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GITEX Europe is bringing together 21,650 global innovators, policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs to Berlin for the continent's largest tech conference—dedicated to solving Europe's digital sovereignty crisis and building the tech infrastructure that will compete globally. Central to this mission is democratizing access to AI development. The GITEX Europe x Lovable AI Development Hackathon will enable ~200 participants across a multitude of demographics to build, learn and collaborate during a high-impact 4-hour innovation sprint, operating in parallel with GITEX Europe's main conference programming (June 30 – July 1, 2026). The Lovable Hackathon reimagines how Europe builds solutions to this crisis by making professional AI application development accessible - enabling talent at every level to create production-ready prototypes, test entrepreneurial ideas, and build the tools that constitute digital Europe's future. Rather than discussing sovereignty in conference halls, participants actively build sovereign AI applications. Duration: 4-5-hour intensive sprint (single or dual-day options) 20 minutes: Platform intro + use-case showcase (the art of the possible with Lovable) 3 hours: Team building, ideation, development with live mentor support 30 minutes: Demo presentations and live judging 1 hour: Awards ceremony and networking

Following the success of Build for Impact 2026 Hackathon in Singapore, Build Learning is partnering with Providence Academy, Seoul to launch an AI Summer Tinkery for their students. This programme builds on our experiential learning approach, offering students a more exploratory and hands-on environment to engage with AI. The programme objective is to provide early and scaffolded exposure to AI for non-technical builders, through guided tinkering, ideation, and rapid prototyping of real-world applications. As part of this experience, Lovable will be featured as the main vibe coding tool.