Activity 4 · The capstone
Eco-TechHackathon.
Ideas from months of training become working prototypes. Participants from three countries gather by the sea in Pervolia to build, demo, and trade feedback, then bring what they learned back home.
Key facts
Working programme
Five days, one prototype per team.
The daily programme below is the working version; times may shift slightly on the day.
Arrivals & welcome
Travel day. Check-in at the Pervolia centre, welcome dinner, and a first look at the days ahead.
- All dayArrivals & check-in
- 20:00Welcome dinner
Product day: backlog & tools
Product thinking from zero in the morning: each team turns its idea into a one-day backlog. In the afternoon, AI fundamentals and a hands-on tool playground, so every team enters build day with a tested tool and a locked scope.
- 08:30Breakfast
- 10:00Product fundamentals & backlog preparationbacklog locked by lunch
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:30AI fundamentals & tech stackprompting, tools, ethics
- 16:00Tool playgroundhands-on, commit to one tool
- 20:00Dinner
Prototype sprint day
Four sprints, each closing with a short stand-up so no team stays stuck. Teams build with the AI tools they tested the day before; wireframes count as progress. Scope freezes mid-afternoon so every demo runs end to end by evening.
- 08:30Breakfast
- 10:00Sprint 1the core screen or flow
- 11:30Sprint 2must-haves, stand-up before lunch
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:30Sprint 3mock data in, scope freeze
- 16:00Sprint 4polish, freeze, dry-run
- 17:30Optional polish
- 20:00Dinner
Demos, feedback & evaluation
Every team walks the group through its prototype, then everyone tests everyone else's build hands-on. Structured peer feedback and an expert review against the three criteria, closing with the project evaluation.
- 08:30Breakfast
- 10:00Prototype demos & hands-on testingevery team tries every build
- 11:30Peer feedback & expert reviewagainst the three criteria
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:30Evaluation & reflectionquestionnaires, testimonials, photos
- 20:00Dinner
Checkout & departures
Breakfast, goodbyes, and journeys home.
- 08:30Breakfast
- 10:00Checkout & departures
Feedback
Three criteria, every prototype.
Every prototype is tested hands-on by the other teams and reviewed in a structured feedback session against three criteria:
Sustainability impact
Does it credibly move an environmental needle?
Technological feasibility
Does the demo actually work, and is the build realistic?
User-friendliness
Can a first-time user understand and use it?
What gets built
Pick an idea, own it, ship it.
Seven prototype candidates are prepared and presentable, each with its own pitch deck, one-day build scope, and demo script. Every demo runs on mock data and built-in lookup tables: no hardware, no external integrations.
Beyond the prototypes
What participants take home.
Confidence and ownership from presenting their own prototype publicly and adapting to feedback in real time.
Structured feedback and future pathways: detailed evaluations showing how each solution could advance after the event.
Professional networks spanning the three partner organisations and fellow innovators across Cyprus, Hungary, and Lithuania.
Visibility for female-led eco-innovation, with local media and social platforms highlighting the event and the POWERFEM mission.