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The Hackathon Winners' Playbook
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Insights from our AI Hackathon champions Luis Beqja and Samuel Berton on what it really takes to win - from team formation to the perfect pitch.
Paths to North Star
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AI Hackathon I
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March 8, 2025
Our first AI hackathon - hosted at The Beacon with over 60 participants
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SIGNAL I
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June 5, 2025
Our first SIGNAL AI meetup featuring expert speakers from Bugify and imec, exploring the collapse of modern software development and social robotics.
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Robotics Hackathon I
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June 14, 2025
Our first 2-day hackathon co-organized with HuggingFace
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SIGNAL II
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August 21, 2025
Talks by AI and robotics experts, live demos, and networking with pizza & drinks at The Beacon.
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AI Hackathon III
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August 30, 2025
🚀 Over 400 man-hours of innovation packed into one weekend! Winners: Judges' Favorite, AI's Choice, and Atlas categories.
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BruCon Security Conference
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September 25, 2025
🛡️ Belgium's premier security and hacker conference in Mechelen. World-class speakers, security challenges, and deep-technical training with 600+ cybersecurity professionals.
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Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon ⭐️🧇
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October 11, 2025
Belgian chapter of the Worldwide Kids AI Vibecoding Hackathon. Ages 9-13, 4-hour creative coding experience across multiple cities in Belgium.
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FUTURE IN BLOOM PT1
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October 18, 2025
🤖 A co-working, make-athon - 1st part of our FUTURE IN BLOOM series. Embodied AI is coming, and we need to be ready for it.
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Tectonic
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November 5, 2025
Europe's premier tech conference addressing AI's impact on work and society, geopolitics, and digital autonomy. Connecting startups, investors, and policymakers at Wintercircus, Ghent.
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Cassini Hackathon - Consumer Experience
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November 7, 2025
🛰️ EU Space hackathon across 10 locations. BeCentral Brussels for Belgium. Gaming, sports, and travel challenges using Galileo, Copernicus & EGNOS data.
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27th Belgium NLP Meetup
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November 20, 2025
AI and multi-agent systems meetup at The Beacon. From Monolith to Multi-Agent architectures, exploring production-ready AI systems.
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Agentic Payments Hackathon with Stripe
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November 22, 2025
💳 Hack, pilot and ship payment experiences using Stripe APIs. Build bold payment experiences with agents and automation at Commons Hub Brussels.
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Get Sip Done: Antwerp Kick-Off
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November 28, 2025
Exclusive power breakfast networking with 50 founders, leaders, and investors from Antwerp's innovation ecosystem. Coffee, pastries, and high-quality connections at The Beacon.
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Museum Night: Lost in Diffusion
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December 4, 2025
Algorave at Wintercircus with Design Museum Gent. Live-coded music and visuals generated from museum collection data. Preview of the new permanent collection through algorithmic visualization.
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Robotics for Good Youth Challenge - Belgium Finals 🤖🌾
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March 21, 2026
National championship for Belgium's official ITU Robotics for Good Youth Challenge. Winners represent Belgium at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.
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