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| Time | What's happening | Description | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 29 May | ||||
| 14:30 | Pre-Hackathon: Getting ready for a Hackathon as a non-technical person | Intro by Ben Sufiani to vibe coding for people who haven’t written a line of code | Barcelona (1st floor) | |
| 14:30 | Pre-Hackathon: Hybrid Claw Support | Early support for Hybrid Claw with Max | Rom (1st floor) | |
| 16:30 | Doors open + Registration | Arrive, check in, grab your idea card | Reception (3rd floor) | |
| 17:00 | Official Kick‑off | Welcome, weekend goals, schedule overview | Köln Bonn | |
| 17:30 | Idea Pitches | Short pitches using idea cards → idea wall | Köln Bonn | |
| 18:00 | Team Matching | Idea wall Q&A, find your team | Köln Bonn | |
| 18:30 | Workspace Setup | Claim your table, set up channels | STARTPLATZ | |
| 19:00 | Dinner - supplied by us | Wraps | First Floor | |
| 20:00 | Start Hacking | First build sprint — mentors available in San Francisco | STARTPLATZ | |
| Saturday, 30 May | ||||
| 08:30 | Doors open | |||
| 09:00 | Breakfast (supplied by us) + Start Hacking | Reception (3rd floor) | ||
| 10:00–11:00 | Deep Dive: Base44 — Idea → Prototype | Turn your idea into a working prototype (build along) - Jono + Ben | Köln Bonn (3rd floor) | |
| 11:00–12:00 | Deep Dive: OpenClaw for Enterprise | Enterprise OpenClaw — persistent memory, RAG, GDPR-compliant EU stack | Köln Bonn | |
| 12:00 | Deep Dive: How to self-host your vibe coding environment | Robin Janke showing you his stack for building websites, web apps and mobile apps | Köln Bonn | |
| 13:00 | Lunch - supply yourselves | Bowls, wraps, salads incl. vegan options are available close by Mediapark | Mediapark | |
| 14:00 | Deep Dive: Document Extraction is all you need | Automate Business Processes with Vision Language Models - Dr. Jan Bergerhoff | Köln Bonn | |
| 15:00 | Hacking Continues | Focus time — mentors available in San Francisco | STARTPLATZ | |
| 19:00 | Dinner - supplied by us | Pizza | First Floor | |
| rest of the evening | Late Night Hacking | Keep building into the night | STARTPLATZ | |
| Sunday, 31 May | ||||
| 09:00 | Welcome again | Just come back and start | STARTPLATZ | |
| 10:00 | (🔭 Deep Dive: Pitching) | Pitch structure, storytelling, demo setup — with Jono | Köln Bonn (3rd floor) | |
| 11:00 | Final Sprint | Last optimizations, testing, demo prep | STARTPLATZ | |
| 13:00 | Lunch - supplied by us | Reception (3rd floor) | ||
| 14:00 | 🏆 Demos, Pitches & Prizes | Teams present prototypes (2+1 min each) | Köln Bonn | |
| 16:00 | Wrap‑up & Networking | Feedback, learnings, next steps, community | Köln Bonn | |
| 17:00 | Official Close | See you next time! 👋 |
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Public Transport: Hansaring (S-Bahn) · Christophstraße/Mediapark (U-Bahn)
Parking: Media Park underground parking
Wifi: STARTPLATZ-Community · Password: Welcome2STARTPLATZ2024
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