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Next up · Innovation Galway Club Evening

Galway

Who
Secondary school students
Where
PorterShed
When
Friday 9 October, 3-6pm

Come build something. Bring a project you're already working on, start something completely new, find people to build with, or just come along and see what everyone else is making. There'll be workshops on pitching and demos throughout the evening, and experienced builders around if you need guidance. You don't need loads of experience, a team or even an idea before you arrive.

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Coming soon

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    21 November More details soon
  • Innovation Ireland Hackathon Dublin · Dogpatch Labs
    Early December Date TBD Sponsorship pack (PDF)

Before this

  • A large group of young builders with their hands in the air under a FutureHack by Innovation Ireland screen
    everyone, at once

    FutureHack Hackathon

  • Judges at FutureHack
    the judges deciding

    FutureHack Judging

  • The founder of a game studio giving a talk at the opening day
    a game studio founder, talking to us

    Opening day Talk

  • The first Innovation Ireland meeting
    the very first night

    Headford Day one

80+ students.
One weekend. Real city problems.

More than 80 students from across Ireland gathered at Galway's PorterShed for FutureHack, a student-led hackathon challenging young people aged 13 to 19 to develop practical solutions to real city challenges: sustainability, traffic, security, infrastructure and urban planning.

Founded by Innovation Ireland and led by Johnathan McPhilbin and Lukas Lydon, the winning team built a data-driven concept using trends, graphs and heat-map visualisations to identify where future infrastructure investment may be needed across Galway.

"Young people did not simply participate in an innovation programme designed for them. They took the initiative to create one, bring peers together from around the country and connect them with founders, mentors, educators and technology professionals."
Read the full write-up IdeasLab at University of Galway
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