Call for challenges open

Submit your challenge and participate to Ocean Hackathon® from 17 to 19 October 2025 in the local edition near you.  

Choose your local edition on the map, visit their page to have more informations and deposit your challenge.

Apply before May 15, 2025. 

Why submit a challenge? 

• Explore an idea, materialize a project, or remove a technical barrier
• Form a multidisciplinary team to develop all aspects of their project
• Have access to tools and data provided by the partners of Ocean Hackathon®
• Receive advise from coaches during the weekend. Benefit from their technical, scientific and project expertise
• Discover the innovative community of the city/region and expand their network
• Join the international community and discover a remarkably interesting panel of projects

What is a challenge?

A challenge in Ocean Hackathon® is either a simple idea or an idea that fulfils a nedd of the maritime community or a more mature project that needs a boost or special expertise. The owners of the challenge can be legal entities or individual people. 

To be taken into consideration, the challenge must:

• be linked with the ocean and seas, their sustainable development and/or their preservation
• lead to new ideas and/or innovative solutions
• be based on the use of data
• require the development of a prototype during the event

What are the evaluation criteria to win your local edition and to participate to the Grande Finale in Brest?

Choose your local edition and submit your challenge before May 15,2025. 

You still have some doubts and questions, register to participate to the webinar on April 23, 2025 (16:00 CEST, UTC+2).

Register for the webinar

Agenda

Rules of Ocean Hackathon® 

Contacts

Do not hesitate to contact the coordination team of Ocean Hackathon®:

• General & Data - Laura| laura.perrin@tech-brest-iroise.fr
• Communication - Juliette | juliette.rimetz@tech-brest-iroise.fr