Hackathon ideas for companies
A list of hackathon ideas for your corporate, institution, or entity in 2024.
Published on the 25th of July 2024. 3.5 min read.
Introduction
Considering hosting a hackathon for your company, institution, or organization?
It's wise to explore best practices, use cases, and successful hackathon ideas implemented by others.
This article aims to provide a clear and informative overview of successful hackathon ideas from past hackathons hosted on Eventornado, categorizing them by macro topics.
As defined in this article: “The hackathon macro topic is the specific field, industry, sector, area, or domain of the event. It’s the big umbrella under which you can create several hackathon problem statements.”
Therefore, the hackathon ideas can be very diverse depending on the nature of each macro topic.
Let’s explore together some inspirational examples.
1. Talents and human resources
Event name
WPH Digital Hackathon: Next Gen Revolution 2024
Hackathon idea
Developing solutions that can help employers find the perfect fit for their open positions quickly and efficiently, using and enhancing existing recruiting tools to assess candidates.
The participants’ solutions aimed to increase the suitability between the organizer and interested talents, saving everyone's valuable time and effort.
Organiser
2. Industry and manufacturing
Event name
Open Innovation Academy, Tartu pilot program 2023
Hackathon idea
The participating students were invited to find solutions to entrepreneurs' challenges leveraging the EIT Manufacturing Academy e-learning platform with the support of mentors, coaches, and investors.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Digitization of production order handling
Accurate inventory tracking for variable steel profile stock
Efficiently processing high-moisture industrial waste for raw material recovery
Leveraging untapped solar potential on high-rise buildings
Identifying scalable business models for high-ROI, complex products with limited resources
Organiser
3. Healthcare
Event name
Health Hack: Digital Health Nation
Hackathon idea
Addressing patient and HCP`s challenges, co-creating digital health solutions, and forming innovation project teams.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Patient engagement and empowerment
Healthcare information quality, access, and interoperability
Value-based healthcare (VBHC)
Healthcare Professional (HCP) education and adoption of digital tools
Organiser
4. Cybersecurity
Event name
kood/Jõhvi Cybersecurity Hackathon
Hackathon idea
Finding innovative solutions to recurring problems and challenges in cybersecurity.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Mitigating rising data breach costs through robust security measures
Phishing email probability calculator
Cybersecurity posture management platform for non-technical leadership
Behavioral profiling for spear-phishing attack mitigation
Combating digital device overuse for improved mental and physical health
Proactive SME phishing page detection and monitoring system
Organiser
kood/Jõhvi
5. Entrepreneurship
Event name
YNG Hack The Future Hackathon
Hackathon idea
Creating a viable start-up idea, while building meaningful connections.
The event invited the participants to brainstorm ideas and create plans to solve relevant and impactful issues.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Reimagining urban and natural ecosystems for equitable well-being
Rebuilding economic resilience and social equity in a changing world
Redefining education for accessibility, inclusivity, and lifelong learning
Building inclusive, equitable, and resilient societies for a peaceful future
Organiser
6. Coding
Event name
Alpha x Terra Hackathon
Hackathon idea
Empower developers and entrepreneurs to build innovative Terra blockchain projects by providing resources, mentorship, and funding opportunities.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Prototype track: hack a prototype during the program
Accelerate track: improve an existing MVP
Organiser
7. Humanitarian engineering
Event name
Engineering for Humanity
Macro topic
Engineering for Humanity was a two-day event where participants collaborated to solve humanitarian engineering challenges.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Recycling/waste management
Sustainable materials
Education
Capacity building
Sanitation, water & agriculture
Organiser
8. Artificial intelligence
Event name
hACTathon
Macro topic
The hackathon aimed to improve gender equality through awareness and action, use AI-based tech solutions to promote gender quality, and identify scalable solutions to attract investment in gender equality.
Hackathon problem statements envisioned:
Leveraging AI for gender-equitable healthcare solutions.
Reduce the gender pay gap
Leveraging AI to achieve gender parity in leadership and decision-making
Ensure equal distribution of unpaid housework
Provide equal education opportunities
Using AI to prevent and address violence against women.
Organiser
Conclusion
So, as you can see, coming up with a compelling idea for your hackathon is strictly related to your industry and sector since the ideas here above are very different from each other.
However, generating a hackathon idea for your company is just the beginning of the hackathon structure planning activity.
A successful hackathon must also comprehend well-written and relevant problem statements to be solved by the participants, together with many other tasks.
We hope the real case examples above inspired you to generate your hackathon idea!
Feel free to get in touch if you need expert advice on how to plan your next hackathon.
