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From ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ
Building on the momentum of previous years, V HACK 2026 takes innovation further by challenging participants to engineer solutions for ๐€๐’๐„๐€๐: ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ซ๐š using ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ˆ, ๐Œ๐‹, and ๐๐‹๐. Get ready for an upgraded hackathon experience with a unified domain focused on our central theme!
Submission opens from ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ Note: All times stated are in Malaysia Time Zone (GMT +8).
๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ (๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก to the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก) ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ (๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ via email) ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ (๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ until ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ) ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ) Note: All times stated are in Malaysia Time Zone (GMT +8).
Preliminary Round: ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐‡๐ฎ๐› ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค & ๐”๐‘๐‹ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Final Round: ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐‡๐ฎ๐› ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค Note: GitHub must be set to ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ.
No, each group can submit only ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ.
1. ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ will be provided, specifically tailored to the theme of "ASEAN: Inclusivity & Sustainability in the Digital Era." 2. Choose ๐จ๐ง๐ž case study within your selected domain to develop an advanced prototype. 3. Attend our guidance sessions to ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, and ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ-๐ž๐ง๐ & ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค-๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง that addresses critical regional barriers to growth.
Yes, it is completely ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž!
Each team should have a minimum of ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ and a ๐ฆ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’.
Yes, you can change team members during registration, but ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Yes, you can change your case study during registration, but ๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Yes! However, having at least one teammate with a technical background is recommended, as the hackathon involves front-end development in the preliminary round and back-end development in the final round.
Mentor slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
No. V HACK 2026 is open worldwide, it is an ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง.
Yes. A team may have members from the same university or different universities.
Both accommodation and transportation to and from the Grand Finals venue are ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ.
Yes, diploma students currently studying in a university can take part in V HACK 2026.