4th AI4Good Family Hackathon in Singapore

Overview

What Is This Event About

The 4th AI4Good Family Hackathon is a full-day, onsite responsible AI education and hackathon event for children aged 5 to 15 and their parents, co-organised by EDUTech Future and ACE.SG at the ACE Ideation Centre at one-north.

This is not a screen-time session. It is Singapore's most practitioner-led, industry-grounded AI literacy hackathon designed specifically for children and families. The morning is a structured responsible AI and media literacy workshop. The afternoon is a live hackathon where children pitch AI-powered solutions to a jury of industry professionals.

Children leave with more than a certificate and prizes. They leave with a working understanding of how AI shapes their world, where its boundaries lie, and what their role in it can be.

Why This Event Exists

59% of children aged 12 to 17 are already using AI to find information without understanding how it works or where it fails (Common Sense Media, March 2026 report). Singapore's Ministry of Education Responsible AI Framework and National AI Strategy 2.0 are both explicit: the next generation must develop AI agency, not just AI access.

The majority of children's technology programmes in Singapore focus on tool use. This programme focuses on what comes before the tool: critical thinking, media literacy, internet literacy, and the ethical foundations that make AI adoption safe and responsible for young users.

At EDUTech Future, responsible AI comes first. The tool comes second. That sequencing is not a philosophy. It is the curriculum architecture.

Programme Overview: Saturday, 20 June 2026

Morning Workshop · 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Children work through a gamified, age-differentiated responsible AI curriculum covering:

AI4Good principles and media literacy for the digital age
How large language models work, where they succeed, and where they fail
Effective prompt engineering for ages 7 to 15
GenAI tool demonstrations with guided, safe exploration
Parallel track for ages 5 to 6 (parent-accompanied): AI and Media Literacy in My Life

Afternoon Hackathon · 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

AI Ideathon: children form teams and build solutions to real-world challenges drawn from Singapore's technology, finance, and energy sectors
Solutions are pitched live to an industry jury
Prizes for the top 3 teams are awarded by industry professionals
Networking and closing

What Is Included

Gamified AI curriculum and digital tools
Tech mentors and guided activities throughout the day
Welcome gifts, hot lunch, and tea breaks
EDUTech Future digital participation certificate
Access to EDUTech Future's proprietary MOE-aligned curriculum framework

Schedule

Date: 20 Jun 2026, Saturday
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: ACE.SG - ACE Innovation Centre, 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #01-13 JTC Launchpad@one-north, 139955

Speakers

Speaker's Profile:

Assel Mussagaliyeva-Tang, Founder and GenAI Educator, EDUTech Future

Assel Mussagaliyeva-Tang is MoE Singapore School-Industry Partner, SMU Affiliate Faculty on AI and Digital Transformation, UN ITU Academy Partner and Digital Instructor, 2025 Women in AI Fellow (EDSAFE AI), and a certified gamified learning designer. She brings five years of AI4Good hackathon experience, including two years at Microsoft leading Future Ready Skills programmes for governments, K-12 school and higher education institutions, educators, and 5-17 children and 18-23 ages youth across Asia-Pacific.