Digital Excellence Connect

AI Hackathon

You bring your challenge
We build the solution live

If you had the opportunity to innovate on your core activities, what would you work on? At Digital Excellence Connect 2026, we want to give you that opportunity.

During the event, a multidisciplinary team of AE experts will run a live AI Hackathon, working hands-on with a real business challenge submitted by a participant like you. This is your chance to bring a real problem to the table and see what becomes possible when the right expertise, tools and mindset come together.

The author of the best selected idea wins a workshop with our experts, including inspiring AI cases and a hands-on AI Value Identification Workshop tailored to your organisation.

Digital Excellence Connect

Digital Excellence Connect - Hackathon

What can you submit?

Share an idea where AI could help create value faster, improve the way you work, enhance customer experience, or unlock new opportunities. Big or small, if it solves a real problem, we want to hear it. There are no wrong answers. Think of:

  • a business challenge that you want to solve
  • an idea you would like to validate
  • a process that could benefit from automation or AI
  • a digital opportunity where AI, data or automation could create impact

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How does it work?

Once submissions are collected, our team will select the best ideas to work on during the Hackathon. AE specialists in Data, Application & Platform Engineering and AI Agents will then collaborate on the spot to rapidly explore, prototype and present a possible solution live during the event.

The goal is to demonstrate how strong data foundations, AI-assisted engineering and intelligent agents can significantly accelerate innovation and deliver results in a fraction of the traditional time.

Ready to participate?
Create a free account on our platform first, then submit your idea by answering 7 short questions. It only takes a few minutes. 

Digital Excellence Connect - Hackathon

Digital Excellence Connect - Hackathon

What can you win?

The author of the best selected idea wins a half-day workshop, where we will:

  • bring two inspiring AI cases tailored to your company context
  • run a hands-on AI Value Identification Workshop to uncover opportunities specific to your organisation

Think your challenge could be the one?

Submit your idea now!

Ready to innovate? Create an account on our platform and submit your idea by answering 7 short questions. It only takes a few minutes.
The more context, objectives and pain points you can provide, the more impactful the hackathon outcome will be. 

⏳ Submissions close on 3 June 2026 at noon. Don't miss your chance.