Registration and welcome

Badge collection and allocation of teams to their workspaces.

Opening ceremony

Address by the General Directorate of Passports and the official start.

Tracks and challenges briefing

Walkthrough of the three tracks, the nine challenges and the judging rubric.

Break

Workshop: designing beneficiary-centred solutions

Practical tools for framing the problem before writing any code.

Lunch and prayer break

Project work begins

Teams work in their allocated spaces with technical support on hand.

One-to-one mentoring sessions

Booked in advance through the platform, fifteen minutes per team.

Morning stand-up

A quick summary of the day and organising committee announcements.

Project work

Lunch and prayer break

Workshop: building a demonstrable prototype

Scoping a prototype so it demonstrates the idea within five minutes.

Mentoring with sector experts

Experts in border security, traveller experience and operational automation.

Mid-hackathon checkpoint

A short run-through per team for early feedback from the mentors.

Final touches and pitch preparation

Project submission deadline

Submission closes on the platform at twelve noon exactly.

Lunch and prayer break

Team pitches before the judging panel

Five minutes to pitch and three minutes of questions per team.

Judging panel deliberations

A closed session to ratify the final scores.

Closing ceremony and results

Honouring the winning teams and handing over the certificates.