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.
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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.
