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Local First – Using AI to Strengthen Malta’s Local Food Markets - Winning Idea

MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon - Malta

29. november 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat, Christian Borg, Neil Tirchett

When it comes to supporting local farmers, demand matters as much as supply. The winning concept of the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, Go(v) Local First, proposed a simple but transformative idea:Governmen

From Soil to Society – Rethinking Access to Agricultural Land in Malta

MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon - Malta

28. november 2025 • Maria Elena Muscat, Christian Borg, Neil Tirchett

In Malta, where every patch of fertile land is precious, the challenge of access to agricultural land is as much social and economic as it is environmental. During the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon, part o

Educational excursion of DIPS IDEATHON participants: A day when technology and science came within students’ reach

25. november 2025 • Pavla Kolářová, Úhava, o.p.s.

As a symbolic conclusion to the Mobilise project, students, teachers, and professionals who took part in the Klatovy IDEATHON set out on a full-day educational excursion. The goal was to reveal the b

Smart Technologies Shaping the Future of Agritourism in Central Greece

From tradition to innovation: how digital tools empower sustainable rural experiences

21. november 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

As rural destinations evolve to meet the expectations of modern travellers, new technologies are redefining the way agritourism is designed, managed, and experienced. In Central Greece, the integrati

Smart Agritourism Challenge: Co-creating Sustainable Tourism Ideas in Evia

Exploring collaboration, innovation, and digital tools for the future of rural tourism 27–28 September 2025 | Chalkida (Evia, Greece) | Hybrid format

19. november 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

The Smart Agritourism Challenge, held in Chalkida on 27–28 September 2025, brought together farmers, tourism professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs to rethink how agritourism can become a driv

Digitalisation of Cultural Heritage: Past, Present and Future Come Together in the Sierra and Mancha of Cuenca

Cultural heritage conveys and enhances the tangible and intangible assets of the past to better understand our present and future.

14. november 2025 • Cristina Sierra López (ITECAM Centro Tecnológico Industrial de Castilla La Mancha)

What drives us to throw a coin into a fountain centuries after the Romans did it? Why do we still touch millenary stones to attract good luck? What superstitions lie behind some of our most everyday

Insights from the D2D Hackathon Final Meeting in Vidzeme/Latvia

Collaborative innovation meets data-driven decision-making — the D2D Hackathon in Vidzeme showcased how AI and teamwork can turn regional data into actionable insights for smarter development.

16. október 2025 • Aleksandrs Ļubinskis, NovoFutura NGO (Open Call Winner in Vidzeme Planning Region)

On October 6, an online meeting marked the conclusion of the Data to Develop (D2D) hackathon, where results were presented to the Vidzeme Planning Region and future development directions were discus

How to Promote Smart Rural Tourism in the Sierra and Mancha Conquense

Advanced technologies to rediscover paradise in the province of Cuenca

11. október 2025 • Cristina Sierra López (ITECAM Centro Tecnológico Industrial de Castilla La Mancha)

Take a few peaceful moments to travel—at least in your mind—to a place where tranquility fills the air. Let your imagination drift to that perfect setting where you’d love to spend a few restful days

Smart Agritourism Challenge launches in Chalkida: two days of ideas, tech, and teamwork for rural tourism

Hackathon-style event brings producers, tourism professionals, students, and developers together to prototype solutions at the intersection of agrifood, tourism, and technology.

26. september 2025 • Chrisa Mpoza, OpenFarm (Open Call Winner for Pilot 3 - Central Greece Region)

Chalkida, 27–28 September 2025 — The Smart Agritourism Challenge is coming to the Euboea Chamber of Commerce (12 Eleftheriou Venizelou, Chalkida) for a two-day, hybrid event designed to spark practic