Discover the details of our upcoming 24-hour in-person hackathon, tailored specifically for students and aspiring entrepreneurs, along with its associated prizes.
March 14th and 15th, 2025, in Toulouse and Rochefort (France), Coimbra (Portugal), and Murcia, Valladolid, and Badajoz (Spain). So click here!
Register now for our webinar HACK4SCAIRA Info Day (21/02)!
First of all, don’t plan for 14 and 15 March because we’re hosting an event for students and entrepreneurs with innovative ideas or projects who need excellent technical, market, and legal advice to take them to the next level. Keep reading!
During these dates, within the framework of the second call of the SCAIRA project, the HACK4SCAIRA event will take place simultaneously in France, Portugal, and Spain, an in-person, 24-hour hackathon that has as its primary objective to enlist entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs in our six-month European start-up acceleration programme. And now… let’s go into detail!
⁉️What’s a hackathon?
In case you never heard about it, according to ChatGPT, “a hackathon is an event, typically lasting between 24 and 48 hours, where individuals or teams come together to collaboratively solve problems, develop innovative solutions, or create prototypes. Participants, often from diverse fields such as technology, design, business, and engineering, work intensively to brainstorm, code, and present their ideas within the set timeframe. Hackathons are commonly organized around specific themes or challenges (e.g., sustainability, healthcare, or artificial intelligence) and are popular in industries like software development, start-ups, and research projects. These events promote creativity, teamwork, and rapid innovation, often culminating in presentations or pitches to judges or stakeholders.”
🚀What’s HACK4SCAIRA?
HACK4SCAIRA is an in-person hackathon-type competition promoted and hosted by the partners of the SCAIRA project simultaneously in France, Portugal, and Spain, whose main goal is to seek future entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs to join our 6-month acceleration European programme. Whether you’re passionate about technology, innovation, or creating a lasting impact in your community, this is your opportunity to take the leap and make your ideas thrive.
💌To whom is it addressed?
Generally speaking, HACK4SCAIRA is designed to bring together forward-thinkers, problem-solvers, and trailblazers ready to reshape aerospace and automotive industries. Ideally, fearless and creative students and would-be entrepreneurs who dream of turning environmental and climatic issues into opportunities to ensure a fair and inclusive change for all.
📍Where will it take place?
The competition will take place in person and simultaneously in the following cities:
- Toulouse (Occitanie), France; hosted by Aerospace Valley and IMT Mines Alès.
- Rochefort (Nouvelle Aquitaine), France; hosted by CARO.
- Coimbra, Portugal; hosted by HIESE.
- Murcia (Murcia region), Spain; hosted by CEEIM and supported by the following regional sponsors: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Sub Up Hostel, and Info Región de Murcia.
- Badajoz (Extremadura region) Spain; hosted by FUNDECYT
- Valladolid (Castilla y León region) Spain; hosted by ICE.
👾How does the competition work?
During the 24 hours that HACK4SCAIRA will last, you will have to solve, in teams of two to five members, the different Challenges proposed by the illustrious industrial partners of the project: Airbus and Renault Group. But no cause for alarm, because the participant teams will freely choose their Challenge from among the options proposed. Moreover, it will be possible to change the choice of Challenge until the beginning of the event. Remember that multiple competing teams are likely to undertake the same Challenge.
On the day of the competition, your team will have to work with a collective mindset to solve the Challenge selected. The solution that comes up after all the enriching and creative efforts will be presented to the challenge’s corresponding jury during a five- to eight-minute presentation that will take place at the end of HACK4SCAIRA. Article 11 of the Competition rules describes the assessment criteria. Take a look at it!
📓How does a Challenge look like?
To get a taste of what’s to come, we recommend that you take a look at the Challenges proposed by Airbus Atlantic and Renault Group :
🎟️What do you compete for?
Simply put, it serves as a technologically advanced entry point towards SCAIRA. Each international winner (one winner per challenge) will benefit from an exclusive tailor-made training course to fast-track their participation in our acceleration programme. As well as a local prize(s) to award the local winner that will be unveiled soon…
🔋BootCamps ahead: time to team up!
As we are aware that despite living in the age of hyperconnectedness it is sometimes difficult to find people with the same entrepreneurial appetite, we will soon host 3 online bootcamps (one for each participating country). Thanks to these interactive workshops, you will be able to find out all the details of the event from the official organisers, ask all the questions that come to your mind and, more importantly, explore the possibility of forming teams to participate in HACK4SCAIRA.
💻 Registration journey
The registration process, for which you will have to fill in a simple form hosted on this page individually. So click here!
➡️ Webinar: HACK4SCAIRA Info Day
If you have arrived here with some questions to be answered, don’t worry, register now for our webinar HACK4SCAIRA Info Day (21/02)! That will be your chance to:
- Learn how our 24-hour, high-energy hackathon is the perfect platform to showcase your entrepreneurial ideas and problem-solving skills.
- Discover first-hand the Challenges that our industrial partners will put on the table.
- Find out how the hackathon acts as a gateway to our start-up acceleration programme, designed to support your growth in the aerospace and automotive sector.
- Get your questions answered and network with entrepreneurs, developers, and like-minded visionaries to participate in the hackathon.
Click here to download the HACK4SCAIRA Competition rules. Innovation is in your hands, and we’re here to help you take it further: sign up for HACK4SCAIRA and join a thriving community of people like you!
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