AWS User Group France - Nantes

⚡ AI For Business Hackathon

18 avr. 2026 9:00 CEST

Audencia Nantes - Business School - http://draft-and-craft.audencia.com/, 8 route de la Jonelière, Nantes, FR

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Register on https://luma.com/fe684qje ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Join us on April 18th 2026, at Audencia Atlantic Campus in Nantes, for a bold 1-day hackathon with 50 top builders.
Centrale Nantes Etudes is a Junior Enterprise part of CNJE that connects Centrale Nantes engineering students with companies to deliver missions in digital, engineering and sustainability.

​For this event, Centrale Nantes Etudes is teaming up with:

• ​AWS User Group Nantes — local community part of the 590+ AWS User Groups globally organising meetups, workshops, and real-world projects around AWS solutions.
• ​Audencia Junior Conseil — Junior Enterprise part of CNJE connecting Audencia Business students with companies for strategy, business and consulting missions.

​Mentors and jury members will join from leading AI and consulting companies including AWS, Orange Business, BNP Paribas, Alten, and more.
​Teams will have 8h to build & pitch AI demos (real business use cases) to our Jury panel on Saturday evening.

***

​🗓️ Event Details
​​📍 Location: Audencia - Atlantique Campus, Nantes
📅 Date: Saturday, April 18th
👥 Participants: 50 (Teams: 1-5 people)
🧑‍💻 Format: In-person only
​​Food & drinks provided.
All participants must apply and be accepted individually.
​Selected participants will receive confirmation 2 weeks before the event.
We’ll open a WhatsApp group to help you form teams.
​​​​Limited to 50 participants – secure your spot now!

***

​​⏱️ Schedule – Saturday, April 18th

• ​9am - 10am : Arrivals and networking
• ​Check-in
• ​Breakfast
• ​10am - 10:30am : Opening Remarks
• ​Track and use cases presentation
• ​Partners presentations
• ​10:30am - 6:30pm : Hacking
• ​Lunch at 1pm
• ​Submissions before 5:30pm
• ​​6:30pm - 7:30pm : Judging
• ​5 finalists selected by our jury
• ​7:30pm - 8:00pm : Finalists demos
• ​5 finalists - 5 minutes each
• ​​8:15pm : Award Ceremony

***

​🏆 Prizes & Perks
​​We’re giving out €500+ in cash, credits, merch — and exclusive mentorship opportunities with our partners.
​​Whether you’re aiming to win or just build something ambitious, the top teams will walk away with:

• ​​💰 Cash prizes
• ​​🎁 AI credits & exclusive partner merch
• ​🧠 Professional opportunities and mentorship sessions from AWS, Github, Alten, Cursor and more

***

​🧠 Jury & Mentors
​​Full lineup of Jury:

• ​​Mick Levy, Directeur Innovation @OrangeBusiness
• ​Tugdual Grall, Solutions Engineer @Github
• ​Julieu Landuré, Organiser & Ambassador @AWS User Group @Cursor

​More to be announced...

***

​​🛠️ Our Partners
​AWS User Group Nantes — local community part of the 590+ AWS User Groups globally organising meetups, workshops, and real-world projects around AWS solutions.
​Wavestone — international consulting firm with 6,000+ consultants, supporting organisations worldwide in strategy, digital transformation, and technology adoption across business-critical challenges.

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Register on https://luma.com/fe684qje ⚠️⚠️⚠️