Garage48 Food hackathon happening on 22 – 24 October is open for registration and idea submission!
ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF FOOD?
Garage48 Food hackathon happening on 22 – 24 October is open for registration and idea submission!
Participation is for free and you can register without an idea and join a team that has one or with an idea and form a team with skilled individuals who are looking for an idea to work on.
👉 Learn more about the hackathon and register HERE.
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WHO
We invite bio- and food technologists, software developers, (UX/UI) designers, product developers, food policy experts, entrepreneurs, marketers, food safety professionals, nutritionists, and business visionaries!
WHERE
Garage48 Food will take place both as an ON-SITE (at the Estonian University of Life Sciences) and ONLINE event.
WHAT
For software development related solutions, teams have to develop a clickable prototype in 48 hours.
For physical food development related solutions, teams have to create a short master plan in 48 hours, i.e. step-by-step of what they want to develop, what they need for it, the expected outcome, etc. together with a clickable prototype of their product (a mobile app, landing page).
CHALLENGES
We invite participants to solve the following challenges.
- Smart food chain. 2. Food safety. 3. Healthy nutrition and consumer education. 4. Novel animal feed. 5. Valorization, processing and development of plant-based food. 6. Bio and circular economy in food technology.
PRIZES
We have prizes for both software-related and physical food related solutions that help you to execute your ideas and develop them further!
*** 2 x 2000€ VALUE – ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES and POLLI HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER LABORATORIES ***
Food safety pack – mentorship (2 x 4 hours) on food microbiological and chemical hazards and related food safety indicators and food durability studies and HACCP-based self-control system design. 2 x 4 hours of consultation by other desired specialists. Product development tests and analyzes within the possibilities of the Plantvalor laboratories (https://plantvalor.ee/index.php/masinapark/).
*** 3000€ VALUE – TFTAK LABORATORY ***
Win consultation, mentorship, and the opportunity to conduct experiments in their pilot lab and analyses with analytical equipment. The total value of the prize is 3000 €.
*** 2500€ VALUE – BIOCC LABORATORY ***
Food or food supplement Product Launch Kit – everything necessary for getting a food product ready for market, including consultation with professional product developers, food safety analysis for registering a product with PTA, microbiological and production hygiene sample taking, stability and shelf-life trials and advisory services relating to health claims and organic labels.
*** 2500€ VALUE- TALTECH LABORATORY ***
Mentorship (10h) using TalTech University staff, depending on the topic. Use of the lab space with the limited number of instruments in the lab.
*** GARAGE48 DESIGN AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MENTORSHIP PRIZE ***
Post hackathon mentorship of 2 months by Garage48 design and development experts.
*** BUSINESS CONSULTATION AND TRAINING ***
Tartu Business Advisory Services (Tartu Ärinõuandla) – business consultation for the best teams and participation in a 7 – day business training programme for 2 teams.
Tartu Biotechnology Park – 5 hours of consultation for 2 teams.
*** AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT: CLIMATE LAUNCHPAD TOP2022 ***
One best post-laboratory and/or mentorship programme team has an opportunity to enter the TOP20 of the biggest green ideas competition – ClimateLaunchpad 2022!
DEADLINES
Ideas submission is open until October 17th, 23:59 EEST.
👉 For any additional questions contact us at food@garage48.org
Participation in this event is supported by the European Union, European Regional Development Fund Estonian University of Life Sciences ASTRA Project „Value-chain based bioeconomy 2“ and Estonian Research Council via ResTA programme.