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.

  1. 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.

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