The 2026 Culture Hackathon is dedicated to the motto “Leave No One Behind” and is collaborating with the “Industry in the Village (CID)” project, alongside the following partners: the University for Continuing Education Krems, the USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, the Institute for the History of Rural Areas, and Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich GesmbH with OpenGLAM.at.

On the first day of the Hackathon, three keynotes will be available for an online audience:

16:30 | KEYNOTE 1:
Withering shadows of a flourishing past: digging into the value of former industrial legacy in Latvia by Ilze Grīnfelde & Linda Veliverronena

17:15 | KEYNOTE 2:
Rethinking Generative Media as Data Visualizations: A Designer’s Perspective on AI by Linda Kronman

17:45 | KEYNOTE 3:
Finding the Right Tool for the Job by Karl Voit

This Hackathon is organized in collaboration with the E³UDRES² Open Innovation Hub „Creative Industrie & Digital Media“ hosted at USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.