Nordic AI & Open Data Hackathon
18-19 of March 2022
Nordic AI & Open Data Hackathon
The 6 Finalists from Denmark, Sweden and Online
Intelligent Real-time Accident Warning System (IRAWS)
Samajh AI
Well-Trucking
Parking for truck drivers
Just in Time (JIT) – WINNER
RoadAId
What is the goal of the hackathon?
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure:
(How) can road camera data supplemented by other data be used optimize freight transport and traffic flows around heavy vehicles?
(How) can road camera data be used to monitor the resilience and health of the transport infrastructure?
SDG 13: Climate Action
(How) can road camera data improve traffic flows, prevent congestion and ensure a greener transportation sector?
SDG 15: Life on Land
(How) can road camera data contribute to improved road safety and better human health?
(How) can road camera data monitor roadside ecosystems and their health?
QUESTIONS / CONTACT
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to Linda (Project Lead) at linda@happy42.dk!

What data will be made available for us?
The central datasets at the hackathon are road camera datasets from across the five Nordic countries. Road camera data consists of a photo stream or data feed from web cameras located alongside roads in the Nordic countries.
Several other datasets will be curated to be used by you alongside the road camera datasets.
- Traffic events and roadworks dataset (traffic incidents, road conditions, traffic disorders)
Weather datasets (wind, downpour, temperature, water levels etc) - Air quality datasets (pollution in an area, air quality measurements, weather, emissions)
Program
The program is the same for everyone, no matter if you’re in Copenhagen, Stockholm or online. Some of our sessions are hosted online (all-together) and some are individual for each location. But don’t worry, we’ll handle the details, you just have to note what time to show up – and remember to register at the right location 🙂
Friday (March 18)
15:30
Arrival, Registration & Networking
YOUR FACILITATOR: COPENHAGEN (LYNGBY) Lasse Chor // STOCKHOLM: Linda Pedersen // Online: Maria Garde
16:00
Kick off Your Facilitator, Welcome by Nordic Innovation & Keynote
YOUR KEYNOTE: COPENHAGEN: Ditte Hvas Mortensen, ITD Logtech Hub // STOCKHOLM: Gina Aspelin Hedbring, Smart City Sweden // Online: Kristjana Björk Barðdal, The City of Reykjavik
16:30
Challenges to be presented + datasets presented
CHALLENGES: It’s online – and same for everyone! Andreas Lind, Cheif Consultant, Rambøll will present datasets available for you – and Joachim Viktil, Regional Director for Smart Mobility Scandanavia will give an introduction til the sector challenges and background information
17:00
Team formation
YOUR FACILITATOR: COPENHAGEN (LYNGBY) Lasse Chor // STOCKHOLM: Linda Pedersen // Online: Maria Garde
17:00
Start hacking
It’s time to identify the challenge you want to focus on – and start hacking on the solution(s)
18:00
Dinner
Working dinner while hacking 🙂
18:30
2 x Tech Sessions
This will be 2 online tech sessions of 30 minutes each. Hosted to inspire you on opportunities within the world of AI, data and technology that will be useful for your solutions. Our hosts are Microsoft (presentation about Azure and the use of it) and Vejdirektoratet (presentation about additional data sets for you to use).
24:00
Building closes
It’s a wrap… See you tomorrow morning for day 2 at the hackathon 🙂
Saturday (March 19)
08:30
Breakfast & Check-in
09:00
Online Mentor Session (2 hours – 09.00 – 11.00)
We have 7 mentors ready for you – All mentors are accessible to everyone, no matter location! Mentors are there to give you valuable feedback, being able to sharpen your concept before your final pitch for the jury in the afternoon.
12:00
Lunch
15:00
Presentation for Expert Jury
The pitches will be either physical in Copenhagen, Stockholm or online – and there will be 3 different jurys in place. In each of the 3 locations, a top 2 will be identified.
16:30
Top 2 Announcement
Top 2 will be announced by the jury. After the hackathon, all top 2 teams will need to submit a video of 4 minutes – and a final winner across the 3 locations will be found within a week after the hackathon, selected by a selected expert jury.
17:00
Closing of the Hackathon
We have come to an end, and it’s a wrap for the hackathon. We hope you will stay to mingle a bit to expand your network and share your learnings with the other hackathon-participants!
Winner Prize & Judging Criteria
– The prize is sponsored by ITD Logtech Hub
The top 2 from the 3 locations (Denmark, Sweden & Online) will need to submit a pitch-video of max 5 minutes within a week after the hackathon. Afterwars they will be evaluated by an expert jury. The final winner team will receive a cash prize of 20.000 DKK!
They will also receive a special designed acceleration package run by ITD Logtech Hub. The key components of the acceleration package is connecting you to potential customers to test and validate – and to potential implementation partners via the extensive network through their +700 members in the transport industry. Furthermore they will provide mentor sessions from profiles with high expertise within UX, digitalization and business development that can help you adjust and grow your idea further within the following 6 months.
All pitches are judged by the following criteria:
1. Relevance
2. Impact
3. Feasibility (technical)
4. Scalability
Organizers



Industry & University Partners






People engaged
Stay updated on the website. We will add awesome speakers, mentors and jury from all over the Nordics to be engaged in the Nordic Open Data Hackathon.
Clara Leandersson
Senior Consultant, Ramboll Management Consulting
Emil Ørskov
Presenting data // Manager, Ramboll Management Consulting
Lasse Chor
Facilitator // Partner, Happy42
Linda Pedersen
Facilitator // Partner, Happy42
Zhenliang Ma
Mentor // Assistant Professor, KTH
Francisco Camara Pereira
Jury // Professor, DTU
Felix Wilhelm Siebert
Mentor // Assistant Professor, DTU
Christoffer Riis
Mentor // PHD Student, DTU
Frederik Boe Hüttel
PhD Student, DTU
Nina Egeli
Head of Program, Nordic Green Mobility, Nordic Innovation
Trine Moa
Senior Adviser, Strategy & Governance, Nordic Innovation
Anna-Maija Sunnanmark
Jury // Head of Program, Nordic AI and Data, Nordic Innovation
Jan Cordtz
Mentor & Tech Talk // Sr Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft Denmark
Katriina Valli
Jury // CEO, AI4Value
Ditte Hvas Mortensen
Keynote // Cheif Consultant, ITD Logtech Hub
Wilco Burghout
Jury // Director, KTH Centre for Traffic Research
Erik Jenelius
Head of Transport Planning Division, KTH
Gina Aspelin Hedbring
Keynote // Project Manager, Smart City Sweden
Kamal Nasrollahi
Mentor // Head of Machine Learning, Milestone Systems
Joachim Viktil
Speaker // Regional Director, Smart Mobility Scandinavia, Rambøll
Ehsan Hashemi
Mentor // Director, Networked Optimization, Diagnosis, and Estimation Lab, University of Alberta
Maria Garde
Facilitator // Senior Producer, Set Snail
Kim Snejbjerg
Jury // Chef for ITD Logtech Hub
Hafsteinn Einarsson
Mentor // Assistant Professor, Háskóli Íslands
Stefán Ólafsson
Mentor // Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at Reykjavik University
Kristjana Björk Barðdal
Keynote // Producer in Digital Transformation, The City of Reykjavik
Christian von Huth
Tech talk // Project Manager, Vejdirektoratet
Ali Leylani
Jury // Chief Data Scientist, Granditude
Lena Henriksson
Jury // Head of Communication, Nordic Innovation
Elin Hauge
Mentor // AI and Business Strategist
Cecilie Amalie Andersen
Head of Customer Analytics, Trackunit