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6–8 November 2026 · Turku, Finland · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Arrive
Fri 15:30EduCity · briefing 15:40
Your briefing room
2003 ErikEduCity · floor 2
Your briefing
Fri 18:15–18:45Teams arrive 18:05–18:15
Your Q&A stand
Joki Floor 3Sat 09–12 · 14–18
Evaluate
Sun 10:00–13:00Briefing 08:15 · EduCity
Winners · finals
Sun 13:30 · 14:00EduCity

Current planRoom and stand follow the 2 Oct 2026 venue maps; production does a final lock — this page updates if anything moves.

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First up

First

Arrive at EduCity

Fri 6 Nov · 15:30EduCity

// friday · educity

Briefing room 2003 Erik.

EduCity floor 2. Teams come to your room after challenge selection, from 18:05, guided by volunteers — stay put, they come to you. Brief from 18:15 to 18:45.

EduCity · Floor 2 · Company briefing rooms. Floor 2 is reached by the stairs at Taidon portaat or the lifts. Source: Since AI event map.

Locations on this map

  • 2003 Erik — Forcit Group (highlighted)
  • 2001 Elias — Bo LKV
  • 2002 Ivar — Takomo Golf
  • 2004 Johannes — Lindström
  • 2067 — Saarioinen
  • 2006 / 2007 — Valmet
  • 2072 Työkahvila / Aurinkokylpy — Business Turku
  • 2026 Orvokki — DNA
  • 2029 / 2031 — Turku Energia
  • 2030 Evert — Meyer Turku
  • 2027 Frans — Apetit
Finnish words on this map
Kerros
= Floor
Taidon portaat
= Large stair seating — opening ceremony
Yritysten briiffaushuoneet
= Company briefing rooms
Yrityksen logo osoittaa…
= The company logo marks its room / stand

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Getting to EduCity, step by step in 3D

// saturday · joki

Q&A stand: Floor 3.

Your stand is on floor 3 of the Joki tower — take the tower stairs or the lift from floor 1. The Company Lounge is on floor 1, next to the Showroom.

Joki · Floors 2 and 3 · Company stands. Floor 2 (left) has a Chill Zone. Use the tower stairs or the lift. Source: Since AI event map.

Locations on this map

  • Forcit Group — Floor 3 (highlighted)
  • Revvity — Floor 2
  • Valmet — Floor 2
  • Traficom — Floor 2
  • Chill Zone — Floor 2
  • Lindström — Floor 3
  • Bo LKV — Floor 3
  • Takomo Golf — Floor 3
  • Saarioinen — Floor 3
  • Business Turku — Floor 3
Finnish words on this map
Kerros
= Floor
Yritysten ständipaikat
= Company stand locations
Portaat
= Stairs
Hissi
= Lift
Yrityksen logo osoittaa…
= The company logo marks its room / stand

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Getting to Joki, step by step in 3D

Interactive 3D · built to scale

Forcit Group

Joki floor 3 · glass tower

// schedule

Your timeline.

Local Turku time (EET, UTC+2). Meals are optional — food is reserved for company representatives.

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Friday 6 November

  1. 15:30

    Arrive at EduCity

    Bring a laptop suitable for presenting your challenge materials — and your Q&A stand materials: hand them to the Since AI team, who set your stand up at Joki for Saturday.

    EduCity

  2. 15:40

    Weekend briefing for challenge partners

    Overview of the full weekend, Friday's schedule and practical arrangements. Coffee and a light snack.

    EduCityEvent staff guide you to the room

  3. 17:00 to 17:45

    Opening ceremony + keynote

    The official start of Since AI Hackathon 2026.

    EduCityLobby · Taidon portaat

  4. 18:05 to 18:15

    Teams arrive at your room

    Teams come to your room right after challenge selection, guided by volunteers. Stay in your room — they come to you.

    EduCityRoom 2003 Erik · floor 2

  5. 18:15 to 18:45

    Your challenge briefing

    30 minutes: problem, expected result, boundaries, resources, evaluation and your live support route. Finish at 18:45 — teams then head to BioCity and Joki.

    EduCityRoom 2003 Erik · floor 2

  6. 18:30 to 21:30

    Dinner

    Optional for company representatives — food is reserved for you at the scheduled meal times.

    BioCity

  7. 19:45 to 20:15

    Briefing for Saturday

    Same room as the 15:40 weekend briefing.

    EduCity

Saturday 7 November

  1. 08:30

    Arrive at Joki — your stand is ready

    Your stand is on floor 3 of the Joki tower — take the tower stairs or the lift from floor 1.

    JokiYour stand · Floor 3

  2. 09:00 to 12:00

    Challenge partner Q&A open

    Be available for at least two hours across the published Q&A windows, and post your exact hours at your stand.

    JokiYour stand · Floor 3

  3. 10:30 to 13:30

    Lunch

    Optional for company representatives — food is reserved for you at the scheduled meal times.

