AI Hackathon Unboxed
AI Hackathon Unboxed by PwC Greece will bring talented students from the Univercity of Macedonia to tackle real-world challenges across diverse industries.
Objectives:
- Foster innovation and practical AI applications.
- Strengthen partnerships with academia and the tech community.
- Deliver impactful solutions that can be piloted quickly.
Setup:
- 5 Teams of 5 Students from Bachelors and Masters programs in Business Analytics and Applied Informatics.
- Each team will use Microsoft Azure components to design and implement their product.
- Contest facilitation by Analytics & AI Hub PwC employees.
Awards:
1st winner 3000 euro
2nd winner 2000 euro
3rd winner 1000 euro
December 5th 2025
Agenda
Day 1: Build day #1
15.00 - 15.30
Registration
Main Venue - Registration
Arrival of participants, check-in at the registration desk.
15.30 - 15.45
Welcome and logistics
Main Venue - Registration
Agenda, communication, code of conduct.
15.45 - 16.45
Intro Session: Hackathon Brief
Main Venue
Problem statements, expected outcomes, data access, deliverables, demo format, judging criteria. WiFi/Azure setup desk open. Team formation announcements.
16.45 - 17.00
Coffee Break
Main Venue - Registration
17.00- 17.45
Build Block 1
Venue II - WorkStation
Problem framing, data plan, architecture sketch.
17.45 - 18.30
Build Block 2
Venue II - WorkStation
Solution design and data consideration.
18.30 - 18.45
Coffee Break
Main Venue - Registration
18.45 - 19.10
Build Block 3
Venue II - WorkStation
Conclude on core features, baseline models/agents
19.10 - 20.00
End‑of‑day recap
Venue II - WorkStation
Each team posts 3 bullets (done/blocked/next) in Teams.
20.00 - 21.00
Dinner
Foyer
Day 2: Build & Validate
8.30 - 9.00
Welcome Breakfast
Main Venue - Registration
9.00 - 9.30
Check‑in
Venue II - WorkStation
Blockers clinic (quick triage with mentors)
9.30 - 13.30
Build Block 4
Venue II - WorkStation
Coding - Wire the agent/tools, end-to-end flow.
13.30 - 14.10
Lunch
Foyer
14.10 - 16.30
Build Block 5
Venue II - WorkStation
Coding - UX
16.30 - 16.45
Break
Main Venue
16.45 - 18.00
Pitch coaching and demo dryruns with mentors
Venue II - WorkStation
Polish and pitch prep. Produce short slide deck (problem, architecture, demo flow, impact).
18.00 - 18.10
Break
Main Venue
18.10 - 20.45
Build Block 5.2
Main Venue
Keep Coding
20.45 - 21.15
Dinner
Foyer
Day 3: Polish & Pitch
9.00 - 9.30
Welcome Breakfast
Main Venue - Registration
9.30 - 12.00
Build Block 6
Venue II - WorkStation
Demo and ppt prep . Produce short slide deck (problem, architecture, demo flow, impact).
12.00 - 12.10
Break
Main Venue - Registration
12.10 - 14.00
Finalize demo and tech check
Venue II - WorkStation
14.00 - 15.00
Lunch
Foyer
15.00 - 15.50
Final submissions
Main Venue
Submit repo, slides, demo, data sources
15.50 - 16.50
Team Presentations
Main Venue
15′ live demo + 5′ Q&A (strict timekeeping).
17.00 - 19.30
Invited to Techstars Pitching
Main Venue
19.30 - 20.00
Dinner
Foyer
19.30 - 20.00
Judging Decision
Conf Room
20.00 - 21.00
Winners Announcement and Prizes Ceremony Techstars & Hackathon
Main Venue
21.00
AI Party
Judges
