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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)