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HackTM Season
Ten months, three circuits, one hackathon weekend in May.
No Off‑Season
Western Romania's tech ecosystem, worked on all year. One theme, one partnership, ten months. Not a logo on a weekend.
announcedannounced 9 November
- ~1,000people at BIT BBQ 2026
- ~4,500professionals on the newsletter
- 2014running since
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The 2027 theme
What the IT sector needs in order to work with public administration
The whole year starts from one question: what does an IT company actually need in order to work with public administration. Skills, procurement, open data, continuity across mandates.
- Skillswhat both sides need to know
- Procurementhow technology actually gets bought
- Open datawhat data you are allowed to build on
- Continuityprojects that outlive a mandate
WHY ONE THEME
A partnership should mean more than a logo on a banner. An annual theme gives it a concrete object: a public list of real problems, each one with a named owner who stands behind it. That list is what partners contribute to and are seen on.
Each session is confirmed with the institution eight weeks in advance, and the list publishes only with named owners who stand behind it. Without that, the session does not run.
HackTM Season
From a six-day event to a ten-month season
Three circuits run from February. They are the tracks of the hackathon: where you enter in February is where you come out in May.
Publicpublic administration
Public Stackproblems from public administration, each with a named owner
HACKATHON WEEKEND
22-23
MAY 2027
Three tracks, one per circuitthe centre of the seasonRelayJune · we look for who can take the teams on
Privateindustry
Private Stackproblems from industry, each with a named owner inside a company
RelayJune · we look for who can take the teams on
Overkillthe track for fun
Open callproduces nothing, and that is the point
The most elaborate possible engineering for a problem that does not matter. Three minute demo, judged by the room.
MON
17
BegaTalks.ai edition
Private Stack open session
TUE - THU
18-20
Events co-created with partners
full programme announced closer to the season
FRI
21
Tech Talks by UPT, a university event
SAT
22
Hackathon, three tracks
SUN
23
Hackathon, three tracks
The week is open to any organisation in the tech ecosystem that wants to run something in it. Banat IT coordinates the shared calendar.
The hackathon: 22 and 23 May 2027. Three tracks, one per circuit. The centre of the season.
The Stack format, in three steps
no press
1
Closed session
Companies and decision makers. Work goes until there are concrete problems with named owners. No consensus, no general conclusions.
two weeks later
2
Open session
Public, with press. The list is presented and the owners take questions from the room.
optional
3
Dinner
A small table after the closed session. See Private Stack and the dinner that follows.
Relay, the handover
A problem has no effect if no organisation picks it up. After the hackathon we look, together with the teams, for the organisations that can take them further: accelerators, incubators, university entrepreneurship centres. We make the introduction and we publish the route.
Feb - May
The list
Concrete problems, with named owners.
22-23 May
The teams
They form on the list at the hackathon.
June
Relay
We look for the programmes that can take them on.
December
The route
Published, from problem to result.
Formerly TechTable and Business BITes
Private Stack and the dinner that follows
Private Stack is TechTable, rebuilt. A closed working session, no press, hosted by one company. The host company sets the topic. The session runs until there is a list of concrete problems, each with a named owner, and two weeks later that list is presented publicly.
The dinner afterwards is Business BITes, back in its original form. A small table, a C-level venue, one short finding from the year's data, then conversation. The company that offers it is the host of the evening.
Recognition happens here, all year. Thanks for what a person, an NGO or a company contributed to the community are said at these dinners, in a small room. In December they are collected and made public.
Portfolio 2027
Six projects, one partnership
Three projects you already know. Three that open on 9 November.
02
BIT BBQ
The whole local tech scene in one place, outdoors, no conference stage. Two editions.
From 2027 the September edition is built around the teams of partner companies: allocated places, dedicated areas, activities between teams. Not a PR exercise.
The April edition is where the season goes public: circuits announced, registrations open.
03
BegaTalks.ai
A practical AI meetup with a community of its own.
04
Project 04
A forum on the distance between what companies need and what people entering the market actually know. Two editions, spring and autumn, moderated by Banat IT.
05
Project 05
An evening at the end of the year where the thanks collected all year become public. No jury, no ranking, no awards. The community brings its own recognitions.
06
Project 06
An annual read on the local tech sector, built from the community's answers at events through the year and comparable year on year.
Calendar
The cycle, and the year
9 Nov 2026Packages publish
Nov - JanOne to one conversations
1 Feb 2027Early bird closes
Feb 2027The season starts
SEASON WEEK
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
HackTM Season
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BIT BBQ
BegaTalks.ai
Private Stack
Project 04
Project 05
season week, 17-23 May
Partnership
One annual partnership
From 2027 Banat IT works with annual partners, not with event sponsors. One agreement covers the whole portfolio, and the commercial terms are built to make that the sensible choice.
| Annual partnership | 20% off every package in the portfolio |
|---|---|
| Loyalty | 10% off, for companies that have partnered on BIT BBQ or HackTM before |
| Combined cap | 30% |
| Single event | The annual reduction does not apply. A returning partner keeps the loyalty reduction. |
The annual reduction is attached to the annual commitment. A partnership for the whole year gets different terms than a presence at a single event.
Packages publish on 9 November 2026. Early bird terms apply to partnerships signed by 1 February 2027.
WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES
- A defined role you choose: hosting a Private Stack, a place in the forum, or your teams at BIT BBQ
- The room where the year's problem list is written, before it is public
- Access to the builders, AI practitioners and students who come through the season
- The annual read on the local sector
- Your contribution made public at the end of the year
Twenty minutes is enough to see which role fits.
- Alberto-Codrin Cirimpei+40 739 023 694