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**We’re back — and this time, we’re going green.**

Hackathon 2025

Green Tech | November 7–9 | Ipswich

One Sixth Form College

Innovate Suffolk is bringing together coders, makers, designers, and
big thinkers for a weekend of ideas, prototypes, and purpose.

Building Ideas. Solving Problems. Creating Futures.

Join us for an exciting, fast-paced hackathon designed to bring together developers, designers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers from across Suffolk and beyond. This is your chance to work in teams, solve real-world challenges, build new skills, and connect with like-minded people.

Whether you’re here to code, design, pitch—or just learn—this event is for you.

Let’s Build Suffolk’s Future Together

This hackathon is for Suffolk, by Suffolk. We want to bring together people from across the county to solve problems that matter here - in a Suffolk way. Whether you’re technical, creative, business-minded, or just curious, we want you involved.

No special skills are required. No big qualifications needed. Just ideas, enthusiasm, and a bit of your time.

Our second hackathon is themed around Green Tech, ideas that help the environment, reduce waste, or make life more sustainable. But if you’ve got a different idea or just want to learn how innovation works - come anyway!

This is about learning, testing, and having a go.

Maybe you’ve got an idea you want to build. Maybe you don’t yet but you want to meet people, get inspired, and learn how turning an idea into action works.

Future hackathons will have new themes but this one’s just the start. Start now, grow with us.

What Happens on the Day?

Meet your team (or bring one!)
Choose a challenge to work on
Hack, prototype, collaborate
Hear from local experts & mentors
Present your solution to the judging panel
Celebrate, network, connect

Why Take Part?

Build skills & confidence
Solve real challenges affecting Suffolk
Meet potential employers, collaborators & investors
Win prizes & recognition
Inspire or be inspired
Sharpen your skills in a safe environment

New to Hackathons?

No worries. We’ll guide you through it. Whether you’re coding or contributing ideas, we want to hear from you.

Want to Sponsor or Support?

Sponsors make this possible. Supporting Innovate Suffolk means you’re backing the next generation of innovators and giving something meaningful back to the community. Sponsorship comes with brand exposure, meaningful connections, and talent pipelines.