{"id":26757,"date":"2025-05-05T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/?p=26757"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:54:26","slug":"pr-eu-code-week-hackathon-finals-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/pr-eu-code-week-hackathon-finals-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release &#8211; EU Code Week Hackathon Finals 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26775 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-539x303.jpg 539w, https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Brussels, 5 May 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello, Future! \u2013 Technical Solutions for a Changing World\u201d<br \/>\nEU Code Week Hackathon Finals 2024 Celebrate Young Innovators Tackling Global Challenges Through Technology<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 edition of the EU Code Week Hackathon Finals has officially concluded, marking the end of an exciting journey that brought together some of Europe\u2019s brightest young minds to develop technical solutions for an evolving digital landscape. Held online on 30 April 2025, the grand finale brought together seven national winning teams, made up of students aged 15 to 19, to present their projects on a European stage.<\/p>\n<p>Over recent months, 822 participants took part in national hackathons across Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, T\u00fcrkiye, Greece, Ukraine, and France. The top teams from each country advanced to the finals, where they pitched their tech-driven solutions, demonstrating a high standard of creativity and presentation, to a live audience and an expert panel of jurors.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cHello, Future \u2013 Technical Solutions for a Changing World,\u201d challenged participants to harness their digital skills and creativity to design impactful innovations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalist teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia \u2013 Dev&#8217;s of Imo AI<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania \u2013 Codeocrats<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenia \u2013 We take showers daily<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 DATA DRAGONS<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece \u2013 Synergy Solutions<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine \u2013 Trident<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 France \u2013 SkillBeam<\/p>\n<p>The online event was opened by <span class='tooltipsall tooltip_post_id_24792 classtoolTips24792'>Altheo Valentini<\/span>, Chair of the Board at All Digital and General Manager of EGInA SRL, who commended the participants for their ingenuity and commitment:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreative minds across Europe have come together. I\u2019m excited to see the results of your teamwork and dedication. This hackathon showed that digital skills can empower talent, communities, and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners and awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three outstanding teams were recognised for their innovative projects:<br \/>\nLithuania\u2019s Codeocrats received the Jury Award for Briefify, a tool that enhances digital productivity through intelligent text summarisation. Ukraine\u2019s Trident earned the Audience Award for FocusED Baby, an educational assistant designed to improve focus and learning in young children. The Combined Winner, Greece\u2019s Synergy Solutions, impressed both jury and audience with Remedy, an intuitive healthcare platform that streamlines access to treatment and medical support.<\/p>\n<p>As the overall winner, Greece will receive a remote internship with UnyoCorp, mentorship from Matrix, inclusion in the All Digital Hall of Fame, and official certificates. Lithuania will receive Micro:bit kits, Matrix mentorship, Hall of Fame inclusion, and certificates. Ukraine will benefit from personalised coaching from All Digital, Hall of Fame recognition, and certificates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final was hosted by David Mekkaoui, CEO of All Digital, and co-moderated by Firdeus Kasaj, a past hackathon winner and CEO of UnyoCorp, who shared his experiences to inspire the next generation of digital changemakers. The panel of expert jurors included:<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Sheridan \u2013 Matrix Internet<br \/>\nKathrin Philipp \u2013 Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin \/ ENHANCE Alliance<br \/>\nIoannis Gaviotis \u2013 European Commission, DG CONNECT<br \/>\n<span class='tooltipsall tooltip_post_id_24792 classtoolTips24792'>Altheo Valentini<\/span> \u2013 All Digital \/ EGInA SRL<\/p>\n<p>Audience members engaged in real-time voting via Mentimeter, contributing to the inclusive and democratic spirit of the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The success of the 2024 Hackathons sets the stage for an even more impactful edition in 2025, under the theme: \u201cFrom Code to Community: Bridging Digital Skills and Social Impact.\u201d As digital innovation continues to transform our world, EU Code Week remains committed to equipping young Europeans with the skills to lead, innovate, and connect.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about EU Code Week Hackathons, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/codeweek.eu\/hackathons\">https:\/\/codeweek.eu\/hackathons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Brussels, 5 May 2025 \u201cHello, Future! \u2013 Technical Solutions for a Changing World\u201d EU Code Week Hackathon Finals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":26776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26777,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26757\/revisions\/26777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-digital.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}