Hackathon Workshops with business and industry representatives

CrazyTown team from Finland were in Tirana early October to conduct two preparatory workshops: one with representatives of industries/ businesses and the other with Universities, aiming at introducing to them the concept of hackathons as a powerful tool to mobilise resources and create value together; and then discussing and defining some possible challenges worth solving as themes for the hackathons. Among the preliminary hackathon themes identified during the workshops, there are: “Tirana Smart City”, “Sustainable tourism and experience economy” and “Digitisation of Albanian industry and business”. Should you be interested in the presentation material shared during the workshops, please check the links below:

EU for Innovation Workshop on hackathons for business

EU for Innovation Workshop on hackathons for universities

As part of its mission to strengthen the innovation ecosystem of Albania, the EU for Innovation project, in cooperation with Crazytown, will organise a series of hackathons and one boot-camp to bring together Albanian universities and startups, in solving real-life challenges from industry and society.

The first hackathon is planned to take place in December 2019. Stay connected to get more insight on these inspiring events in the upcoming weeks.

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