Discover the Hacks
The SDG Innovation Hackathon encompasses the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations and establishes 6 principal challenge themes (Hacks).
Students have the autonomy to choose according to their interests and work together in teams to conduct observational discoveries, problem research, or develop creative solutions.
It’s crucial to keep in mind that each team can only select one Hack per year.
6 Hacks
This is the step where anything is possible.
What do you want to explore?
What question are you trying to answer, or what problem are you trying to solve?
Who could benefit from your idea?
Think globally, act locally.
Explore the Hacks for inspiration.
  • Diverse and Inclusive Society
    A diverse and inclusive equal society is one where all individuals possess comparable opportunities and resources. This type of community not only emphasizes the importance of equitable treatment for various groups but also confronts systemic disparities. Realizing this objective necessitates the involvement of all.
    For instance, within this framework, individuals can enhance their awareness of the fundamental reasons for inequality by thoroughly exploring the circumstances faced by a specific group. They can also participate actively in a particular issue and suggest solutions that have the potential to transform the world through product innovation, ecological design, and other approaches.
    Participants can enhance public understanding of diverse societies through research and dissemination. By designing a scheme that provides more equitable educational or employment opportunities, they can help a particular group better realize their potential. Additionally, they can make life more convenient for all groups through accessible design for specific environments.
    H1
  • Heritage Preservation and Inheritance
    Heritage Preservation and Inheritance refers to the protection and transmission of legacies across various fields such as human history, culture, and nature, ensuring their sustainable transmission for future generations to appreciate and understand. The scope of heritage is extensive, encompassing not only architectural and cultural relics as part of tangible cultural heritage but also intangible cultural heritage such as cultural traditions, stories, and crafts, and even natural heritage including natural ecological environments.
    For instance, under this theme, participants can delve into the study of a heritage project to gain a deeper understanding of its historical, cultural, and scientific values, providing a basis for their protection; they can also contribute to heritage preservation by applying new technologies and methods; and they can introduce commercial elements, enhancing the sustainability of heritage protection by designing specific business plans.
    H2
  • Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
    Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development refers to the protection and maintenance of the natural environment, ensuring that human activities coexist harmoniously with the natural environment to achieve sustainable development of human society.
    Environmental protection includes the conservation of natural resources, the preservation of biodiversity, and the control of pollutants. In order to improve the standard of living and economic benefits, and to achieve long-term health, prosperity, and stability of human society, environmental protection is of utmost urgency.
    For example, under this theme, participants can immerse themselves in a specific environment to research the causes of environmental issues; they can introduce new technological methods for environmental research or improvement; they can design public communication plans to enhance public awareness of environmental issues; and they can also create business plans targeting specific environmental problems to achieve more sustainable development.
    H3
  • Medical Health and Food
    Human health and the sustainable development of society are inseparable from the innovative drive in the fields of medicine and food. Innovation can improve medical technology, increase treatment efficiency, reduce the burden of diseases, and promote people's health; innovation can raise food production standards, control food quality, and ensure food safety; innovation can also stimulate the growth of emerging health industries and enhance a country's economic competitiveness.
    Innovation in the fields of medicine and food is driven by new technologies: biotechnology can help us produce safer and healthier food, artificial intelligence technology assists in diagnosing and preventing diseases with greater efficiency, and 3D printing technology is also beginning to make significant contributions in the medical field.
    It is important to note that health is not only about physical well-being but also includes mental health, which is increasingly being recognized as important.
    For example, under this theme, participants can conduct research on specific physical or mental health issues, analyzing their causes; they can also study new technologies or design solutions for specific health problems in certain populations, exploring innovative approaches to problem-solving.
    H4
  • Rural Revitalization and Urban-rural Integration
    Rural revitalization and urban-rural integration aim to achieve the goal of coordinated rural economic and social development with urban areas by promoting rural economic development, improving farmers' income levels, enhancing rural environments and ecosystems, and preserving rural culture. It seeks to elevate the overall economic, technological, and cultural standards of rural areas, realize rural modernization and urban-rural integration, and foster joint progress between rural and urban areas. This is an essential component of achieving comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable economic and social development.
    For example, under this theme, participants can conduct research on a rural economy to deepen our understanding of the current situation and issues in rural areas; they can tap into the resource potential of a rural region to propose innovative solutions or introduce new technologies to boost rural business vitality; they can also design courses or educational content suitable for rural areas to help cultivate outstanding local talents for the future.
    H5
  • Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development
    As the theories and technologies of artificial intelligence become increasingly mature, they are subtly improving and innovating the human living environment and lifestyle. From environmental protection to smart agriculture, from the prevention of infectious diseases to drug development, from the diagnosis of special diseases to the construction of inclusive digital environments, artificial intelligence in its broad sense (including big data technology, machine learning technology, robotics, and the Internet of Things) is playing an increasingly important role in the field of sustainable development. By providing more efficient and accurate solutions, artificial intelligence technology is helping to improve productivity and resource utilization efficiency, achieving sustainable development.
    For example, in this challenge theme, participants can combine artificial intelligence technology with any sustainable development issue to explore new ideas for problem-solving within the AI-empowered technological framework.
    H6
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