For the first time this year, the "AI Innovation Youth Co-Creation Hackathon" was organized by the Administration for Digital industries (ADI) and implemented by the Institute for Information Technology (III) and the IAPS Accelerator of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). The event invited juniors and above in college and people who recently graduated within the past two years to jointly explore and propose solutions that can actually solve market problems and social needs. The solutions include six major themes: ESG, AI, long-term care applications, automation, fraud prevention, and exercise and health. Innovation mentors work with young students to inspire the young students' cross-domain communication, creativity, spirit of cooperation, and problem-solving abilities, and increases youth participation in the industry and forward-looking technologies.

This event attracted a total of 25 teams from colleges and universities across Taiwan to sign up. After five workshops held in August, they worked hand in hand with innovation mentors to create innovative technology solutions that can actually solve market and social needs. After being assessed by the industry, 14 teams were selected to participate in Demo Day held at the TTA performance space on September 27.

The 14 teams participating in the Demo Day are as follows: Uneven Road (Shih Hsin University), Tumbler (NYCU), Neural Engineering Laboratory Group R (NYCU), YunTech Elderly (YunTech), Diagnostica (NYCU), IMAX makes people suffer (Shih Chien University) , I'm easy to fool (National Taipei University), RRR Generations (National United University), Laundry Room Stranger (Chang Gung University), NYCU_Ravenclaw (NYCU), Can you give me your hat? (Yuan Ze University), Ask the Magical Conch (Chang Gung University), Black & White (Chung Yuan Christian University), Land Divers (Aletheia University)

14 innovative applications across six major fields, all with very interesting design concepts. The innovation mentors assisted teams with developing innovating ideas into digital applications with potential for commercialization during the workshops.

The Demo Day event gathered together more than 50 guests from industry, government, and academia, as well as many students from Southeast Asia, which shows the importance attached by different sectors to the event. In the end, four outstanding teams were selected by the 9 industry judges:

High distinction: Neural Engineering Laboratory Group R

Excellent: NYCU_Ravenclaw

Two honorable mentions: Can you give me your hat / Laundry Room Stranger

After two months of intensive activities, the participating teams received recommendations from experts in industry and academia for practical applications and business models, which not only increased the maturity of the team's technical concept, but also enhanced the participants' sense of participation in industry and global trends. We expect that these innovative technology applications will bring changes to society and create more value.