Registration open for EC2U Makeathon
The event will take place on 6 and 7 May, with a trip to the University of Poitiers as the final prize.
The EC2U Makeathon will take place on 6 and 7 May to create and implement ideas to solve challenges and shape the future. This interactive event brings together all EC2U Alliance cities simultaneously and will take place at the University of Coimbra (UC). All interested parties are invited to register here.
Participants will work in teams to devise solutions for local challenges. The 24-hour program features workshops and expert mentoring. Participation is open to the whole UC community.
At the end of the EC2U Makeathon, each team will present their results. The final prize, granted to one member of the winning team, is a trip to the University of Poitiers, France, to pitch their work to the EC2U Alliance community.
Get to know more about the EC2U Makeathon at https://ec2u.eu/news/makeathon/
About the ECU Alliance
EC2U - European Campus of City-Universities is a multicultural and multilingual European universities alliance coordinated by the University of Poitiers, which aims to develop an open and innovative space allowing free mobility between universities and cities. The EC2U Alliance is currently composed of the following members: University of Coimbra (UC), University of Poitiers (France), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania), University of Salamanca (Spain), University of Pavia (Italy), the University of Turku (Finland), and Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) is an EC2U partner since April 2022. T
he Alliance is based on a unique cooperation involving academic communities, municipalities, local authorities, economic and social stakeholders and citizens.