Another first: Transport Malta’s first hackathon

Transport Malta, together with Malta Enterprise and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, brought students together for “Disconnect to Connect” — a mobility hackathon during Startup Festival Malta. Eighty-five students from seven schools pitched futuristic, sustainable transport ideas aligned with Malta Vision 2050. Watch the video to hear their solutions.

Overview

Transport Malta, in collaboration with Malta Enterprise and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, organized a hackathon focused on mobility as part of the Startup Festival Malta’s Student Programme, titled Disconnect to Connect
We wanted to pick the brains of the future generations. We hosted 85 students from 7 different public and private schools on our Island. We asked for solutions.

Solutions, which help us disconnect, so we can actually connect. Students were tasked with proposing futuristic, sustainable transport ideas for a future which would take us to Malta Vision 2050.
Disconnecting from our usual everyday transport reliance, so that we can connect with our environment and with each other.

The students were asked to provide transport practices, within rules, such as no car usage is allowed Monday to Friday. Students from St. Ignatius College, won the hackathon by pitching sustainable transport ideas, and students from San Gorg Preca College Secondary School and Knights College came runners up.

This experience gave transport another dimension; You can start a business, within the transport sector!
The hackathon is not an event in silo, but will be back, and also taking different forms. Our role is moving towards knowledge-based societies, empowering the future generations.