Playa de Muro, 3rd November 2026. The III Circular Innovation Hackathon began today at the Playa Garden Selection Hotel & Spa, bringing together 150 vocational education students from the Balearic Islands, divided into 30 teams of five members each. Over the next 24 hours, participants will work on six real-world challenges posed by companies from the islands, transforming ideas into creative, viable and practical solutions that support the archipelago’s circular transition.
Jointly organized by Impulsa Balears and the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities, through the Centre for Vocational Education and Training, Innovation and Development (CFINFP), the event has been developed within reN · Balear Circular Hub. This third edition brings together the trajectories of the Circular Innovation Hackathon and the Hackató InnovaFP within a single initiative. Garden Hotel Group is collaborating as the event’s Boost Partner.
The opening ceremony featured Jesús Martínez, Director of the Centre for Vocational Education and Training, Innovation and Development of the Balearic Islands, and Antoni Riera, Technical Director of Impulsa Balears, together with representatives from participating companies and the educational sector.
According to Antoni Riera, Technical Director of Impulsa Balears: