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This May, ten teams from across Europe gathered at the University of Aveiro for Creationthon 2025, a three-day challenge focused on creating impactful solutions for a sustainable future. Here’s how it unfolded and what the participants had to say.
Overview
- Dates: May 19–21st
- Location: University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Participants: 55 participants from all over Europe
- Main theme: Unlocking B2B opportunities in the Energy Transition
The goal was to develop business-led solutions for a more sustainable future in the energy sector. Ten multidisciplinary and multicultural teams worked together to address real-world challenges presented by Th!nk, the initiative’s partner and Portugal’s largest producer of biofuels.
Teams worked on venture projects across topics such as:
- Optimising energy services
- Rethinking logistics
- Reducing resource use
Winning Teams
- Main Prize: Awarded to Bioneers — a project focused on improving the relationship with the company’s raw material suppliers.
- Audience Award: Given to the team with the best presentation, chosen by audience vote.
Team 3: Bioneers (Main Prize)
- Deny Rocha (University of Tampere / Finland)
- Elsa Le Floch (Group INSA / Toulouse, France)
- Clara Madeira (University of Grenoble)
- Danny Hland (Technological University of Hamburg, Germany)
- Conal O’Leary (Dublin City University, Ireland)
- David Pereira (University de Aveiro, Portugal)
Team 10: Catching the €1.5B Opportunity (Audience Award)
- Julius Schotterer (University of Twente, Netherlands)
- Margaux Fontenelle (Group INSA, France)
- Noa Joan Bernadet (University of Trento, Italy)
- Tynold Stričhauk (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)
- Vygoldys Tytovsk (University de Aveiro, Portugal)
- Gonçalo Tavares (University de Aveiro, Portugal)