Hybrid Hackathon, Sibiu, Romania, 20th of May 2026

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The hackathon at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania, brought together approximately 200 students from Indonesia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine, both on-site and online. Sixteen teams from these countries presented their projects related to freelancing. The jury faced a daunting task selecting the best projects, as all were excellent and well-prepared. On the basis on the four main criteria, i.e.

  • business plan,
  • novelty,
  • how well it could be integrated into the city,
  • presentations,

the following projects were nominated:

First place
  • Travelling Influencers — VibeQuest, Felix Husac, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
  • WorkWave — WorkWave, Natalia Adamska, Inga Rydz, Katarzyna Mizia, Magdalena Mech, Krakow University of Economics, Poland
Second place
  • AlhambraLinkers — Nomadlink Granada, Marta Moreno Quiñones, Claudia Zurita Fernández, Jessica Lorena Takemura Dedean, University of Granada, Spain
  • High 5 — UrbnNode – The Freelancer City Experience, Adrianna Topór, Katarzyna Ziarko, Natalia Trojak, Klaudia Wybraniec, Natalia Szczepaniak, Krakow University of Economics, Poland
Third place
  • GLOW — GLOW: Designing an Integrated Digital Platform for Freelancer Workation Ecosystem in Rural Tourism Destinations of Indonesia, Nadhif Pramudya, Anjalin Aida Faza, Muhammad Azmi Pasagama, Muhammad Salman Alghifari, Muhammad Ihsan Widodo, Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia
  • EKFAK Serbia — FreelanceHub KG, Ljiljana Matic, Aleksandra Matic, Stefan Bojkovic, Dusan Djurdjevic, Dusica Djurdjevic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

The final point of the Hackathon was the presentation by Dr. Robert Szydło of the Competence Assessment Tool (CAT), and release of the two MOOCs. Participants were encourared to do pilot testing both of CAT and MOOCs and provide their feedback.

Many thanks to the chair of the hackathon, prof. Dana Simian from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, the co-chair dr Robert Szydło from Krakow University of Economics, local organizung committee, ENTEEF students ambassadors, and the international organization committee from all the partner institutions for organising such a great event!

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