EUDIS Hackathon - Denmark

Step into the future at the EUDIS Hackathon Denmark—where the brightest minds come together to solve real-world challenges in defence and security. This isn’t your average hackathon. It’s your gateway to shaping Europe’s strategic landscape through cutting-edge technology and bold ideas.

Over a weekend, you’ll collaborate with experts, code late into the night, and push the limits of what’s possible. Whether you’re building AI-driven defence systems, advanced cybersecurity tools, or next-gen surveillance solutions, your ideas can make a difference—and win you a place in the spotlight. We have designed some challenges for you to work with during the weekend.

Top teams don’t just walk away with bragging rights. They’ll get exclusive access to a two-month mentorship program (40 hours total!) to refine their solution, develop a real business case, and pitch directly to EU Member State representatives.

This is your chance to go from prototype to next stage.

1. Claim a ticket on Eventbrite
2. Verify you are eligible (aged 18 or older from any EU Member State, Norway, or Ukraine, residing in these countries)
3. Onboard on the Hackathon Platform - Taikai
4. Join our Discord
5. Come together for an excellent hackathon weekend

This challenge aims to deliver affordable and portable surveillance systems that will improve the situational awareness of Ukrainian military units. Surveillance systems should be designed for ease of deployment, able to withstand harsh environments and rapid movement across diverse terrains or in the air/water.

This challenge focuses on equipping soldiers with high-quality, lightweight protective gear that is both affordable and easy to produce. With scalability as a key requirement, these solutions must be designed for efficient, low-cost production to ensure that adequate protection can be made available to a large number of troops, contributing to Ukraine's capacity for sustained defence.

This challenge seeks to develop advanced, AI-driven tools that support both medics and soldiers in quickly diagnosing injuries and determining the priority of care under high-pressure conditions. Soldiers in the field often face immediate medical needs or need to assist injured comrades before a medic arrives, and AI-powered systems can play a crucial role in guiding these fast-response actions.

The EUDIS Defence Hackathon will be hosted in eight simultaneous hackathons at different national locations across EU Member States and Norway that tackle pressing defence challenges for the European Defence industry.

In addition to local prizes, the eight national hackathon winners gain access to 40 hours of mentoring programme held over two months, get to pitch in front of EU Member States representatives, and the top three EU-wide winners get to attend an international high-tech event to pitch their solutions. The mentoring programme will support the eight winning teams in building sustainable and successful businesses, introducing them to important defence knowledge and contacts.

National Defence Technology Centre (NFC)

Center for Defence, Space & Security (CenSec)

Confederation of Danish Industry (DI)