Hackathon Agenda

OCT 31

Relevant Online Office · Saturday October 31 · Utrecht

9:30Intro presentations, use cases and team formation

9:30 – 11:30Work together with your team and implement your solution at whatever pace fits your day. Some will go all in, others will fit it around existing commitments. Both are completely fine. Fully remote, no fixed schedule.

11:30Sit down for lunch as Jeroen Bos and Edwin Kuipers take the stage for an opening keynote on what European data sovereignty looks like in practice

13:00Last chance to build. Put the finishing touches on your project before it's time to present

16:00 – 19:00Take the stage, show what you've built, and raise a glass. Project presentations followed by drinks

Oct 31 · Speakers

Opening keynote

'European data sovereignty in practice'

A candid discussion on what European data sovereignty really means beyond the buzzword. Covering GDPR in practice, legal edge cases, ethical responsibilities for builders, and what the next generation of EU-native tooling needs to look like. Open format, bring your questions.

Jeroen Bos

Bossers & Cnossen · Cloud of the North

Jeroen is co-initiator of Cloud of the North, a growing community of Northern European IT professionals building open, sovereign cloud infrastructure. He brings deep practical experience in EU-compliant data architecture.

Edwin Kuipers

Cloud of the North

Edwin is an active builder and contributor within Cloud of the North. As both developer and advocate for European digital sovereignty, he brings a sharp perspective on what it actually takes to keep data within EU borders.