On April 27, 2024, the MERIThON 2024 - Upskill yourself with MERIT! It will be taking place simultaneously in Vilnius (Lithuania) and Manresa (Spain). The event hosted by the MERIT project brings together companies, students, leaders, workforce, and visionaries each one with a particular role in the process of generating solutions for the proposed challenges. 

MERIT is a European Union co-funded project under Digital Europe programme, with participating universities from four countries, industrial partners, excellence and research centres, national technology transfer organisations and Digital Innovation Hubs. The purpose of MERIT is to increase the number of young people who can contribute to the digital economy by enhancing their capacities for innovation, entrepreneurship and employability through enhanced on-the-job training as well as academic training at university level - supported by continued education. The main concern of MERIT is to equip the society with workers able to understand, manage and innovate in technological developments including artificial intelligence (AI), IoT and cybersecurity.