MENARA KPJ, KUALA LUMPUR20–23 NOVEMBER 2026HACKATHON APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Summit tickets are on sale. Hackathon applications are closed.

Everyone who applied will hear from us by email. Applied already? See where your application stands on your own page, or .

Friday to Sunday, 20–22 November 2026

Reimagining the future of diabetes prevention and early care

Three days of building on one challenge, leading straight into the summit on the Monday. More than a hundred places, free to everyone selected.

From challenges to solutions

Teams form around a real healthcare problem on the Friday evening and decide together what to build, the MIT Hacking Medicine way.

Fri 20
Kickoff and problem pitches

Problems are pitched by the people who have them. Teams form in the evening; nothing is pre-assigned.

Sat 21
Build, 8am to 10pm

Mentors on the floor in four-hour shifts, 8am to 10pm.

Sun 22
Submissions, pitches and awards

Submissions at midday, pitches in the afternoon, then the awards dinner.

Mon 23
Into the summit

The teams present to the full room. A separate ticket for everyone else.

The challenge and three example themes

Every team works on the same challenge. The themes below are examples of what a team might build for. You do not pick one on the form, and they are not used to select anybody.

Precision glucose management

AI-assisted glucose prediction, smart insulin optimisation, continuous monitoring, personalised treatment pathways.

Predictive intelligence

AI-powered early detection, diabetic retinopathy screening, kidney disease prediction, clinical decision support.

Digital therapeutics

AI health coaching, behaviour change, medication adherence, population health analytics.

Who should join

Clinicians and nurses

Doctors, nurses, allied health and public-health professionals.

Engineers and data scientists

Software, hardware, machine learning, and anyone who can ship.

Designers and researchers

The people who can find out what is actually going on before anyone builds.

Students

Medicine, engineering, design, business. No experience required.

Entrepreneurs

People who know how a thing becomes a company rather than a demo.

Patients and caregivers

People living with diabetes, and those who care for them, join teams as members.

Every application is vetted thoroughly across a range of parameters and evaluated by our team of experts, so the participants cover many different skill sets. Nobody is chosen or turned down for the theme they mention, for applying alone, or for having no medical or technical background.

A team arguing over a problem on the second day
Delegates in conversation between sessions
The registration desk on the first morning
The room during the opening pitches

Siriraj x MIT, Bangkok. Teams formed on the Friday and pitched on the Sunday.

Summit tickets are on sale

The summit is on 23 November at Menara KPJ, Kuala Lumpur, and tickets stay on sale until the room is full. The hackathon runs 20–22 November. Hackathon applications are closed, with more than 330 received.

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Everyone who applied will hear from us by email. Applied already? See where your application stands on your own page, or .