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DIGI-GREEN HACKATHON: Unleashing Digital Expertise for a Sustainable Tomorrow

University of Tartu together with Estonian University of Life Sciences and Garage48 invites you to embark on a unique hackathon in the dynamic fields of energy, sustainability, and digitalization.

DIGI-GREEN HACKATHON, happening on May 10-12 in Jõhvi, Ida-Virumaa focuses on leveraging digital tools and data to drive and champion a green transition, the most significant change of our era. Hackathon revolves around a central question: How can digital skills, knowledge, and data be wielded to foster the societal change we aspire to achieve?

Hackathon invites engineers, designers, public digital service experts, environmental experts, green transition experts, data experts, students, enthusiasts and visionaries from various fields to turn your expertise into a sustainable future.

Join with or without an idea, as an individual or with team members. Hackathon teams are formed at the opening night around the top ideas pitched. Teamwork is guided by industry experts as mentors, throughout the weekend.

Services for further development of the idea worth 3000€ will be awarded to the top team of the hackathon. Organizers will cover accommodation and catering for the participants, all you have to do is to show up. 

Registration to the hackathon is open until 23.59 May 8th. Read more and sign up: https://www.garage48.org/events/digi-green-hackathon

 

The hackathon is organised by the ECePS ERA Chair that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857622. The event is supported by the CEESEU-DIGIT project, funded by the European Union’s Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE 2014-2020) under grant agreement n° LIFE 101077297.

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.