Malaysia’s first MIT-affiliated healthcare platform.
A hackathon and a summit on diabetes, 20–23 November 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, run with MIT Hacking Medicine.
Who takes part
Healthcare professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, students and technologists, in the same room in Kuala Lumpur for four days.
The clinicians
The people who see diabetes every week and know exactly where the system loses somebody.
The builders
Engineers, designers and data scientists who have never been inside a clinic.
The people living it
People living with diabetes and their carers join the teams as members.
Beyond the weekend
The event brings people and ideas into the same room. What happens next depends on the teams, partners and opportunities that emerge.
Teams work with people who understand the challenge, building and testing early concepts around real needs in diabetes care.
Teams, mentors, healthcare organisations, investors and partners may choose to continue conversations after the programme.
Strong ideas may develop through further research, product work, clinical collaboration, funding or independent support, at the discretion of the parties involved.
By connecting clinical, technical, lived-experience and business perspectives, the event contributes to a more connected diabetes-innovation community in Malaysia.
hackathons run globally by MIT Hacking Medicine
countries in the MIT Hacking Medicine network
curated innovators expected in Malaysia
in startup ecosystem value created by alumni
Siriraj x MIT hackathon, Bangkok, the year before Kuala Lumpur.
Hackathon applications close 9 November
More than a hundred places, free to everyone selected, 20–23 November 2026 in Kuala Lumpur. Summit tickets stay on sale until the room is full.
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