MAIN Summit | The largest student Hackathon in the Netherlands
One Future. Where every field meets AI.
500 students. Every field. One room in Maastricht. Two days to build something real, with OpenAI and ElevenLabs behind you.
This is not another lecture about AI. You team up with people you would never meet in class, build a working AI product in two days, and fight for a spot on the main stage in front of the jury, the speakers and the whole room.
Organised by MAIN, the Maastricht AI & Tech Network, and powered by OpenAI, with credits for every participant from OpenAI and ElevenLabs.
Places are limited. Apply now.
What's waiting for you
OpenAI and ElevenLabs credits for every builder, free. Build with the tools everyone is talking about.
Prizes from OpenAI and ElevenLabs for the teams that build the best.
People from everywhere: internationals from every field, from computer science and business to law, psychology and medicine.
An OpenAI keynote on the main stage, plus former Microsoft Netherlands leadership, all included with your place.
Build something real in two days
After the opening keynotes on Friday, the clock starts. You build through the evening with mentors at your table and a room full of people doing the same. On Saturday morning, submissions close. The jury picks the strongest teams to pitch live on the main stage, and the winners walk away with prizes from OpenAI and ElevenLabs.
Every field. Every background. One room.
The coder sits next to the law student. The economist argues with the psychologist. The future doctor sketches the user flow. We expect students from more than 30 universities, with student organisations from the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland bringing their own teams to one of Europe's most international student cities. Arrive on Friday not knowing anyone, and leave on Saturday with a team, a working prototype and friends across Europe.
No code? No problem.
The best teams have someone who builds it, someone who frames it and someone who stress-tests it. We pick about 40% technical, 40% business and 20% law and social-science students, so there is a seat for you whatever you study. Apply alone or with friends: name each other and we approve you together where we can.
We've done this before
MAIN is a student-led community of 650+ members in Maastricht. In September, more than 200 students applied for 100 places at our MAIN × SpaceX AI Hackathon, all within one week. In October we co-organised the Hong Kong AI Summit with Erasmus AI Society and HKUST, where 229 builders from 16 universities shipped 56 prototypes in 24 hours. Maastricht is next, and it is our biggest yet.