What are the Hack&Match Events?
The “Hack&Match” events represent a smart, easy and quick way to help European SMEs willing to answer market needs or to scale market opportunities find potential concrete ideas and solutions through 2 consecutive days teaming-up with tech-savvy SMEs and/or experts in Advanced Technologies in Europe.
What is the IDEALIST project?
The IDEALIST project, funded under the Horizon Europe programme of the EU (HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01 call), represents a strategic initiative aimed at bolstering the resilience and technological adaptability of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) within the European Union and beyond.
IDEALIST’s primary goal is to empower SMEs in three key industrial ecosystems: Energy Intensive Industries, Aerospace and Defence, and Mobility, Transport, Automotive. These sectors are crucial to the European economy and face shared challenges, such as transitioning to sustainable practices, competitiveness in a context of limited raw materials and rising energy costs, and adapting to changing consumer habits.
IDEALIST’s effort will empower SMEs across Europe to foresee their future actively, embrace advanced technologies, and mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities.
The IDEALIST consortium brings together 14 partners from 7 countries, including innovation clusters, a knowledge community, a foresight specialist, and a tech center. United by the mission to foster industrial ecosystems, we aim to enhance SMEs’ innovation, support Ukraine’s reconstruction, and strengthen EU integration.
The focus of the Hack&Match #3
In order to unlock the Power of Technology-Driven Energy Efficiency and start the journey toward smarter, greener, and more profitable operations powered by technology, the third Hack&Match focuses on the “ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY SAVINGS”.
Eligibility of Participants
The Hack&Match events are meant to boost European SMEs through the use of Advanced Technologies. The participants can therefore be:
CHALLENGE PROVIDERS:
- SMEs (including start-ups)
- Mid-Caps
- Large companies
SOLUTION PROVIDERS:
- Tech-savvy SMEs, start-ups
- Researchers
- Technology centres
- EDIH, Digital Innovation Hubs
- Accelerators and other similar scale-up organisations.
How does it work?
- APPLY FROM NOW TO 3 OCTOBER 2025: Any eligible organisation is invited to submit through this form one or more challenges (needs) which it is facing and would like to find solutions at the moment.
- THEN WE WILL LAUNCH A “CALL FOR SOLUTIONS”: We will invite organisations throughout Europe to team-up with you to help you find one or more solutions to your need. It will stay open from 6 October to 7 November.
- THEN WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR TEAM AND SEND THE INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN: Between 10 and 14 November you will be informed about your Solution Provider(s).
- GET PREPARED FOR COLLABORATING TO SOLVE YOUR NEEDS – SAVE THE DATES FROM NOW: The Hack&Match event will run from 18 to 19 NOVEMBER in 100% online mode.
You must ensure your presence in these moments:
- 18 NOVEMBER – From 9:00 to 10:30: Kick-Off Meeting – Expert Key-note Speech – Presentation of the teams – Explanation of the rules and working modalities.
- 18 NOVEMBER – From 10:30 to 11:30: Team-up with your Solution Provider(s) – Reciprocal presentations – Explain carefully your needs – Start finding one or more solutions. Start drafting the slides and word document to explain the solution. Agree with your Solution Provider(s) the next online meeting times to develop your solution.
- 19 NOVEMBER – By 15:30 you must return to the organisers the 2 deliverables explaining the solution(s) developed.
- 19 NOVEMBER – From 16:00 to 17:30: Organisers’ recap of the solutions of each Team.
The IDEALIST partners will act as Tutors to help the participants achieve the most effective participation and results before and during the Hack&Match event.
As a follow-up of the Hack&Match event, and according to your answers and inputs during the Hack&Match phase, we will help you connect with further SMEs which want to find solutions and innovate on the same topics, also with readily-available solutions. That kind of cooperation in a later phase might grow into beneficial business relations.
The detailed agenda and rules of the IDEALIST Hack&Match event please find here.
Your journey starts here!
Please fill the registration form below with information about your company and its current challenge. In case of more challenges, please complete a different form for each challenge and ensure that you’ll involve some colleagues to work in the different sessions in parallel during the Hack& Match event.
