BIONIKA/ HACKATON

October 20 2023 is a chance to showcase your talent

Accept the hackaton challenge by top companies from Gorenjska

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Attention High School and University Students,

You are learning incredible skills and have ideas of your own. But how do you know those skills and ideas are actually something real world companies can use?

They have powerful technology from AI, to fast internet and autonomous systems. But they also have a problem – today no technology works well if it needs 10 scientists in lab coats to operate the screen.

Getting new industrial technology to work as easy and intuitive as instagram is one of the biggest deciding factors weather a tech business grows fast or struggles to keep up.

How can you tell technology is easy to use? It has to make sense to young people. To the connected generation. To you.

Here’s how you can help.

STEP 1

Apply to Gorenjski Hackaton.

STEP 2

Accept one of 3 challenges to solve a User Experience problem.

No coding required, just concepts.

STEP 3

Pick the right technology, suggest how it comes together and looks to people using it.

STEP 4

Present to a panel of company CEOs and industry insiders.

STEP 5

Win and get a chance to see your idea get built. And take home a nice prize.

Start working with companies.

The real win is in making yourself seen to companies by working on their actual problems. It’s the best resume footnote by far and a good way to start a conversation about working together, an intership or learning more about the business.

Learn more about specific challenges below and submit a team application via the form. If you don’t have a team of 4, you can apply alone and we’ll match you with someone great.

See you at Gorenjski Hackaton.

CHALLENGE DETAILS

PROVIDE INTUITIVE REMOTE SUPPORT

how to support a technician in the field by experts in the labusing a smartphone, internet and AI powered user interface.

TRACK CARGO IN A FACTORY OR WAREHOUSE

how to track carts and cargo in a factory or warehouse using wireless networks, sensors, drones or other technologies.

SAVE ENERGY WITH SMART METERS

how to use a smart electricity meter to make most use of solar power, get the best electricity price or manage other sensors, EVs and appliances.

HACKATON DAY STRUCTURE

Gorenjski Hackaton 2023 is a one day event dealing with three priorities:
selection of best technology, workflow concepts, user experience.

At the start of the event, you will be briefed by a mentor on what the company is already doing. And where they need help.

The tool you need to bring along is your brain. Everything else is paper, crayons, whiteboards and power point.

At the end of the day you will present your idea to a panel. It will be a 5 minute presentation. And you will be rated. The team with the most points takes home the prize.

It wont be all work though. Set in Kovacnica in the center of Kranj, there will be time to chat, meet people and grab something to eat.

You can come alone. Or even better, apply as a team of four students.

Submit your interest by filling out the form below. Specify your level of skill or operation as either school, university or company and submit.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

https://kovacnica.si/blog/gorenjski-hekaton-splosni-pogoji-sodelovanja/

ORGANIZERS

Mestna občina Kranj supports the growth of expansion of local industries and seeks ways to enable young people to connect with growing companies and see a future for themselves in the region.

Kovačnica supports entrepreneurs and innovators on their journey to taking ideas and shaping them into a business. It also hosts tech and business focused activities for youth and students.

Bionika is a platform of enterprises, higher education and local stakeholders, aimed to make available the latest skills needed to succeed in a digital economy, both in forms of upskilling employees with professional trainings and a new ECTS recognized program.