banner image with an illustration of an astronaut

    Driving the Future with AI

    Ready to embrace the challenge?

    18-20 September 2025

    Stay connected!

    challenges

    We challenge you to build the tools that will drive the future of Sustainable Mobility and Smart Factories through AI. You can either choose one of the challenges or even apply for both!

    synvert xgeeks logo

    Driving the Future of Sustainable Mobility Powered by AI

    Learn more
    brainr logogrupo lusiaves logo

    Smart Food Factories:

    The Future of Food Production Powered by AI

    Learn more

    agenda

    ⚠️ The times are set in the GMT+1 time zone (Portugal).

    September 19th

    17:30

    Teams check-in πŸ˜ƒ

    19:00

    Opening Ceremony. πŸ’ͺ

    19:15

    Let the countdown begin! πŸ’»

    19:30

    Dinner time. 🍽

    September 20th

    08:00

    Let the coding continue! πŸ’»

    09:00

    Teams Check-in πŸ˜€

    10:00

    Workshop by AWS

    11:30

    Lunch time 🍽

    18:30

    Dinner time. 🍽

    September 21st

    09:00

    Attendees Check-in

    11:00

    Time is up! Coding finishes here! ⏲️

    11:30

    Lunch time. 🍽

    13:00

    Project Presentations πŸ’¬

    16:00

    Awards ceremony. πŸ†

    16:30

    Closing Party 🍻

    prizes

    This year, geekathon will reward 4 different projects according to the following categories:

    prize

    Best Project

    Selected by the Judges

    prize

    Audience Favourite

    Selected by the audience

    prize

    synvert xgeeks Award

    Selected by synvert xgeeks

    prize

    Grupo Lusiaves and Brainr Awards

    Selected by Grupo Lusiaves and Brainr

    The prizes are taking another level this year !πŸ₯ They will be announced soon!

    location

    There's no geekathon without Leiria, there's no Leiria without geekathon! The 2025 edition will be held, for the second time, in the iconic Leiria Stadium.

    Leiria

    EstΓ‘dio Municipal de Leiria

    organizers & partners

    These are the sponsors that are helping us make this possible! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

    Meet the Main Organizers!
    logo of Grupo Lusiaves

    The Lusiaves Group is one of the largest agribusinesses in Portugal, with a core focus on poultry farming, an international presence, and over 40 companies. It stands out for innovation, quality, and respect for the environment and animal welfare.

    Visit their website
    logo of BRAINR

    BRAINR is building the intelligent brain of every food factory - autonomously driving efficiency with zero human effort.

    Visit their website
    logo of xgeeks

    We accelerate enterprise success with AI and Cloud Native development, impacting reality with DevOps, Data, and Digital Solutions.

    Visit their website
    logo of Startup Leiria

    We are a technology innovation network with various services and projects to support all types of innovation.

    Visit their website
    logo of AWS - Amazon Web Services

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a wide range of global cloud-based products, including computing, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, IoT, security, and enterprise applications.

    Visit their website
    Meet the Community Sponsors!
    logo of our sponsor Leiria Tech Talks
    logo of our sponsor Lisbon GenAI community
    logo of our sponsor Cloud Native Lisbon
    logo of our sponsor Viseu Tech Talks
    logo of our sponsor AWS User Group Lisbon
    logo of our sponsor DevOps Braga
    handshake illustration

    Interested in sponsoring the event?

    We're happy to talk to you! Reach out to us. πŸ’¬

    Become a sponsor

    judges

    helmet illustration

    Meet some of our awesome panel of judges! We'll be announcing more very soon.

    code for good

    logo of AssociaΓ§Γ£o de Desenvolvimento e Apoio Γ s Mulheres

    We're donating all ticket sales to Mulher Séc. XXI 🀲

    Visit their website

    rules

    Check more info on the rules of the 5th edition of geekathon! πŸš€

    View rules

    Good luck!! πŸ€