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Event Management
Create, manage, and publish hackathons, ICT competitions, and innovation challenges. Administrators control the full lifecycle — from setup to award distribution.
ITEE SPOT is a centralized digital platform built to boost the connection between SMEs and ICT students in Oulu, Finland. Developed by the IKAPO team and co-funded by the European Union, it provides structured event management, student project showcases, and professional evaluation systems — bridging the gap between industry and academia.
Small and medium enterprises in North Ostrobothnia often struggle to access fresh engineering talent, while ICT students at the University of Oulu need real-world problems to validate their skills. ITEE SPOT resolves this mismatch through a structured partnership programme — giving companies a direct channel to sponsor challenges, and giving students a competitive platform to showcase solutions evaluated by industry experts.
Create, manage, and publish hackathons, ICT competitions, and innovation challenges. Administrators control the full lifecycle — from setup to award distribution.
Students form teams, register for active events, upload project submissions with rich-text summaries and poster attachments, and track evaluation progress in real time.
Judges and industry professionals evaluate submissions through structured rubric-based scoring — criteria weighting, evaluation sliders, and final score calculation.
Full admin portals for user role management, group oversight, event registration control, and comprehensive search, filter, and sorting across all data entities.
Project Owner
IKAPO Team
IKAPO (ICT Experts Creating Sustainable International Growth for North Ostrobothnia) is an international cooperation project based in Oulu, Finland. The team coordinates the partnership programme connecting local SMEs with engineering students.
Development Manager
open_in_newHanna Saarela — University of OuluMain Developer
Phuc Nguyen
Phuc Nguyen is a Computer Sciences and Engineering student at the University of Oulu who architected and built the ITEE SPOT platform end-to-end. The platform is built on Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, and Tailwind CSS — featuring a fully responsive dark terminal design system with role-based access control and structured data management.
Contact Email
mailPhuc.Nguyen@student.oulu.fiEuropean Union
ITEE SPOT is co-funded by the European Union as part of the IKAPO international growth initiative, supporting cross-border collaboration between academia and industry in North Ostrobothnia.
Co-Funded PartnerIKAPO
The IKAPO project coordinates the student-SME partnership programme in Oulu, organizing events and managing the platform ecosystem that ITEE SPOT powers.
open_in_newikapo.fiUniversity of Oulu
The University of Oulu hosts the IKAPO project and provides the academic foundation for the student-SME collaboration programme, connecting engineering students with real-world industry challenges.
open_in_newView IKAPO ProjectBrowse active events, discover student project submissions from past hackathons, or register your team for the current competition.