NOVEMBER 18 & 19, LUXEMBOURG
THE CHALLENGE
Get ready to dive into the “Matrix meets Luxchat” Hackathon powered by the Ministry for Digitalisation and LU-CIX ASBL, in cooperation with Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity & Digital Learning Hub at the occasion of the Luxembourg Internet Days event.
Join the 20-40 developers expected to team up to supercharge Luxchat(4Gov) & Luxchat4Pro, the instant messaging solutions, based on the Matrix protocol, powering seamless communication and interactions for both public and private sectors in Luxembourg!
Over two days, Nov. 18 & 19, you’ll be able to brainstorm and code creative solutions for additional services sticking to real-world challenges and integrate them within Luxchat, like:
- Find a way to easily interact with different services using a chat room,
- Integrating features from other services and apps into Luxchat,
- Boost engagement with providers, media or government platforms,
- And more…
- Streamlining (citizen) services,
- Creating chatbots enabling service opportunity between private companies and customers,
- Boosting engagement with providers, media or government platforms,
- Creating service application of a specific business, e.g. real-time order tracking,
- Using APIs to integrate Luxchat4Pro in your own IT infrastructure,
- Interconnecting a AI-driven tools with a chatbot using Matrix APIs,
- And more…
The main objective lies in integrating external services into the Luxchat ecosystem with the purpose of bettering these workflows.
As a multidisciplinary team, you will have 30 hours to craft work demos and 10 minutes to pitch your ideas in front of a jury composed of Matrix Experts.
This hackathon is your chance to show your creativity in this exciting challenge…and be rewarded for it!
It’s all about sparking innovation and making Luxembourg’s digital future more resilient, sovereign!
WHO CAN APPLY
You will need to have a Luxchat account.¹
You will need to be at least 18 years old to participate.
Registration is open to teams from 1 up to 5 members.
We encourage teams to be multidisciplinary to properly cover all aspects of the subject.
¹ A Luxembourg mobile number is recommended to create your Luxchat account. If you do not have one please follow the instructions below.
Luxchat uses LuxID² to create and grant you access to your Luxchat account.
Luxchat will be the main platform to communicate during this event. We encourage you to use Luxchat with your teammates throughout this hackathon.
² LuxID is a common and secure login solution that offers a unified experience on Luxembourgish websites, platforms, and online applications.
PROGRAMME
- November 18 & 19, 2025
- Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg - Room F01
- Starts at 9.00 am on November 18
- Pitch your idea at 1.30 pm on November 19 (in English)
- Awards Ceremony at 3.30 pm on November 19
Please note that you will need to bring your own equipment. We will only provide power and a room full of excitment!
PRIZES
Think glory, achievement, success, … but also:
JURY
Mr. Matthew Hodgson – Chairman
Co-founder & Project Lead
The Matrix.org Foundation
Mr. Patrick Weber – Co-chairman
Attaché
Ministry for Digitalisation
Mr. Pascal Steichen
CEO
Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity
Dr. Serge Linckels
Managing Director
Digital Learning Hub
Mr. Nicolas Debeffe
Chief Information Security Officer
LU-CIX GIE
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Digital Learning Hub
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