Nebraska Tech Builders Challenge

September 19, 2025 - September 20, 2025

Location

Cattle Conference Room

Students working together as a team to come up with ideas for a project.

 

Nebraska Tech Builders is a Product Development/Hackathon focusing on high school and college age students. The goal of Tech Builders is to take your idea, whatever that may be, and work with a team to create it in a 24-hour period. This year we have a $1,000 prize pool. In addition to the main competition, there are numerous workshops to help you improve, free snacks and drinks and a video game tournament. If you are feeling truly passionate about your idea, consider continuing the idea into the Concordia Catalyst Competition which is open to high school and college students.

Registration

Register Here!

Schedule

Friday, Sept. 19

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Students Arrive

Cattle Conference Room

5 p.m.

Kickoff keynote and theme reveal

Cattle Conference Room

5:30 p.m.

Team formation activity

Cattle Conference Room

6 p.m. - 10 P.m.

Work time

Cattle Conference Room

6 p.m.

pizza dinner catered by chartwells

Cattle Conference Room

7 p.m.

workshop (topic tbd)

Cattle Conference Room

8 p.m.

video game and chess tournament

Cattle Conference Room

Saturday, Sept. 20

8 a.m.

room opens up

Cattle Conference Room

8:30 a.m.

grab-n-go breakfast bar

Cattle Conference Room

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

work time

Cattle Conference Room

10 a.m.

Workshop (topic tba)

Cattle Conference Room

11 A.m. - 12 P.m.

lunch

Campus Dining Hall or Dog House Grill

2 p.m.

workshop: Pitching

Cattle Conference Room

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

presentations, judging and snacks

Cattle Conference Room

Students talk to one another throughout the Nebraska Tech Builders Competition

Thank you to our sponsors, DataVizion, ALLO and Kinetic, for their generous support, and to the Seward County Chamber and the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for their support and partnership!