Mohyla Open Hackathon “BE FIRST: Future of Innovation, Resilience, Security, Technology” was held

The Kyiv Academic University and the Department of Marketing and Business Management and the Center for Sustainable Development Analytics and Business Modeling of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) held the third Mohyla Open Hackathon “BE FIRST: Future of Innovation, Resilience, Security, Technology” under the slogan ”Ideas without Borders: Generate, Act, Be!”

Areas of projects that participated:

• security and responses to the challenges of a changing world;
• European Green Deal and green transformation;
• sustainable industry and sustainable mobility;
• digital innovation and artificial intelligence;
• post-war recovery.

This event brought together young innovators, including students and young entrepreneurs, to create interesting projects to address current global challenges. The final was held in a two-day format, with the first online part on November 7 and the offline part on November 8. Participants presented their projects aimed at overcoming the challenges of the modern world, including resilience to global change, environmental sustainability, and the development of digital technologies.

The jury was very expert and impartial:

• Iryna Kubareva, Head of the Media Production Laboratory of the Kyiv Advertising Agency,
• Oleg Salamakha, Founder of Sertstat,
• Oleksiy Nishchyk, Chief Operating Officer for Education, Genesis,
• Olga Khmara, Intellectual Property Professional at the Innovation Ecosystem Development Unit of the Innovation Development Department of the IP Office,
• Vasyl Tymkovych, Founder of Simbioz,
• Mykola Korablov, startup representative, participant of the Hackathon 2023.

Moderated by:

Mykyta Safronenko, Vice President for Partnerships and Fundraising, Ukrainian-American Coordinating Center, at the online event
Vadym Gorenko, Head of Academic Startup Support, KAU.

At the in-person part, the Hackathon organizers focused on security, green transformation, sustainable industry, digital innovation, and post-war recovery. The teams and projects were very strong and the difference between the places was only a few points!

Our incredible winners are the following teams:

1. Yeco 1st place online
2. EchoShield 2nd place online
3. Okazuja 3rd place online

1. Antinakip 1st place offline
2. Fresh Keeper 2nd place offline
3. Biotechnology gel 3rd place offline.

We are grateful to our partners American Coordinating Center, Kyiv Academic University, Bogomolets National Medical University, Department of Marketing and Business Management, and Center for Sustainable Development Analytics and Business Modeling at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA).