NOCCA Online Hackathon

A new chapter of your life is about to start! Join NOCCA programme to gain

✔ entrepreneurial skills
✔ international network

Learning objectives
-You will be able to create or be part of a group creating a business idea based on a problem given by a commissioning company or created by the group;
-Contents;
-Idea creation;
-Demand verification;
-Business model creation;
-Pitching;
-Developing the idea further to a potential cross-border company;
-How to scale up the business and how to grow it;
-Basics of internationalizing the startup;
-Execution methods.

If you are interested in idea development and business modelling, then apply! Students with the best ideas will have a chance to travel abroad for further development and collaboration. Your business idea can be based on a problem given by a commissioning company or created by the group.

Internationality
The Nocca-project is an international cooperation project with Finnish, Estonian and Latvian partners. The project is funded by EU Interreg Central Baltic funds.

Program

Thursday 17.9.2020 (Maria 01, Grand Event Space & Online)
09:30 Registrations & Tea & Coffee
10:00 Kick-Start of the Hackathon:
Hackathon Introduction: Idea of the Hackathon: Jari Luomakoski Pitching: Timo-Pekka Uotila
Introduction to Deal room: Oksana Gorzov-Karhunen Instructions and orientation to Hackathon: Jari Luomakoski
10:30 Company presentation &Challenges: Tespack and StepOut
11:00 Students Idea Presentations and Networking (Pitch 1min)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Team Formation & Networking
14:00 Get started working on the idea
15:30-16:00 Introduction & program for the next two days and wrap up.

Friday 18.9.2020 (Online on Deal Room Events)
12:00 Welcome
12:15 Introduction on Pitch Slide
13:00 Teamwork in Breakout rooms
16:30-17:00 Discussion and wrap up

Saturday 19.9.2020 (Online on Deal Room Events)
12:00 Welcome
12:15 Introduction on Pitch Slide
13:00 Teamwork in Breakout rooms
16:30-17:00 Discussion and wrap up

All participants will Submit their recorded pitches before Monday 9 am

Monday 21.9.2020 (Online on Deal Room Events)
12:00 Welcome
12:15 Pitching and Q&A
15:30-16:00 Winner announcements and wrap up.

Read more about the project: https://www.tehnopol.ee/en/nocca/