EQUIP AUTO HACKATHON
Call for applications
Friday, October 17, 2025 - Paris Porte de Versailles
📍 In the heart of the EQUIP AUTO show
A DAY TO IMAGINE TOMORROW’S MOBILITY
The EQUIP AUTO Hackathon is an immersive experience at the heart of automotive innovation. Developer, designer, engineer, student or young professional with a passion for tech and mobility? Join us for a collaborative and creative challenge, alongside other talents from all over France.
EQUIP AUTO Hackathon: Inventing the future of the automobile together
Faced with climatic, technological and industrial challenges, the automobile of the future must meet the growing demands for intelligent mobility, environmental sustainability and technological sovereignty. This hackathon invites you to develop concrete, innovative and responsible solutions around 6 major challenges.
6 challenges to explore!
Challenge 1. Autonomous, shared and inclusive mobility
How can we make mobility more intelligent, accessible to all, and adapted to tomorrow’s needs? Propose solutions for autonomous vehicles and shared services, designed for social and territorial inclusion.
Challenge 2. Energy challenge: electrification, hydrogen, sobriety
Reducing the carbon footprint of the transport industry requires strong energy choices. Explore the possibilities of electrification, the use of hydrogen, and energy sobriety through sober and resilient solutions.
Challenge 3. New sustainable materials
Eco-design is at the heart of automotive innovation. Imagine alternative, recyclable, bio-sourced or low environmental impact materials for tomorrow’s vehicles.
Challenge 4. Responsible production & supply chain - remanufacturing
Towards a circular industry: how can we rethink automotive production and logistics to limit waste, recover resources and integrate sustainable reverse logistics and remanufacturing processes?
Challenge 5. Technological reappropriation (AI, IoT, cybersecurity)
The connected car poses new technical and ethical challenges. Create sovereign solutions integrating artificial intelligence, connected objects and cybersecurity, while retaining control of data.
Challenge 6. Social and ethical acceptability
Innovation cannot succeed without public support. Propose human-centered, ethical and transparent approaches that address the social, cultural and environmental concerns associated with the automobile.
Alone or in a team? The choice is yours.
You can apply :
- solo (we’ll help you join a team on site),
- or as part of an existing team (up to 5 people).
The aim? Create a multi-disciplinary team to maximize ideas, skills… and chances of winning!
A final pitch… right at the show
The best projects will be selected to pitch live to EQUIP AUTO visitors.
The final event is an on-stage pitch to a panel of experts and major players in the automotive industry.
Rewards to match
Prizes to be won :
- Up to €2,000 in prizes
- Visibility among industry professionals
- Concrete opportunities for further development
The Mentors
Experts from the professional and academic worlds. Their role is to coach the participating teams by providing advice and suggestions for improvement in order to better prepare them for the final jury.
- Dr. Youssef BOUAZIZ
- Dhaou GHOUL (PhD. Data science)
- Nabila BELHAJ (PhD. Data science)
- Axel MILLARD (ingénieur en supply chain)
The Scientific Committee
Academic experts from national and international institutions whose role is to evaluate the scientific quality and originality of the projects submitted.
- Jérôme VERNY (NEOMA BS)
- Iskander ZOUAGHI (Polytech. Alger)
- Youssef BOUAZIZ (ENSCG Maroc)
- Nabila BELHAJ (HIGHSYS Lab.)
- Dhaou GHOUL (HIGHFI Lab.)
- Ouail OULMAKKI (ETHICA-Chain)
- Redouane KHEMMAR (ESIGELEC)
- Paula AREAL LOSADA (Amazon-Europe)
- Ivan SANCHEZ DIAZ (Chalmers University of Technology – Suède)
- Andrey HERNANDEZ (Sorbonne Université)
The Jury
- Nicolas TOUCHANT (Autodistribution)
- Laurent MEILLAUD (Journaliste)
- Sébastien GUENEE (EQUIP AUTO)
- Thierry PARAYRE
- Catherine NEELS (HELLA)
- Véronique GIRAUD (Continental France SAS)
- Fidji ZENOUDA (BOSCH)
- Romain STUTZMANN
It’s up to you!
You’ve got the ideas. We’ll pave the way.
Join the EQUIP AUTO Hackathon.
