ESI's student innovation program, in cooperation with partners, held the "ESI Sustainability Challenge" student hackathon from March 18th to 26th. High school and university students were invited to create unique ideas to solve various challenges related to energy and waste issues, as offered by program partners "Rimi Baltic," "SEB banka," and "Eco Baltia."
The challenge activities were implemented in three phases. On March 18th, an online event for idea and team formation was held. From March 20th to 24th, students could join online mentoring sessions, work in teams, and go on field trips to partners' offices to validate their ideas and understand the challenges. Lastly, during the weekend of March 25th to 26th, students gathered at Rimi Latvia's office in Riga to work on their solutions actively with industry experts and mentors. On the last day of the challenge, the teams pitched their solutions, which were judged by a project jury made up of project partners.
The ESI Sustainability Challenge was supported by the ESI Student Innovation Program of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, "Rimi Baltic", "SEB banka", JSC "Eco Baltia" and the European Regional Fund. Project number: 1.1.1. 3./21/A/008.a. The challenge is organized by Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvian Academy of Arts, Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia, Rēzekne Academy of Technology and other industry partners.
