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Anyone Can Make an Impact
At The Next Decade Hackathon 2026, your background is not a limitation but a starting point for learning. We turned a competition into a space to experiment, create, and learn by doing, supported by these systems:
Personal Mentorship
Each team was assigned a dedicated mentor who provided close guidance and feedback, helping newcomers stay on track and develop their ideas to full potential.
Learning Guideline
Participants learned systematic innovation through a Design Thinking curriculum focused on hands-on creation, building functional prototypes with step-by-step guidance.
User Testing
The key step was testing prototypes with real users, gathering feedback to refine the product. This ensured every solution addressed real problems before the final presentation.
Who can join?
Track 1: High school or equivalent (Vocational Certificate)
Track 2: University level (Bachelor's – Doctoral) or equivalent
All backgrounds welcome, no field restriction
Team Format
- Can register solo and join via team matching
- 2–5 members per team
9 Problems, 3 Tracks
Traditional & Integrative Healthcare
The Last-Mile Chronic Disease Gap
How might we design a low-cost, community-deployable screening tool that enables rural communities to detect chronic disease risk — without requiring hospital infrastructure?
The Traditional Medicine Data Desert
How might we create a bridge that digitizes traditional medicine outcomes and makes them interoperable with modern health records — enabling integrated, evidence-based care?
Preventive Intervention at Scale
How might we build a predictive health risk platform that identifies high-risk individuals early and triggers personalized preventive action — before symptoms appear?
Mental Health
The Stigma Wall
How might we design a destigmatized early mental health detection and support system that meets young people where they are — without labeling or exposing them?
Connected But Alone
How might we design an intervention that addresses root-cause social isolation — not just surface-level connection — for teenagers and young adults?
Mental Healthcare in the Last Mile
How might we build a scalable, culturally appropriate mental wellness support system for underserved communities where professional help is inaccessible?
Community, Public & Environmental Health
Data Rich, Action Poor
How might we turn real-time environmental health data into actionable community behavior change — at the neighborhood level, not just on a dashboard?
The Food Safety Blind Spot
How might we design a community-powered food safety monitoring and early warning system that works without requiring top-down government enforcement?
PM2.5 vs. Our Children
How might we build a predictive PM2.5 alert and response system that triggers preemptive protective actions for schools and children — before dangerous exposure occurs?
Event Timeline
23 Feb – 5 Apr
Registration
Sign up your team and prepare for the journey ahead.
Beyond the Hackathon
The experience doesn't end at the competition but extends into real-world development
Showcase in Futurist Fest
Present products to the public at Futurist Fest
Expand Your Network
Connect with researchers, experts, and industry investors
Real-world Incubation
Opportunity to develop ideas and prototypes beyond the program
FUTURIST
The Grand Finale
Where products go beyond the competitionPresent prototypes • Exchange ideas • Connect with researchersto develop in the real world
Organizations & Partners
AMSA Thailand
A medical student network working on public health, knowledge exchange, and health collaboration
Passionseed
An organization developing youth through technology education — AI, digital product building, and innovation — to create real-world projects
STEM Like Her
A student organization supporting and inspiring women and youth in STEM
All products are ready to explore
9 problems, 800+ participants built real health products. Find the one that matters to you.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
