هاكاثون NextGen Founders: حلول تقنية للغذاء والتغليف 🌱🇶🇦

NextGen Founders Hackathon: tech for food and packaging 🌱🇶🇦

QSTP and Nestlé Coastal Arabia, in collaboration with Earthna, launch QSTP × Nestlé NextGen Founders, a challenge for young builders in Qatar: apps, AI, IoT and data products for problems across the food and beverage value chain.

🧭 Tracks: • Food System Resilience: sturdier, more efficient, greener supply chains • Packaging Circularity: less and better packaging and smarter systems, without compromising food safety

🗓️ The path: • Round 1, Ideation & Proof of Concept: 5–7 November at Tech2, QSTP, during Qatar Sustainability Week • Round 2, Feasibility & Prototype: January 2027 • Round 3, Validation & MVP: late March 2027 • Finale: pitching at the Earthna Summit, Msheireb, April 2027

✅ Teams of 3 to 4, based in Qatar, with at least one member skilled in software, data or hardware. Solo applicants can apply and will be helped to find a team.

⏳ Applications close 31 October. Register at qstp.qa/events/nextgen-founders-hackathon