking to sharpen your programming skills while meeting awesome people? Join us for Zig Day, a full-day collaborative coding event led by Matt Knight, a BCIT alumnus and systems engineer, and one of the key contributors to the global Zig community!
🧠What’s Zig Day?
It’s all about learning by doing. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced coder, you’ll spend the day working in small groups to explore Zig, a modern programming language designed for performance, safety, and simplicity — especially in embedded <a href="http://systems.
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💡 Why join?
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Learn how to code for embedded systems (beginner-friendly!)
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Collaborate with peers, hobbyists, and industry professionals
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Work on real projects and share your results
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Build your network and have fun doing it
No prior Zig experience required. Just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to learn, plus $5 cash for the SUSHI!! (for BCIT students only)
Speaker(s): , Matt
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– 09:30 – 10:00: Gathering and chit-chat
– 10:00 – 10:30: Explain projects, form groups, set up workstations
– 10:30 – 12:30: Work on stuff together
– 12:30 – 02:00: Lunch break
– 02:00 – 04:00: Timmies run and work on stuff together (continued)
– 04:00 – 04:30: Show others what you built and what you learned
Room: 2019, Bldg: SW1, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5G 3H2