The hackathon “Portathon”, which invites to create advanced solutions for the ports of today and the future, will gather the international community of innovators this year from September 30 to October 2. The initiative was born in Klaipėda four years ago. The hackathon’s main base is in the lively port city of Lithuania, and international partners also get involved every year. This year, Portathon is expanding its wings even more by joining the European university alliance EU-CONEXUS.

The main thematic categories of challenges of “Portathon 2022” are logistics, energy, wellbeing/ sustainable environment of ports and port cities, cyber security.

Hackathon participants traditionally dedicate 48 hours to generating solutions. Several teams, whose presented solutions will be recognized as the best, will be awarded 1,000 EUR cash prizes.

The main organizers and leading core of “Portathon” is the Lithuanian Maritime Cluster, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and Klaipėda State Seaport Authority. The latter organization became the first to present its challenges to hackathon teams this year.

Teams/ participants registration: https://bit.ly/ParticipantsPortathon2022

Mentor registration: https://bit.ly/MentorsPortathon2022

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