🇵🇹 EUDIS Defence Hackathon Demo-Day
Join us in Lisbon's centre for an afternoon of exciting discussions, networking opportunities, and insights into the latest trends in defence technology.
The EUDIS Defence Hackathon will be hosted in eight simultaneous hackathons at different national locations across EU Member States and Norway that tackle pressing defence challenges for the European Defence industry.
In addition to prizes to the top 3 winners, the eight national hackathon winners gain access to 40 hours of mentoring programme held over two months, get to pitch in front of EU Member States representatives, and the top three EU-wide winners get to attend an international high-tech event to pitch their solutions. The mentoring programme will support the eight winning teams in building sustainable and successful businesses, introducing them to important defence knowledge and contacts.
11:30 - Welcome coffee and arrivals
12:15 - Final Pitches from 15 Hackathon Projects
14:30 - Inspirational talk by Dário Pedro, Founder of BeyondVision
15:00 - Each location 🇪🇺 announces the winners by jury, in Portugal:
Marc Custódio, Head of Innovation at Critical Software
Rikard Gunzenheimer, Head of training systems at Saab AB.
Raul Lourenço, Representative from AED Cluster Portugal
Catarina Andrez, Representative from Ordem dos Engenheiros & Unicorn Factory
Cor. Pedro Costa, Representative from Portuguese Air Force
Prof. Joana Mendonça, Vice President at Instituto Superior Técnico
15h00 - Closing speech by David Jelnek, Policy Officer for Innovation at European Commission Defence Industry and Space.
16:30 - Central Hub goes live, awards and & speeches.
17:30 - Networking & Final notes
🙌 The demo-day is an invite-only event bringing together key players from government, military, industry, and tech to explore challenges and collaboration.
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✅ Tickets are available until Friday, October 17 at 12:00 PM. After this time, ticket sales will close for security reasons, and all guests must go through a security clearance process.
🚇 How to get to Tecnico Innovation Center: we suggest taking the Metro to Saldanha station, or using ride-sharing platforms like Bolt. 🚗 There is also a paid underground garage (e.g., Telpark Arco do Cego) available for drivers.