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This hackathon / game jam is part of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM 2025), in Dublin, Ireland. 

Conference Website: https://acmmm2025.org/
Hackathon Website: https://acmmm2025.org/hackathon/

How to Participate

The Hackathon will be a hybrid event, requiring at least one team member to register. We warmly invite participants from ACM Multimedia, CBMI, and MediaEval to join us on site or remotely. Participation in the hackathon is free for attendees of ACM MM (including workshops), CBMI, and MediaEval. If you wish to participate only in the Hackathon, please register through the ACM MM conference website one person for a team of up to five team members. A dedicated registration option is available starting with 280 € for students on site and for remote teams starting with 30 €.

Participation in the hackathon is free for attendees of ACM MM (including workshops), CBMI, and MediaEval. If you wish to participate only in the Hackathon, please register through the ACM MM conference website: https://confpartners.eventsair.com/acm-mm-2025/hackathon/Site/Register 

Please note that every team (of max 5 people) need to have one registered participant. 

Crafting Innovative Applications and Games to Address Global Health Challenges Using Multimodal AI

Join us for an exhilarating 48-hour hackathon at ACM Multimedia 2025 in Dublin from 26-28 October! This event brings together innovators, developers, and enthusiasts to tackle real-world health challenges through the power of games and AI.

A hackathon is an intense, collaborative experience where participants brainstorm ideas, form teams, and develop prototypes within a short time frame, culminating in a final presentation to showcase their creations. With a focus on leveraging multimedia, gamification, and large language models (LLMs), participants will explore how these technologies can support public health and health care.

The core creative and implementation process remains driven by human ingenuity. The hackathon will be a hybrid event, allowing participants to join in person or virtually. It starts with online prep talks covering essential topics like game development tools, health data analysis, and integrating LLMs.

Throughout the event, participants will benefit from expert mentorship in game development, health, data analysis, large language models, and more. The intensive jamming sessions will be supported by live streams and specialist guidance, culminating in a final presentation fair showcasing all prototypes on October 28th. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher or a curious student, this hackathon offers an unparalleled opportunity to innovate, collaborate, and make a real impact. Don’t miss out on this exciting event. Let’s create something extraordinary together!

To stay updated, please join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cbAcyx2b2N 

Hackathon Topics

We seek applications and games that combine at least two of the following: health, gamification, and multimodal AI. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, health & lifestyle applications, games for well-being & engagement, and tools for detection and personalized intervention for health conditions using multimodal data. Specific examples include:

  • Personal assistant apps for nutrition, fitness, or lifestyle.
  • Analysis and recommendation tools based on personal lifelogging data.
  • Apps using generative multimodal AI to promote health.
  • Games promoting mental or physical health.
  • Games simulating or communicating social issues.
  • Social engagement and community-building games and apps.
  • Educational platforms using gamification and multimodal AI for health literacy.
  • Interactive art installations for mindfulness via AI visuals/sounds.
  • Tools for early detection and personalized mental health intervention.
  • Applications for accessible healthcare with multimodal AI for disabilities.
  • Gamified rehabilitation programs with multimodal feedback.

Important Dates

  • Online Prep Talks (video podcasts, live and recorded) in advance
  • Sun Oct 26: Welcome and Kick-Off
  • Tue Oct 28: Presentations and After Party

Registration

Please register for the Hackathon here: https://confpartners.eventsair.com/acm-mm-2025/hackathon/Site/Register

Please note that every team (of a maximum of 5 people) needs to have at least one registered participant. 

Post-Publication

A report on the hackathon and its outcomes will be published. Additionally, we encourage the participants to walk the extra mile, evaluate their prototype, and publish a demo paper.

Preliminary Program

26.10. 16:00 Welcome & Kick-Off

26.10. 16:30 Brainstorming in random groups and pitching

→ Jamming

27.10. 13:00 Hackathon Lunch Stream

→ Jamming

28.10. 10:00 Hackathon Crunch Stream

→ Jamming

28.10. 16:00 Submission Deadline

28.10. 17:00 Presentations

→ 19:00 (in Dublin) Presentation Fair and After Party || Welcome Reception