International Hackathon - 2024

What is an International Hackathon?

Hackathon is a full-day exciting event where you can meet open-minded people, solve interesting tasks, improve your teamwork skills, and get a crash course on how to turn an idea into a specific product or service. If you apply to the International Hackathon, you can generate some ideas and develop specific suggestions for the different themes. Our goal is to make your solutions as colourful as possible, which is why your teammates come from different parts of the world. There is nothing that could hinder your creativity!

This year's topic

The Simonyi Hackathon in 2024 is organised in collaboration with the Sustainability Centre and the Hydrogen Centre.

During the one-and-a-half day competition, students will be challenged to develop an educational strategy that will help spread awareness of hydrogen as an energy source and raise public awareness and acceptance.

April 24. 2024

• 13:30-14:00 - Registration (3rd floor - B323)
• 14:00-14:30 - Keynote presentation
• 14:30-14:45 - Teamwork: Problem finding/problem identification
• 14:45-15:00 - Coffee Break
• 15:00-15:30 - Teamwork: Problem finding/problem identification
• 15:30-16:30 - Teamwork: Problem identification/problem definition
• 16:30-17:15 - Pitch training (Anikó Kuczkó)

April 25. 2024

• 08:00-08:30 - Kick-off (Coffee Break)
• 08:30-09:30 - Teamwork: Sketching solution concepts
• 09:30-10:15 - Teamwork: Refining the solutions, 1 final selection
• 10:15-10:30 - Coffee Break
• 10:30-11:00 - Teamwork: MVP sketching
• 11:00-12:00 - Teamwork: MVP creation
• 12:00-13:00 - Lunch break
• 13:00-14:00 - Expert Validation I.
• 14:00-15:00 - Expert Validation II.
• 15:00-16:00 - Teamwork: Preparation for the pitch
• 16:00-16:30 - Coffee Break
• From 16:00 - "Pitch" presentations (17 teams x 5+2 minutes)
• Jury decisions + announcement of results