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title: "\U0001F9E0 NiPreps Hackathon 2026"
tags: [Hackathons]

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# 🧠 NiPreps Hackathon 2026

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**📍 Location:** TBD, Copenhagen, Denmark  
**📅 Dates:** Tuesday–Thursday, April 28–30, 2026  
**⏱ Format:** 3-day hackathon · Hybrid (in-person + remote)

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## TODO list

- [ ] Infrastructure/logistics:
    - [ ] Determine exact location (venue)
    - [ ] Catering & food
    - [ ] Guidelines for booking (hotel, travel) and reimbursement 
- [ ] Admin: 
    - [ ] Set-up gh-pages with event's agenda and summary
    - [x] Track registrations, share necessary attendee data across organizers.
- [ ] More clearly define projects:
    - [ ] Objectives for the hackathon (important: measurable!)
    - [ ] Link to a set (release, project, etc.) of issues on GitHub (following objectives)

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## Ideas to discuss
- [ ] Introduce some "roundtable" track, defining topics, so that we can openly discuss about the future of NiPreps (at micro-/mid-/big-picture).

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## **Projects**

- T1Prep - led by Christian Gaser
- NiWrap - led Chris Markiewicz
- NiFreeze - led by Jon Haitz Legarreta and Oscar Esteban
- PETPrep - led by Martin Norgaard
- NiRodents - led by Eilidh MacNicol and Eugene Kim
- M/EEGPrep - led by Guiomar Niso
- MRIQC Web API 2.0 (do not confuse with Web 2.0 API) - led by Ross Blair
- ME-MRIQC

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## **Day 1 — Tuesday, April 28**  
### *Orientation & project alignment*

**09:00 – 09:30**  
Welcome & opening remarks  

**09:30 – 10:00**  
NiPreps 2026 overview  

**10:00 – 12:00**  
Project pitches, team formation and hack session I  

**12:00 – 13:00**  
Lunch  

**13:00 – 15:30**  
Hack session II  

**15:30 – 16:00**  
Break  

**16:00 – 17:00**  
End-of-day check-in  
  

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## **Day 2 — Wednesday, April 29**  
### *Core hacking & collaboration*

**09:00 – 09:30**  
Morning kick-off  

**09:30 – 12:30**  
Hack session III  

**12:30 – 13:30**  
Lunch  

**13:30 – 15:00**  
Hack session IV  

**15:00 – 15:30**  
Break  

**15:30 – 16:30**  
Cross-team sync  

**16:30 – 17:00**  
Mid-hack progress review  

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## **Day 3 — Thursday, April 30**  
### *Integration, outcomes & next Steps*

**09:00 – 09:30**  
Morning kick-off  

**09:30 – 11:30**  
Hack session V  

**11:30 – 12:30**  
Deliverables finalization  

**12:30 – 13:30**  
Lunch  

**13:30 – 15:00**  
Project presentations & showcases  

**15:00 – 15:30**  
Break  

**15:30 – 16:30**  
Closing Remarks 