UF CREATIVE GARAGE
Workshop Battle at UF FabLab
Apple, Google, and Amazon founders once started in garages. Are you ready to give it a try?
Application deadline: June 23, 2026
For participants aged 14+
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Welcome to UF Creative Garage – the place where bold ideas take shape and become reality! In just 4 hours, you'll experience the entire startup journey: from identifying a challenge and generating ideas to creating a prototype with your own hands.
LEVELS AVAILABLE
Design Thinking & Idea Generation
At this level, you'll receive a challenge and begin searching for unconventional solutions using the same approach employed by startups worldwide. Get ready to discover how many breakthrough ideas are already waiting inside your own mind!
Exploring the Materials Library
At this level, you'll enter the UF Material Library – a space featuring hundreds of innovative materials from around the world (including liquid gold!). You'll discover how materials themselves can inspire solutions and even transform the very concept of a product.
Meet Successful Startup CEOs
At this level, you'll meet young entrepreneurs who launched their startups while still in school and have already secured tens of thousands of dollars in investment: Yaroslava Polikarpova (WITERoK) and Bohdan Khytryk (VERBA). They will become your Garage Mentors and share their firsthand startup experience.
Teamwork & Solution Development
At this level, you'll form teams and combine your ideas into one powerful solution. You'll work like a real startup building its first product from scratch. This is where the concept of your future project begins to take shape.
Exploring the Prototyping Lab
At this level, you'll enter UF FabLab – a place where ideas become physical objects. You'll explore the equipment used by engineers and designers, discover the possibilities of rapid prototyping, and learn how first prototypes come to life.
3D Modeling & 3D Printing
At this level, together with mentors, you'll transform your solution into a digital 3D model and launch the 3D printing process. This is the moment when your idea leaves the digital world and becomes something real you can actually hold in your hands.
Presenting Your Solution
At this level, you'll present your prototype and demonstrate why your solution deserves attention. Bonus challenge: your team has only 5 minutes to convince the audience and judges that your idea stands out.
Final Results & Award Ceremony
This level is currently locked. Unlock date: June 26, 2026.
SEE YOU OFFLINE!
June 26, 2026
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ukrainian Future Business Incubator
*Participation is free of charge upon completion of the registration form.