Origin Fest is a dynamic co-innovation hackathon hosted by Origin Research and Innovation Labs. It brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers to collaborate on solving real-world challenges using Open Innovation and cutting-edge technologies. The event fosters knowledge sharing, networking, and creative problem-solving, providing participants with a unique opportunity to shape the future through innovation. The inaugural event was held in  October 2024. It had four challenges all addressing SDGs with AI being a cross-cutting theme The industry partner was Intel Corporation, supported by the ecosystem partner Universities Fund Board. It attracted 147 solvers. The challenge owners took up the winning solutions for implementation. 

The second event will be on May 9-11th 2025 and is based on the application of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Extended reality to overcome the infrastructure barriers that schools experience in the teaching and learning of Science, Technology and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. It involves a number of industry partners, curriculum development organizations, schools and education departments and institutions. It has five challenges for which the solvers  co-create solutions. The partnering industry and education institutions  will implement and scale up the solutions.