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An ideathon is a sprint-like competition that brings together interdisciplinary teams of talented youth
… to collaborate and find innovative solutions to a presented challenge.
No team? No problem! We facilitate matchmaking.
Learn from inspiring talks from knowledgeable professionals and experts in the industry relating to the ideathon challenge.
Our ideathon will provide a choice of interesting and thought-provoking challenges for you and your team to solve.
We will provide mentors to offer guidance and advice to you and your team.
Meet new faces and make new friends over two days of engagement with like-minded people.
Gain valuable skills and knowledge from our training sessions and workshops.
Participants will have the opportunity to compete for team prizes. The nature of the prizes vary from event to event, as it depends on the sponsors.
All participants will receive a digital Certificate of Participation for successfully completing the programme.
Participating teams will have an opportunity to take professional photos together.
Would you like to receive direct updates when our next Ideathon Challenge is happening?
Then register your interest and we will contact you as soon as we are ready.
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On the 24th and 25th of May, we hosted an amazing 2-day Ideathon Competition, where students from different backgrounds formed teams to collaborate and solve AI-related challenges. Nine (9) teams that presented innovative solutions to challenges relating to AI in Healthcare and AI Safety.
They presented a First Aid AI solution to revolutionise emergency response with AI-driven guidance. The team consisted of Fredericoisrael Israel, Abdu Nafan, and Bertold Pal for their visionary project!
Their solution was an app that fights fake news, ensuring integrity in digital content. The team consisted of Orgil Munkhbaatar, Beatrice Vnučec, and Deborah Kangai.
Dóra Szabó, Msc – EIT Health Innovators Community Krisztina Kanál – EIT Health Innovators Community Husam Rajab, PhD – EIT Health Innovators Community Barnabas Malnay – SmartWare.tech Milan Alexy – AI Safety Hungary Kambar Orazbekov – AI Safety Hungary Gergő Gáspár – AI Safety Hungary Attila Ujvari – Industry expert
Our esteemed Jury members shared invaluable feedback and contributions. Their expertise and dedication played a crucial role in evaluating the innovative ideas presented.
Dr. Norbert Kriller – EIT Health Innovators Community Zsolt Bubori – EIT Health Innovators Community Ákos Tallós – Smartware.tech Hanna Gabor – AI Safety Hungary Vilmos Gábor – Industry Expert Péter Faykiss – Hungarian Innovation Hub
> Craig V. Johnson, GiLE Foundation
> Ghaith Ahmad, AI Safety Hungary
> Husam Rajab, EIT Health Innovators Community
> Design Thinking
> Ideathon Strategies & Time Management
> Hanna Gábor, Researcher (AI Safety)
> Ákos Tallós, Partner, (SmartWare.tech)
> Teamwork & Collaboration
Each applicant should submit the following:
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Anyone is welcome to participate in the Ideathon, just fill in the registration form.
Fill out the registration form online. We will then contact you shortly after the deadline to share the details/link to transfer your participation fee.
No, anyone interested in joining can apply.
You can join individually, or with a team. There will be matchmaking activities on the first day of the ideathon for you to form teams with fellow participants.
Participants should form teams of 4 or 5 people. You cannot have more than 5 people in your team.
No, you do not need to have any prior experience. Your interest in the topic is enough!
Plus, remember there will be pre-training and a workshop on the day of the event where you can familiarise yourself with several topics.
Not at all. This is not a programming event. You do not need to have any experience in programming to participate.
Yes, besides continuous support from the event organisers, there will be expert mentors onsite who will be able to assist you and your team during the event.
You are welcome to bring your own food and snacks. However, as part of the event, we will provide participants with dinner on Friday, Nov 8th, and lunch on Saturday, Nov 9th. We will also provide light snacks, water, coffee and tea.
Your laptop, phone, chargers. And notebook, and pens if you need them.
The winning team will receive a cash prize* of 200.000 HUF, and the second place team will receive 100.000 HUF.
* The total winning prize will, by default, be paid out to the designated group leader, except in valid exceptional cases. To be eligible for prize payment, the recipient(s) must hold a valid TAJ number and tax number (SZJA) in Hungary.
Yes. We have a participation fee of 3.000 HUF.
If you have any questions that are not answered in these FAQs, please feel free to write to us at:
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Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
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The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
Skills and requirements:
The following roles are currently available:
The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
Skills and requirements:
The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
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Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
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The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications required, however, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
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The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
Skills and requirements:
The role consists of:
Location: This role can be done in Budapest (Hungary) or remotely, from anywhere in the world.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are required. However, the candidate should have previous demonstrable experience.
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