Meet Monika Lionaite - CEO & Chief Innovator and Founder of Openhack 2020 Austrailia.

In this episode, Monika shares insights from her research on hackathon participation benefits. Her findings reveal several inspiring takeaways. What participants experience they develop most in is collaboration, problem-solving, and learning new technologies.

Resources provided by Monika:

Here is the link to my thesis: Hackathons as a tool for learning in the framework of UNESCO learning cities

Here are the associated articles that cited my thesis (on Google Scholar): lionaite hackathons - Google Scholar

The Journal of Innovation & Knowledge where my thesis was cited: Academic performance indicators for the hackathon learning approach – The case of the blockchain hackathon - ScienceDirect

Here is the link to the Youtube Recording where I was speaking on a panel at the World Summit AI 2025 about Intelligent Learning: How AI is Redefining Education: https://youtu.be/5iIASo4UhLo?si=qVetJvQk54gRQums

My key take away from this panel: Post | Feed | LinkedIn

A link to my Impact Talk with Startup Grind - where I elaborate more about collaboration in general: https://youtu.be/GiX1G2mw_70?si=GsdoXa7IAwzzDH6y