    BioCity

  4. 14:00 to 18:00

    Challenge partner Q&A open

    Second Q&A window at Joki.

    JokiYour stand · Floor 3

  5. 17:00 to 20:00

    Dinner

    Optional for company representatives — food is reserved for you at the scheduled meal times.

    BioCity

  6. 18:15

    Briefing for Sunday

    JokiCompany Q&A area

Sunday 8 November

  1. 08:15

    Arrive at EduCity — evaluation briefing

    Briefing on the challenge evaluation process.

    EduCityRoom confirmed before Sunday

  2. 10:00

    Hard submission deadlineDeadline

    Submissions close. The deadline is fixed.

    sinceai.app

  3. 10:00 to 13:00

    Challenge evaluation

    Review the submissions to your challenge and hand over your winner by 13:00 — the winners are announced from 13:30.

    EduCity

  4. 10:00 to 12:30

    Lunch

    Optional for company representatives — food is reserved for you at the scheduled meal times.

    BioCity

  5. 13:30

    Company challenge winners announced

    The winners of all 15 company challenges are announced at EduCity.

    EduCity

  6. 14:00

    Finals: five finalist presentations

    The five most-voted solutions present and the jury selects the overall winner of Since AI Hackathon 2026 — about an hour.

    EduCity

  7. Around 15:00

    Since AI Hackathon 2026 ends

    EduCity

// prepare

Before the event.

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Partner communication on Discord.

Discord is the main channel between partner representatives and the Since AI team during the hackathon — and where teams ask about your challenge. Set it up before you travel.

Join before you travel

Every representative coming on site: join the Since AI Discord, verify your account and check that your company role is in place before you arrive in Turku.

Join the Since AI Discord (opens in a new tab)

discord.gg/vMWdrVUPws

First time using Discord?
  1. 01Open Discord in your browser (discord.com), the desktop app or the mobile app.
  2. 02Create an account if you don’t have one yet.
  3. 03Verify your email address — Discord sends the link when you sign up.
  4. 04Set your display name as First name | Company, for example “Anna | Forcit Group”, so builders and organisers know who you are.
  5. 05Join the Since AI Discord with the invite link above.
  6. 06During onboarding, choose the company / challenge partner representative option where it is offered.
  7. 07The Since AI team then assigns your company or partner role.
  8. 08Once the role is in place, your company and partner channels appear in your channel list.
  9. 09Access missing or wrong? Tell the Since AI team in the partner help / check-in channel, or email info@sinceai.fi.
Before you arrive in Turku

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Your challenge channel

  • Your company’s challenge channel is where teams ask about your challenge — the primary place for their questions during the hackathon. Keep it monitored throughout the event.
  • Answer in the channel where you can, so every team gets the same information. Use Reply or a thread for longer back-and-forth.
  • Share and pin the key material there: challenge documents, APIs, datasets and a short FAQ.
  • Coordination with the Since AI team happens in a private company / partner area, where one is set up for you.
  • Urgent operational updates and schedule changes reach you on Discord.
  • Please don’t use @everyone or @here. If something truly has to reach the whole server, ask the Since AI team to post it.

Notifications

Right-click a channel (desktop) or long-press it (phone) and open its notification settings.

Your company’s challenge channel
All Messages
The rest of the server
Only @mentions is fine

At least one onsite representative keeps phone notifications on during the event.

// stay

Accommodation & discounted rates.

Accommodation is not included in hackathon participation unless Since AI has confirmed it to you personally. We have arranged discounted rates in Turku for Since AI participants — availability is limited, so book early.

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Good to know.

Arriving by car

Friday: park in ParkCity (Joukahaisenkatu 8, paid guest parking on floors 1–3) — EduCity is across the street, about 190 m to door B. Saturday: get dropped off on Tykistökatu at BioCity's entrance recess, where the supercars are on display, or walk about 360 m from ParkCity to BioCity's main entrance. Every route is in the 3D campus, step by step.

Q&A hours vs. your presence

The Q&A area at Joki is open Sat 09:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00. Please be available for at least two hours across those windows and post your exact hours at your stand. You are welcome on site all weekend — even around the clock.

Stand setup at Joki

Since AI sets it up for you. Bring your stand materials when you arrive at EduCity on Friday and hand them to the Since AI team — when you come over to Joki on Saturday morning, your stand is ready.

NDA and confidential data

Your company owns any NDA process, signatures and records. Do not reveal confidential content before signatures are complete, and plan a signing method that works for a full room of teams — with a paper backup.

Meals

Food will be reserved for company representatives at the scheduled meal times. Joining the meals is entirely optional.

Sunday results

Evaluate the submissions to your challenge from 10:00, when submissions close, until 13:00. The winners of all 15 company challenges are announced from 13:30 at EduCity; the finals — the five most-voted solutions — follow at 14:00.

Full Challenge Partner Guide

// help

Questions?