Thé challenge for impact in real life
With the chance to win €2,000 with your team
What is the Impacthon?
Impacthon is a 12-hour student challenge organised by PLNT Leiden and PLNT Students. Working in diverse teams, participants join a hands-on interdisciplinary experience where they explore one of three available themes. 🚀
This year’s overarching theme, ‘Nourishing Neighborhoods’, allows participants to define their own problem and challenge within one of the following themes:
Win €2.000 with your team
The Impacthon isn’t just about making an impact on the world—it’s also about making an impact on your life. That’s why the winning team will receive €2,000 to invest in a workshop or course that inspires you and helps you grow.
Whether you dream of taking a photography course or want to take a surfing workshop, you choose your path. How will you make an impact?
What will you do during the Impacthon?
- Identify and frame a real-world problem
- Research and explore the context
- Ideate and prototype a solution
- Collaborate across disciplines and perspectives
- Pitch their concept to peers and partners
Their final outputs include concepts, prototypes, or frameworks that address real-life challenges.
The program
09:30 – 10:00 | Walk-in
10:00 – 11:00 | Plenary opening
11:00 – 12.30 | breakout sessions problem identification
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 | breakout sessions solution formulation part 1
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
16:00 – 18:30 | breakout sessions solution formulation part 2
18:30 – 19:30 | Dinner
19:30 – 21:00 | Plenary Closing (pitch closing)
21:00 – 22.00 | Drinks & bitterballen