Wednesday 15 July 2026

What if the goal wasn't to create the best idea but the worst one?

In this hilarious and highly creative challenge, participants will work in teams to invent, design and pitch the world's most ridiculous, impractical and unnecessary products, businesses, inventions and experiences.

The challenge encourages bold thinking, creativity, humour and presentation skills. By deliberately exploring terrible ideas, participants learn how innovation works, what makes ideas succeed or fail, and how creative thinking can emerge from unexpected places.

Teams might create inventions that solve problems nobody has, businesses that lose money in spectacular ways, impossible products, absurd theme park attractions or completely unnecessary technologies.

At the end of the day, teams will present their terrible creations to a panel of judges, competing for awards such as Worst Idea Overall, Funniest Concept, Most Creative Failure, Best Presentation and Most Unexpected Solution.

This challenge combines creativity, storytelling, design thinking, teamwork and plenty of laughter.

Sign up as an individual and teams will be formed on the day or you can come as a team.

Contact the host of The World's Greatest Innovation Hackathon - School Holiday Program