For the second year in a row, the Lithuanian Rifle Union and partners from the defense, scientific, and business industries, invite everyone who cares about national security to participate in the cyber defense and security innovation hackathon “Fire Shield 2024”.

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THE HACKATHON

If you have skills in engineering, robotics, cybernetics, data analytics, drones, or experimenting with physics and chemistry in science laboratories – gather a team of at least two people and participate in the hackathon “Fire Shield 2024”.

Hackathon “Fire Shield 2024” is a place where innovators will get needful support from defense innovation and national defense specialists. Leaders of the startup ecosystem and managers of investment funds will help turn the idea into a real project or even a prototype.
This is an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge, make useful contacts, test your idea, and present it to investors.

Take the opportunity and participate in the hackathon!

This year’s prize pool is 45,000 euros. The most promising teams will receive tickets to startup pre-accelerators and the opportunity to attract 2 million euros investment.

WHEN // October 4-6
WHERE // KTU “Santaka Valley”

Registration for teams ➡ https://bit.ly/registracijaKomandoms
Registration for individual participants ➡ https://bit.ly/RegistracijaDalyviams
Registration for mentors ➡ https://bit.ly/Mentoriams

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CTF

The Hackathon “Fire Shield 2024” will also host the cybersecurity game “Capture the Flag (CTF)”. This is a great opportunity to test your skills on the virtual training ground! Individual players and teams will need to overcome challenges and different tasks within 24 hours.

Registration 

Organisers: Lithuanian Rifle Union and Tech-Park Kaunas.
Partners: Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Innovation agency, „Coinvest Capital”, ILTE, „Try Hack Me”, „Baltic Sandbox Ventures”, „Vilnius TECH”