Hackathon "Fire Shield 2024": even more attention and funds for defense innovation
Fri, Oct 04
|KTU Santakos Slėnis
Coinvest Capital will closely monitor the teams' progress during the hackathon. For the most promising ones - millions in potential investments.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2024, 5:00 PM – Oct 06, 2024, 5:00 PM
KTU Santakos Slėnis, K. Baršausko g. 59, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
About the event
The cyber defense and security innovation hackathon "Ugninis skydas 2024," initiated by the Lithuanian Rifle Association, will take place in Kaunas on October 4-6. Kaunas Science and Technology Park "Tech Park Kaunas" and three investment funds joined forces in organizing the hackathon. The initiative is sponsored by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation.
The goal of the Hackathon "Ugninis skydas 2024" organizers - the Lithuanian Rifle Association and the technology park "Tech Park Kaunas" - is to unite specialists with different competencies so that they share their knowledge and experience and create new products designed to solve the security challenges facing the state.
At the hackathon, specialists in electronics, engineering, cyber security, artificial intelligence, drone operators, and researchers who can gather in teams are especially welcome. Individual participants who are indifferent to their country's security will be able to join the formed teams.
This year, it is planned to allocate…