Datafest at Elon

Friday April 10 – All events in Founder’s Hall Atrium
4:30-5:30pm Keynote, Pizza party open to all, and Data Challenge Meet the Mentor, and Give Aways!
7:00pm Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Begin

Saturday April 11
Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Participants work on their contest. Data Challenge Team members meet with their assigned mentor(s).

Sunday April 12
Data Challenge and Creative AI + Data Image Contest Participants work on their contest. All contest submissions due at 7pm. Data Challenge submissions will be on OneDrive, Creative AI + Data Image submissions will be on Moodle.

Monday April 13
4:30-5:30pm Concurrent sessions in and around Founders Hall Atrium
Panel, Creative AI + Data Submissions on Display for Judging,
Data Challenge Team Members should plan to be in attendance to present their results for Judging.

Click HERE for more information on the Creative AI + Data Image Contest.

For more information on the Datafest Team Data Challenge click HERE!

Register for the Data Challenge!

Register for the Creative AI + Data Image Contest!

Congratulations to the 2025 AI & Creative Image Contest Winner – Lauren Winslow!

Congratulations to the 2025 Datafest Data Challenges Winners!
Best in Show
Elisabeth Holmes, William Corkey, and Ryan Kershner
(Team : Error 404 Ethics Not Found)
Jordyn Lewis and Talia Fields
(Team : Data Lovers)
Best Data Visualization
Griffin Pace and Ethan Lowe
(Team : Nullifiers)
Jordyn Lewis and Talia Fields
(Team : Data Lovers)
Best Use of an External Source
Henry Narkiewicz, Sara Fritz, and Stilwell Chen
(Team : Big Data Dynamos)