HackTM Season
February to December · hackathon 22–23 May
Ten months, not one weekend. Real problems from companies and institutions, a hackathon in May, and someone to take the best ideas further.
Find more →Banat IT · Timișoara · since 2014
One annual partnership with the tech community of Western Romania_
Six projects, one theme, ten months. A partnership that runs all year, not a logo on a weekend. Every project has a published price, and the annual packages cost less than buying the same projects one by one.
1,700+participants at Banat IT events in the past year
15,000+tech professionals engaged across our initiatives
100+partner IT organizations and public institutions
2014running since
The 2027 theme
Digitalisation in public administration, from the industry side_
What does an IT company need in order to work with public administration? Not what an institution wants to buy, but what has to be in place for both sides to build something that outlasts a term of office.
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01 · Skills
What does each side need to know about the other?
A city team that can brief developers, and developers who can read a public tender. Many projects stall on this gap before any code is written.
Comes up atPublic StackAzimuthmapIT
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02 · Procurement
How does software actually get bought?
Tenders, specifications and timelines decide what can be built. The year maps where good ideas get stuck between a need and a contract.
Comes up atPublic StackmapIT
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03 · Open data
What can a company build on?
Which public data is usable, in what format and on what terms, so the teams at the hackathon start from something real.
Comes up atHackTMPublic Stack
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04 · Continuity
What keeps a project alive after an election?
Who owns it, who maintains it and who pays for it once the people who started it have moved on.
Comes up atRelayBegaTalks.ai
Why it matters_
Problems between companies and institutions usually stay in meeting rooms.
This year they get a name, an owner and a team working on them, in public.
Portfolio 2027
Six projects across the year.
BIT BBQ
April and September
The whole local tech scene, outdoors. No stage, no talks: one evening in April, a bigger one in September.
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BegaTalks.ai
February, May, September, December
Practical AI, four Thursdays a year, for people who already build with it.
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Azimuth
May and October
Students ask, decision-makers answer, on record. Two sessions, in May and October.
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mapIT
through the year · reports in December
The tech sector, mapped across the Banat euroregion: Romania, Hungary and Serbia, with a report for each area.
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credITs
December
Awards for the people who helped the community, voted by the people they helped. One evening in December.
Find more →What's new in 2027
Four things we haven't done before.
New format
HackTM is now a season_
Until 2026, one event. From 2027, a season with three tracks.
Find more about HackTM Season →10months
3tracks
22–23May, the hackathon
1Where the problem comes from
2At the hackathon · 22–23 May
3What happens after
Public track
Public institutions list problems at Public Stack, Feb – Mar. Each has a named owner.
Teams build for that owner. We aim for at least one pilot.
Relay · June
Accelerators and university centres take the best further.
Private track
A host company picks the topic and lists real problems, Mar – May.
Teams build for the company. The problem’s author judges.
Relay · June
The best teams can be taken further.
Overkill track
Open call from March. No owner, no useful problem.
The most over-engineered answer to something pointless.
Demo
Three minutes on stage. The room votes.
- 1Feb – May · StacksProblems get an owner.
Listed behind closed doors, made public two weeks later.
Your part: host one and choose the topic.
- 222–23 May · HackathonTeams build on them.
Three tracks, one weekend.
Your part: your problem is one of the challenges.
- 3June · RelaySomeone takes it further.
Accelerators and incubators pick up the teams worth backing.
Your part: meet the team that worked on your problem.
- 4DecemberThe route goes public.
The problem, the team and what came of it.
Your part: your name on a result, not on a banner.
Season Week, 17–23 May: something on almost every day.
New format
Students ask. The people who hire them answer, in public.
The room asks about work and careers. Two weeks later, leaders answer, on record.
Each edition is a direction on the compass: 138° in May, 297° in October.
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Bigger in 2027
BIT Survey becomes mapIT: the tech sector, mapped across the euroregion.
From Timișoara to the whole euroregion, in three countries, with international experts in sociological research.
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New
Awards for the people who helped the tech community.
Mentors, organisers, volunteers. The people they helped vote, and a company hands over each award.
The categories above are examples.
Find more →Price list
What each project costs, and what you get from it.
1 point = €800
Every option below is priced in points, and a point costs the same on every project.
- A+6 points€4,800
- A4 points€3,200
- B2 points€1,600
- C1 point€800
HackTM Season Feb – Dec
Bring a problem, not a logo.
