Oπe\n Hackathon - 2024

Innovate for Sustainability

When: 21-22 November 2024

The Challenge

This year’s hackathon invites you to innovate for a sustainable future by developing demo applications that address one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Use GenAI tools, like Google Vertex AI, to rapidly prototype and bring your ideas to life. Dive into our event, where you’ll explore cutting-edge technologies, showcase your creativity, and contribute to global sustainability efforts.

The Winners

Expert League Winners

Elea Team

SDG #3 – Good Health and Well-Being

TEAM

Senior AI/ML Eng | Product Security Lead | General Surgeon
JP1L6210

IDEA

Personal AI health assistant. Users upload their medical test results. It analyzes, identifies abnormal values and provides simple, personalized recommendations on diet and exercise. Visualize medical history and propose medical specialists.

Novice League Winners

FoodZone01

SDG #2 – Zero Hunger
SDG #3 – Good Health and Well-Being

TEAM

Code Monkey | Incognito Developer | Sustainability Evangelist | ntegration Ninja Unicorn | Zen Coder
JP1L6094

IDEA

An AI powered app to tackle food waste and food inventory management. Scan groceries, track when the food is likely to expire, and alert. Suggest recipes based on the available ingredients in the pantry. Use computer vision to scan and recognize food and predictive models to estimate their shelf life

Most Innovative Solution

Traffic LightWave

SDG #3 – Health
SDG #11 – Sustainability
SDG #13 – Climate

TEAM

SW. Eng MSC UniPi | DevOps Eng MSC UniPi | Student AUEB | Cybersecurity Consultant MSC UNIWA | Student AUEB
JP1L6078

IDEA

Use road intersection’ cameras to collect raffic data, ML to process them, and continuously adjust traffic light timings to tackle traffic congestions. Process the real-time and historical data and manage decision-making on which lights to turn green or red and for how long. System will also learn and adapt over time.

Best Use of Resources

UniNote

SDG #4 – Education
SDG #9 – Innovation

TEAM

CEO, Student AUEB |
CPO, FE Dev, UI/UX Dev | CTO, API, BE Dev
JP1L6134

IDEA

Enhance a digital training platform for students, that offers ‘knowledge shots’, interactive video lessons, combining education with fun in a gamified “Duolingo-like” environment. Integrate AI-powered OCR, allowing students to ask questions directly related to the notes or materials they’re studying.

Most Fun Project/Team

Sustain-a-Thors

SDG #12 – Responsible Consumption and Production

TEAM

Data Analytics Team Lead | 
ML Team Lead | Senior ML Eng |
Data Analytics Eng |
Data Analytics Eng
JP1L6167

IDEA

A personalized Household Supplies Agent to manage Home supply stock, addressing overconsumption patterns. Allow online groceries’ ordering, monitoring of consuming habits and offering insights on overstocking minimization. DB of all purchased stock, Nutritional Habit Tracking,  Expiration dates alerts, Personalized grocery lists

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The Judges and Mentors

A diverse panel of judges from academia to business enhancing the validity and comprehensiveness of the final decision.

Check out our Judges

Mentors help teams define and refine their ideas, overcome blockers get targeted expertise and develop a great outcome.

Check out our Mentors

Sponsor

As our sponsor, OPAP provides financial backing and shares values of integrity and community engagement.

Powered by Google Cloud

Google Cloud provides vital support and resources for our hackathon. Their advanced cloud technology empowers participants to innovate and collaborate effectively.

ECP Satellite Event

Recognized as a Satellite Event of the European Commission’s European Climate Pact.

SDSN Youth Greece

Honored to have the support of SDSN Youth Greece.

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