HACK THE WASTE
21 - 22 March 2025 | 24 hour Hackathon

Schedule

Please note that the times are indicated in the timezone Europe/Copenhagen (GMT +0200).

18 Mar 2025


18:00 - 19:30: Icebraking and information session - ZOOM

What to expect of Hack the Waste. Code of conduct. Miro-board: Resource to support your process and progress. What happens next - before the Hack: Team formation + icebraking activities + choose name. What are the evaluation criteria during the Hackathon



21 Mar 2025


12:00 - 12:15: Welcome to Hack the Waste | Main ZOOM room

Yvonne Farrand, General Manager, Businet,


12:15 - 12:30: Presentation of the case | Main ZOOM room

Case presented by by Shanna Cloet from Fostplus Belgium


12:30 - 15:00: Independent work by teams. | Breakout rooms

Read and discuss case. Research the problem, understand the problem in its context. First round of ideation


15:00 - 16:00: Pitch 1: Framing the problem statement + first ideas + feedback | ZOOM Pitch rooms

5 min./team. Mentors give feedback

Please Join:

Breakout room 13 (Teams 01 - 06)

Breakout room 14 (Teams 07 - 12)


16:00 - 18:00: Independent work by teams | Breakout rooms

More ideation based on the feedback, choose what to research and develop


18:00 - 19:00: Pitch 2: what did we learn from feedback? | ZOOM Pitch rooms

3 min/Team. Ideas refined, plan of approach refined, + feedback from the mentors

Please Join:

Breakout room 13 (Teams 01 - 06)

Breakout room 14 (Teams 07 - 12)


19:00 - 23:00: Independent work by teams | Breakout rooms
22:00 - 22:30: Pitch Workshop - ROOM 15
23:00 - 23:30: Follow-up: what did we do until now? | ZOOM Pitch rooms

3 min./team

Please Join:

Breakout room 13 (Teams 01 - 06)

Breakout room 14 (Teams 07 - 12)


23:30 - 22/03/2025 04:00: Independent work by teams | Breakout rooms

22 Mar 2025


04:00 - 04:30: Follow-up: what did we do until now? | ZOOM Pitch rooms

3 min./team

Please Join:

Breakout room 13 (Teams 01 - 06)

Breakout room 14 (Teams 07 - 12)


04:30 - 07:00: Independent work by teams | Breakout rooms
07:00 - 07:30: Follow-up: what is going on with your marketing plan, risk assessment, product demo? | ZOOM Pitch rooms
07:30 - 09:00: Independent work by teams | Breakout rooms
09:00 - 09:15: Submit deliverables | Breakout Rooms

Students submit the deliverables, minus prototype, for the jury to review


09:15 - 10:00: Independent work by teams. | Breakout rooms

Continued work on Prototype and the Final Presentation


10:00 - 10:45: Presentation and demo of the solutions for the juries | ZOOM Pitch rooms

7 min./team


10:45 - 11:05: The juries evaluate and deliberate | Jury rooms
11:05 - 11:20: Final presentations by the FINALISTS for the juries and participants | Main ZOOM room

One team from each Pitch room - nominated by the juries. Both juries and all participating teams attend. 7 min./team


11:20 - 11:30: The juries and each team evaluate and deliberate
11:30 - 12:00: Announcement of the winning team | Main ZOOM room

Congrats + feedback + wrap-up