- Teams build on a real problem from your work, and your people judge the result.
- With the season, you host a Private Stack: your topic, your table, your brand alone.
- Hackathon weekend only22–23 MayA€3,200
- The whole seasonincludes the weekendA+€4,800
BIT BBQ Apr · Sep
A night out your team will actually go to.
- Your own zone for your people, plus games against other company teams.
- One evening with about 1,000 people from the local tech scene.
- Spring editionApril, opens the seasonB€1,600
- Main editionSeptemberA+€4,800
BegaTalks.ai Feb · May · Sep · Dec
Stay in the room between the big events.
- Your name in front of people who already build with AI.
- Start with one evening, add more when it works.
- One editionC€800
- Two editionsB€1,600
- All fourA€3,200
Azimuth May · Oct
Answer the questions students actually ask.
- Your leaders answer on record, in front of the people you will hire next.
- Half the room is students about to start their first job.
- One editionC€800
- Both editionsB€1,600
mapIT Apr – Dec
Ask the whole region your own question.
- Your questions reach tech people in Romania, Hungary and Serbia.
- The answers come back as reports, analysed by international experts.
- Your own segmentC€800
credITs December
Put your name on a kind of contribution.
- You hand over the award in your category, in front of the whole community.
- The winner is voted by the people who were helped, so the award carries weight.
- One categoryB€1,600
Said upfront: the Stacks are a new format and run only if three companies commit eight weeks ahead. We don't sell places on the problem list, and we don't promise a usable solution.
Annual packages
Three packages.
A package is a budget of points. Pick one, then spend its points on the projects above: the calculator below keeps count.
−20%
Annual package. Every package costs 20% less than the same points bought one by one, for agreements signed by 1 February 2027.
−10%
Loyalty. A further 10% for companies that partnered with Banat IT in 2026. It applies to Partner and Anchor, not to Supporter.
Supporter
open to any number of companies
5 points
€4,000 €3,200
For example: one A and one C, or two B and one C, or five C.
- −20% annual package
- The 10% loyalty reduction does not apply
Partner
5 places
10 points
€8,000 €6,400
€5,600 if you partnered with us in 2026
For example: one A+ and one A (the main BIT BBQ and the HackTM weekend), or two A and one B, or any combination.
- −20% annual package
- −10% more if you partnered with us in 2026
Anchor
3 places
All 23 points
€16,000 €12,800
€11,200 if you partnered with us in 2026
The whole portfolio, priced as 20 points. Every project, all year.
- 3 points included at no cost
- −20% annual package, −10% more if you partnered with us in 2026
| Package | Points | Full price | Annual (−20%) | Partnered in 2026 (−30%) |
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| Supporter | 5 | €4,000 | €3,200 | does not apply |
| Partner | 10 | €8,000 | €6,400 | €5,600 |
| Anchor | 23 | €16,000 | €12,800 | €11,200 |
The two reductions add up to 30% at most: 20% for the annual package and 10% for companies that partnered with Banat IT in 2026.
Why annual
The same projects cost less as a year.
Bought one by one, or after 1 February 2027, every project is at full price: €800 a point, with no reduction.
Calculator
Price your own selection.
Pick a package and spend its points, or just pick projects and we show the cheapest way to get them.
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Dates
Lock in the annual price by 1 February.
Sign by 1 February 2027 and your whole year is set at the package price. After that, projects are still available, one by one, at full price.
- Prices and packages are out. Everything you need to plan your 2027 budget.
- Book a call and we put together an offer around what your company needs.
- Last day for the annual price. Signed by then, your year is set.
- We announce the 2027 partners. From here on, projects are sold one by one, at full price.
- The season kicks off with the first Stacks and BegaTalks.ai.
How we work together
From the first call to the report after each event.
- 01Call
Thirty minutes on what you need this year: hiring, your team, or a problem to solve.
- 02Shortlist
We suggest the projects that fit. You can also price them yourself in the calculator above.
- 03Sign
One agreement for the year. Signed by 1 February, it gets the annual price.
- 04Plan
You get one contact at Banat IT, and together you set what happens at each project and when.
- 05Report
Within 30 days of each event, a short report: what happened and what came out of your part.
Thirty minutes is enough to see which role fits.
Book 30 minutes
Radu ScortescuPartnerships Operational, Banat IT
+40 769 285 021