groWING Hackathon 2022
building viable and impactful Solutions
12 – 13 September 2022
@ ofiçina (Instituti Harry Fultz), Tirana
The challenge and Awards
Participants will be contributing to one of the three following challenge themes:
#TechForAccess, #GreeningAlbania, #SocialImpact
The participating challenge hackers will have the opportunity to:
LEARN: to design effective market oriented solutions
WIN: the best teams will receive awards and various perks from the event partners.
CONTRIBUTE: to solving real challenges that help make Albania a better place to live
The best teams for each challenge will receive EUR 500+ each, plus various perks from event partners
Hackathon Agenda
Day 1:
12 September 2022
15.00 – 15.30 Welcoming and registration
15.30 – 16.00 Greetings & rules of the game
16:00 – 16:30 Know the challenge themes
16:30 – 17:00 Design thinking & lean startup approaches
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee break
17.15 – 17:30 Team forming and guidance
17:30 – 18.30 Problem definition
18.30 – 19.30 Solution ideation
19.30 – 20.00 Debriefing & wrap-up of the day
Day 2:
13 September 2022
10:00 – 10:30 Energising and 1st check-in
10:30 – 11:30 Solution design & prototyping
11:30 – 12:30 Mentoring session
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14.00 – 14.30 2nd check-in with teams
14:30 – 16:00 Prototyping and mentoring
16.00 – 17.30 Preparing presentations
Final pitching & Awards Ceremony
17:30 – 17:45 Registration & get together
17.45 – 19.00 Solutions pitching
19:00 – 19:45 GrowthTalk (Digital Nomads in Albania) & Jury Selections
19:45 – 19:50 Speech by H.E Ambassador of the European Union to Albania, Christiane Hohmann
19:50 – 20:00 Announcement of the awards
20:00 – 20:30 Cocktail and networking
Lead Mentors
The lead mentors will accompany you during the whole event. In addition, other mentors will join the event and support you during the specific mentoring sessions.
