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House of Science, Riga

3–4 dec

CyberBazaar Hackathon

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The most cyber secure hackathon in the Baltics

Are you a student in the Baltics? Get ready to meet your future colleagues! Participate in the 2024 CyberBazaar Hackathon to tackle real-world challenges and create fresh solutions for the future of cyber security. Be part of the action!

The hackathon will take place on-site at the campus of the University of Latvia (House of Science, Jelgavas Street 3, Riga) on 3-4 December 2024.

Registration for the hackathon has closed.

Info

How to sign up

  • Participation is open to students from the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
  • All participants must be at least 16 years old.
  • Participants can sign up as a team (up to 5 members) or as individual participants.
  • Teams can also be formed at a later stage (communication in Discord).
  • Individual participants without a team will be able to choose a challenge and will be assigned a team by the organizers.
  • Teams will notify the organisers about the team composition (team lead, team members) by 15:00 on 3 December via Discord.

Rules

  • Challenge topics will be announced on the website in due time.
  • After the kick-off, the organisers will present each challenge in detail.
  • Each team will pick one challenge to address and will notify the organisers about their choice by 15:00 on 3 December via Discord.
  • Each team will have no more than 24 hours to generate ideas to address the chosen challenge.
  • Teams will submit their ideas by 13:00 on 4 December via Discord.
  • Each team will have the opportunity to present their ideas to the jury.
  • The jury will assess all the submitted ideas and will select the best idea for each challenge.

Topics

Challenge topics

  • Cybersecurity Governance
  • Cybersecurity Innovations
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Raising

More information will be provided to the hackathon participants on-site.

Venue

Agenda

December 3

  • 10:00-12:00

    Arrival & Registration

  • 11:00-12:00

    Morning Coffee

  • 12:00-12:15

    Official Welcome & Kick-Off

  • 12:15-13:00

    Presentations of the Challenges

  • 13:00

    START OF THE HACKATHON

  • 13:00-13:30

    Matchmaking & Team Composition

  • 13:30-14:30

    Lunch

  • 14:30-16:30

    Hacking Time

  • 16:30-17:00

    Coffee Break

  • 17:00-19:00

    Hacking Time

  • 19:00-20:00

    Dinner & Free Time

December 4

  • 09:00-10:00

    Morning Coffee

  • 10:00-13:00

    Hacking Time

  • 13:00

    IDEA SUBMISSION DEADLINE

  • 13:00-14:00

    Lunch

  • 14:00-16:00

    Team Presentations

  • 16:00-16:30

    Coffee Break

  • 16:30-17:30

    Awards & Winners’ Presentations

  • 17:30-18:00

    Official Closing of the Hackathon

  • 18:00-19:00

    Coffee & Networking

  • 19:00

    Farewell

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