When
3 – 4 October 2026
Saturday 3 – 09.00
Sunday 4 – 18.00
Where
High Tech Campus Eindhoven
The Strip 1D
Student Base
Prizes up to 8500 cash
You can win big prizes with your team!
In total the prize money is 8500 euro in cash!
Be sure to blow away the jury with your groundbreaking solution!
First prize 5000 euro
Second prize 2500 euro
Third prize 1000 euro
Swag
First 50 registrations receive the legend Recharge Eindhoven T-shirt!
Jury
Members of the Jury
Stephan La Haye – NRG Group
Sharmistha Bhattacharya – TU/e
Jelle Schunselaar – Brainport/the GATE
What is the Hackathon about?
What
Recharge Eindhoven is an intensive and creative hackathon organised by the Municipality of Eindhoven and MAD emergent art center at the Student Base of High Tech Campus Eindhoven, where participants on 3 + 4 October 2026 collaborate on innovative solutions. Entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors, hackers, architects, artists, and students; anyone with a sharp mind is invited.
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How
During the hackathon, participants are challenged on the topic of grid congestion in the Eindhoven region. The focus is not only on technical solutions, but also on forms of collaboration, smart energy systems, behavioural change, and governance models that help Eindhoven become a resilient and sustainable city of the future.
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Why
With this hackathon, we want to raise awareness about the topic and show how seriously we, as the Municipality of Eindhoven, are working on this problem. In addition, we encourage the region to look beyond traditional boundaries, challenge assumptions, and develop bold ideas for this complex and multifaceted issue.
Hackathon Challenges
- Team up to Diminish | Collective Energy Sharing
- Soften the Peak | Dynamic Peak Shaving
- Heat & Cold Buffering | Energy System Flexibility
- Human Power |New Energy Workforce Systems
- Full-electric Living | Electrifying Without Grid Upgrades
Join now and get your free ticket!
Whether you are an engineer, inventor, legal hacker, system architect, artist, scientist or whizz kid, everyone with a bright mind is invited to share their perspective. The solutions we need may come from energy technology, data science, AI, mobility, digital platforms, social innovation, finance, or from unexpected combinations of fields.
This is an invitation to look beyond traditional boundaries, challenge assumptions, and develop bold ideas that can help Eindhoven continue to grow without being constrained by the limits of today’s electricity network. The municipality of Eindhoven – in collaboration with Enexis – invites you to participate and collaborate.
Mark your calendar 3 + 4 October!
Event Schedule
| Friday 2 oktober | 14.00 | Set up venue |
| 16.00 | Webinar Pre-charge – optional | |
| Saturday 3 oktober | 9.00 | Walk in – registration – coffee |
| 10.00 | Kick-off – Bert-Jan Woertman | |
| 10.15 | 5 Challenge introductions | |
| 11.15 | Teams formation | |
| 11.30 | Brainstorm – decide sprint | |
| 13.00 | Lunch – Love my Curry | |
| 13.30 | Lightning talk Kickoff Eindhoven | |
| 16.00 | Heads up | |
| 18.00 | Dinner – Asian Buffet | |
| 20.00 | Heads up | |
| 23.00 | Venue Closed | |
| Sunday 4 oktober | 9.00 | Early bird breakfast |
| 10.00 | Restart hacking | |
| 11.00 | Heads up | |
| 13.00 | Lunch Lasagne Italiano | |
| 14.00 | 1 minute Video pitch each team | |
| 15.00 | Pitch your demo’s to the jury | |
| 17.00 | Jury verdict & Prize ceremony | |
| 17.30 | Network & Drinks | |
| 18.00 | Venue closed – go home and rest |
A few words
About Eindhoven
Eindhoven is a city in full development. More and more people are finding their way to the city, whether to live, work, study, or visit. And that is not surprising, because Eindhoven has a lot to offer. The city is experiencing economic growth. This leads to significant employment opportunities and chances for new developments. Here, we are working together on the future.
To prevent large-scale outages and further connection stoppages, Eindhoven is collaborating with other parties.
These are Enexis, TenneT, the national government (Ministry of Economic Affairs), the Eindhoven Metropolitan Area, Brainport Development, and the Province of North Brabant. Together, we are working on a package of measures to limit the consequences of grid congestion, with the aim of enabling the region to continue growing and becoming more sustainable.
High Tech Campus Eindhoven
Home to a thriving, collaborative ecosystem of over 300 high tech companies, researchers and institutions, High Tech Campus Eindhoven is your gateway to state-of-the-art facilities, world-class expertise and a dynamic network.
Power the city!
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The hackathon is welcoming all that can help find solutions.