Major League Hacking 2026 Hackathon Season

20–21 Nov 2026 · Maastricht

Where every field meets AI

Two days bringing students, researchers and industry together to explore, build and challenge what comes next in AI.

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The idea

AI is no longer one field. It is changing medicine, law, business, science, design and everything between. Yet those worlds rarely meet. This November, Maastricht brings them together.

This is MAIN Summit

Not another AI conference.

A meeting point for every discipline AI is changing, built around ideas worth challenging, things worth building and people worth meeting.

IDEAS / PERSPECTIVES

See AI from outside.

Keynotes, panels and conversations connecting AI with research, industry and the disciplines it is already changing.

KEYNOTESPANELSRESEARCHINDUSTRY

TEAMS / CREATION

Build something real.

Multidisciplinary teams take on real challenges, build with mentors and bring their ideas to a live pitch.

CHALLENGESMENTORSPROTOTYPESLIVE PITCH

PEOPLE / COLLISIONS

Meet beyond your circle.

Students, researchers, founders and companies meet across disciplines, because the unexpected connections are the point.

30+ UNIVERSITIESFOUNDERSRESEARCHERSCOMPANIES

One shared technology

Many fields. One future.

AI does not stay inside computer science. MAIN Summit is designed for the collisions between fields.

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The experience

Two days. One mission.

Two complementary formats. One brings the ideas into the room. The other turns them into something you can test.

AI Summit

Keynotes, panels and interactive conversations with leaders from technology, research, entrepreneurship and business.

  • Keynotes & panel discussions
  • Conversations with voices from tech, research & business
  • Networking across universities & industry

AI Hackathon

Multidisciplinary teams build practical AI solutions around real challenges, supported by mentors and industry experts.

  • Multidisciplinary teams, real-world challenges
  • Mentoring from industry experts
  • Live pitches & jury judging
  • No free overnight stay is offered

Our sponsors

Track record

We’ve done this before.

Hackathons, workshops and panels with partners from industry, law and research. These are the events that got MAIN to the summit.

Built by MAIN

Built on community.

We didn’t start with a summit. We started with a community of students who wanted AI in every room.

MAIN x ELSA session
MAIN x ELSA session
Networking break
Networking break
Hands-on coding session
Hands-on coding session
Packed lecture hall
Packed lecture hall
Panel Q&A
Panel Q&A
MAIN x Omnium panel
MAIN x Omnium panel
MAIN x Microsoft NL
MAIN x Microsoft NL
Full auditorium
Full auditorium
Live demo on screen
Live demo on screen
Community talk
Community talk
Full house keynote
Full house keynote
Workshop floor
Workshop floor
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#1AI & Data Science bachelor’s in NLSource: Keuzegids 2023

AI Hackathon · 20–21 November 2026

Register for the hackathon.

Join a multidisciplinary team, build with mentors and pitch live. Tell us a little about yourself and we will keep you posted.

No free overnight stay

We do not offer free overnight accommodation. If you need to stay overnight, please arrange and pay for your own accommodation.

Please pick your school from the list (the official MLH school list).

We are currently in the process of partnering with MLH. The following 3 checkboxes are for this partnership. If we do not end up partnering with MLH, your information will not be shared.

Reminder: we do not offer free overnight stay.

20–21 November 2026 · Maastricht

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