Over 36 hours, students, teachers, developers, designers, and top visionaries work toward a common goal. Come and build a solution that will truly reach school education!
This page has been translated using AI. The hackathon will take place in Estonian.
10. May 2026
Kahe päeva galeriisid vaata siit. Laupäeval lõppenud President Alar Karise algatatud haridushäkatonil tunnustas žürii tehisarul põhinevaid hariduslahendusi, mis aitavad õpetajatel õppematerjale luua, kontrolltö...
7. May 2026
8.–9. mail toimub Tallinnas president Alar Karise algatusel esimene presidendi haridushäkaton, kus 135 õpetajat, õpilast, arendajat ja haridusuuendajat üle Eesti loovad kahe päeva jooksul uusi tehisarupõhiseid ...
30. April 2026
Järgmisel nädalal leiab aset president Alar Karise algatatud haridushäkaton ehk sündmus, mille käigus luuakse haridusvaldkonnas kasutamiseks uusi ja kasulikke tehisaru põhiseid lahendusi. Uurime, milliseid tehi...
give your ideas a meaningful direction and test them in real life
panusta oma kogemusega, et kujundada hariduse tulevikku
build something that has a real impact on school education
find a meaningful challenge with the potential to grow big
We invite everyone to come hack who has experience in using, developing, or building businesses around artificial intelligence.
"The arrival of AI in schools has brought the old problems of education more clearly to light and added new ones. Yet new technology also gives us the opportunity to solve these problems better. I invite enterprising students, teachers, and education innovators from all over Estonia to the Presidential Hackathon to create solutions together for the future of our schools."
Alar Karis
President of Estonia, initiator of the hackathon
Learners have access to more information than ever before, but that does not guarantee better learning. Learning materials are static and do not account for the learner’s level or interests, and there is no way to steer one’s own learning path or receive instant, personalized feedback.
A solution that gives the learner a greater role in shaping their learning path and provides a personalized and engaging learning experience.
On top of a heavy workload, a lot of time is spent preparing lessons, grading, and administration. This fragments attention and reduces time for substantive teaching, while practical AI tools are often missing or difficult to use.
A solution that helps optimize the teacher’s work, save time, create quality learning content, and supports the use of AI as a natural part of the teacher’s daily work.
School management and school culture development relies on fragmented information, making data-driven decisions difficult. The different levels of the education system – school, municipality, and state – are not sufficiently connected, which leaves responsibility dispersed and cooperation uneven.
A solution that provides a better overview of what is happening in school, supports data-driven management decisions, and helps connect various stakeholders into a more unified whole.
Problem: in mathematics, gaps appear quickly and are hard to overcome. Learners fall behind, lose the courage to try and make mistakes. Learning is reduced to finding correct answers, even though understanding, creativity, and the ability to try different approaches are equally important. Teachers lack the time and means to sufficiently support learners at different levels. Expected outcome: a solution that makes learning mathematics more understandable, engaging, and effective, and supports the learner, the teacher, or the education system as a whole. The best mathematics-related solutions will receive a special prize from Targa Tuleviku Fond.
At the hackathon, there are practical workshops that help you quickly clarify, test, and present your ideas. These are not lectures, but intensive work sessions where you can gain new knowledge and advice from field experts to take your ideas even further.
A good solution starts with a real, existing problem. You’ll learn to distinguish a genuine need from an assumption and to formulate a value proposition that is impactful and clear to the user.
Juhendab:
Helen Minarik
UI/UX designer and international mentor
Even the best idea needs a convincing presentation. You’ll learn how to deliver your message briefly and effectively — to the jury, mentors, and future partners.
Juhendab:
Yrjo Ojasaar
Change Ventures co-founder and investor
The most successful teams will have the opportunity to continue refining their solutions in the hackathon’s follow-up program with the support of experienced mentors. The best teams will present their ideas at the international business competition Latitude59 on May 20–22 to secure further funding and bring their solutions to life.
Markus Villig
Chair of the Jury, Chair of the Estonian AI Council, CEO of Bolt
Kaidi Ruusalepp
Member of the President’s Digital Council
Triin Laasi-Õige
Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Research
Annika Räim
CEO of Targa Tuleviku Fond
Karl Erik Kirss
Chair of the Board of the Estonian Student Councils’ Union
Jayna Devani
OpenAI Education for Countries Lead
Kai Isand
Latitude59 program manager, Presidential Hackathon host
Ats Albre
CEO of Nortal Estonia
Luukas Kristjan Ilves
Eesti.ai initiative advisor
Kristina Siimar
Education innovator, Board Member at Skaala Impact
Carlotta Reviglio
OpenAI AI Success Engineering Lead
Jayna Devani
OpenAI Education for Countries Lead
Alvar Lumberg
Engineering Lead at Lightyear
Anna-Greta Tsahkna
Chair of the Board of the e-Governance Academy, CEO of Timbeter, Vice-President of ITL
Oleg Shavikovsky
Co-founder of AI Leap and Askend, mentor of the IT and Data track at Püha Johannese Kool
Mari-Liis Lind
Eesti.ai initiative advisor
Priit Liivak
State CTO at Nortal
Janika Leoste
Senior Researcher in AI Didactics at Tallinn University and Assistant Professor of IT Didactics at Taltech
Kaisa Tamkivi
Head of Development at Tallinn Secondary School of Science
Märt Aro
Digital innovator and co-founder of DreamApply
Linda Helene Sillat
Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Tallinn University
Peter Fagerström
Educraftor founder
Tähve Lõpp
Head of the AI Competence Center at Ericsson
Ebe-Kai Oss
Telia UX designer
Jaagup Kippar
Distinguished Lecturer in Software Engineering
Mihkel Sülla
Telia UX designer
Triin Saar
Project lead at Smart Future Fond
Ott Oja
Mental health and education expert
Helen Minarik
Product Designer & Service Design Trainer
Yrjo Ojasaar
Change Ventures co-founder and investor
Ago Luberg
Applied AI Research Group Lead at TalTech
Aivar Hiio
Innovation Unit Lead, Government Office of Estonia
Omari Loid
Co-organizer of the Presidential Education Hackathon, co-founder & CEO of Praktikal
Triin Noorkõiv
Education innovator and change maker
Pirkko Valge
CEO of Good Deed Foundation
Martti Praks
Head of AI at LHV
Tõnu Pekk
Founder and CEO of Tuleva
Teibi Torm
Education leader
Meri-Kris Jaama
Chief Data Officer at AI Leap
Taavi Sadam
OIXIO Business Application Sales Manager and AI community lead
25 teams will be selected for the hackathon. Individual registrants can join teams, and final team compositions are formed right before the hackathon. Changes can be made until lunch on the first day.
Teams are confirmed in two rounds: 10 teams on April 24 and 15 teams on April 27. Teams are selected — not individual participants — primarily based on the strength of the idea and the problem.
Please let us know about your accommodation and transport needs by April 27 at the latest when registering.
The hackathon is supported by Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent that helps individuals and teams build, ship, and maintain software end-to-end using advanced AI. Winners receive OpenAI API credits to keep scaling their ideas beyond the hackathon.
You’ll find more info about team formation, team selection, and transport/accommodation on the hackathon registration page.
The Presidential Education Hackathon is organized by the Office of the President together with the AI Leap Foundation’s education program, the educational technology industry association EdTech Estonia, and the investment fund Skaala Impact.
Estonia’s next major leap in education is being driven by TI-Hüpe through public–private sector collaboration.
