Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University

Name: Innovation Hub of Zhytomyr Polytechnic Startup school website: https://www.facebook.com/inhub.ztueduua?locale=uk_UA School focus areas: AI, EdTech, GreenTech, GovTech, DeepTech, Defense Tech, IoT, robotics, advanced manufacturing, additive technology Target audience: students, PhD students, researchers, startups, university lecturers Programmes: the "Zhytomyr Polytechnic Startup School" incubation programme, the BGV Hardware Accelerator acceleration programme, the "Innovation Leaders" programme, hackathons, training courses, mentoring programmes, workshops, demo days. Technology hackathons and competitions combine teamwork, mentoring, work on real challenges and public presentation of results. Key hackathons and competitions include: 3D Printing in STEM; Creativity in IT; the Hardware Hackathon dedicated to post-war reconstruction; the AI Hackathon; Embedded Development; Hack the FICT — an IoT hackathon; and the EdTech Hackathon ("Future Skills Hack"). The Innovation Hub of Zhytomyr Polytechnic is an ecosystem for developing technology projects, commercialising research, and realising the entrepreneurial initiative of lecturers, students and PhD students. Zhytomyr Polytechnic is a member of the WIN2EDIH European Digital Innovation Hub consortium. Key areas of the startup school's work: building the startup movement, growing the community of innovators, transforming the intellectual property system, developing R&D infrastructure. School equipment and infrastructure: Coworking spaces and R&D laboratories (by area): mechatronics and robotics, additive technologies, IoT and embedded systems, and others.