Master Minds hackathon
Looking for support in forecasting competence needs, insights into future technologies or sustainable circular economy solutions? An enthusiastic team of highly skilled professionals from different fields of study is ready to address your organisation’s future challenges and strategic issues.
Master Minds hackathon is held twice each academic year: once in the autumn semester and once in the spring semester. Assignment proposals for the spring are due by the end of March, and for the autumn, by the end of the October.
In Turku UAS Master School’s hackathon, dozens of Master School students, i.e. active experts already qualified in working life, are ready to brainstorm solutions and out-of-the-box ideas for your organisation’s assignment.
The students will work remotely in multidisciplinary teams of five. Students’ fields of study can vary from healthcare to business, from culture to technology. Each assignment will be worked on by 10 teams.
Master Minds hackathon assignments can be related to your organisation’s future plans, foresight and/or challenges. The framework consists on three themes under which we hope the assignments will be structured:
- Circular economy and a sustainable future
- Forecasting future skills needs
- Future technologies, interaction between humans and technology
NOTE! In addition to submitting the assignment, we hope that you will be present (via Zoom remote connection) on the morning of the hackathon for the briefing of the teams and also in the afternoon to hear the results of the teams’ work.
Autumn hackathon 23.11.2026
Spring hackathon 26.4.2027
What is expected from the organisation giving the assignment?
Organisation
- will take part in a hackathon planning meeting (remotely) with the hackathon planning group at a time to be agreed separately.
- will submit a written description of the assignment (e.g. PowerPoint) and any preparatory material to be distributed to the students by the time agreed at the planning meeting.
- On the day of the hackathon:
- 8.30–9.30 am: to kick off the students’ work by presenting their own brief
- 15.00–17.00 to attend the presentation of the student teams’ results, provide feedback on the teams’ ideas and select the most innovative presentation/idea
- be available on the day of the hackathon, where possible, to answer questions from the student teams
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For whom? Businesses and organisations that want to develop their business and find solutions to current challenges or future strategies through the ideas of experts.
Price: participation is free of charge for the organisation.
When? Twice a year: in the spring and in the autumn. Assignment proposals for the spring are due by the end of March, and for the autumn, by the end of the October.
Location: the Master Minds Hackathon is an online event.
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