Official government website of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Al-Qassim University concluded the activities of «Innovate Incubator Hackathon 4» on Saturday, February 1, 2025, crowning 12 distinguished projects and selecting 40 promising projects for the incubator's training camp, out of more than 100 innovative projects and 350 competitors in the hackathon organized by the university's Innovation and Intellectual Property Center. The event lasted for three days in the main foyer of the university city.
The hackathon's activities aimed to find innovative and creative solutions that contribute to addressing challenges in various fields, instilling a spirit of competition and raising the level of projects for university staff through offering numerous programs, meetings, workshops, and mentoring sessions at different stages. This contributes to transforming these projects into promising products with economic value, supporting the innovation and entrepreneurship index, and achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.
Hackathon Innovation Incubator 4 is one of the essential stages in the incubator. It brought together a number of innovators and entrepreneurs, and featured over 500 mentoring sessions with 37 specialists in various fields. All projects were judged and evaluated automatically and digitally to ensure the quality of the results according to six criteria: the quality of the proposed solutions, their alignment with national priorities, creativity and innovation, technical feasibility and implementation plan, sustainability and economic feasibility, and the presentation. These were judged by 28 judges, paving the way for the selection of the best 40 projects for the next stage of the incubator. This will enable participants to enter the training camp and contribute to building viable business models and advancing to the later stages of their entrepreneurial journey.
It is noted that the Innovation Incubator is one of Qassim University's initiatives aimed at spreading and promoting a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property. It also seeks to contribute to the excellence of graduation projects by guiding them towards promising economic products, in addition to enhancing investment and business opportunities in the region. The incubator connects promising and distinguished projects with local investors, and incubates innovative graduation project ideas, transforming them into university spin-off companies in several fields: “Human Health, Environmental Sustainability and Basic Needs, Leadership in Energy and Industry, and Future Economics.".
