About the MAKEathon
Turn real-world challenges into AI prototypes!
MAKE stands for Machine leArning and Knowledge Engineering. The MAKEathon is a two-day innovation event where students, professionals, researchers, and domain experts collaborate to develop AI prototypes to address real-world challenges from business and society.
The MAKEathon is an onsite event. Registration is required.
What makes the MAKEathon different?
The MAKEathon combines the pattern-recognition capabilities of Machine Learning – including generative AI – with explicit domain knowledge, rules, and relationships. Together, these approaches enable teams to develop AI solutions that learn from data while also incorporating domain expertise and real-world constraints.
Collaborate. Experiment. Make.
Over two days, teams explore a challenge, shape a solution, build a prototype, and present it. The focus is on interdisciplinary collaboration, hands-on experimentation, and learning from one another.
Join the MAKEathon
24–25 October 2026
FHNW Campus Olten
Onsite event | Registration required
2026 Event Schedule
Venue: FHNW Campus Olten, Von Rollstrasse 10, 4600 Olten
View location and directions.
The detailed schedule will be published soon.
| When | Where | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Main entrance OVR | Arrival and Registrations |
| 9:00 am – 9:20 am | OVR B018 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 9:20 am – 10:20 am | OVR B018 | Pitching session of the challenge providers (5 min for each presenter) |
| 10:20 am -12:00 am | OVR B018 | Group formation and challenge implementation |
| 12:30 am – 1:30 pm | Cafeteria, OVR | Lunch Break |
| 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | OVR B018 | MAKEathonYouth presentations |
| 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm | Cafeteria, OVR | Dinner Break |
| When | Where | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Atrium B, OVR | Coffee and Croissants |
| 12:00 am – 1:00 pm | Cafeteria, OVR | Lunch Break |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | OVR B018 | Pitching session of solutions (max. 5 min for each team) |
| 5:00 pm- 5:30 pm | OVR B018 | Statements from challenge providers |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Atrium B, OVR | Apéro |
| 6:30 pm | OVR B018 | Awards and closing session |
Related Events
The MAKEathon draws on insights and expertise from the AAAI-MAKE Spring Symposium and the international HybridAIMS workshop. Both focus on combining machine learning and knowledge engineering.
