Walk in your future with confidence.

Our 6-week program helps students unlock their innovation & leadership potential.

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An innovation program
like no other.

 

FutureHack is an immersive program for Year 9 to 12 students, designed to build practical skills for the careers of tomorrow. Students tackle real-world challenges, creating businesses in technology, social enterprise, and innovation, guided by industry leaders and mentors.

 

Unlocking your future skills today.

 

Over six weeks, students are moving from ideas into action. They learn through skill-building workshops,  mentorship, and build their own business idea, while exploring careers in technology, startups, and social enterprise.

Identify Challenge

Workshops & Training

Industry Mentorship

Pitch Showcase

Business Growth

Teams pick a real-world problem, from climate change to local community issues.

Students build skills in technology, robotics, and design thinking, while launching their own business.

Mentors from LinkedIn, Google, and SEEK provide guidance, feedback, and connections to help students bring ideas to life.

Students present to local councils, investors, and industry judges, receiving feedback and opportunities for ongoing support.

After the program, selected teams pilot their ventures in retail and community settings, through the Young Artists Centre.

Chosen by students from
top education providers:

How does it work?

Each week of the program focuses on a new stage of innovation. Students move step-by-step through discovery, design, testing, and launch, to build skills and confidence in entrepreneurship.

Week 1

Problem
Discovery

  • Unlocking an entrepreneurship mindset
  • Problem-solving in the real world
  • Exploring market trends

Week 2

Design Thinking
& Innovation

  • Apply human-centred design
  • Understand customer needs, motivations, and painpoints
  • Rapid ideation and validation

Week 3

Business Models
& MVPs

  • Business structures and models
  • Types of funding & capital
  • Developing minimum viable products (MVPs)
  • Prototyping & feedback

Week 4

Branding
& Marketing

  • Types of marketing channels
  • Marketing strategies & segmentation
  • Building a strong personal & professional bran

Week 5

Pitching
& Communication

  • Communication & storytelling techniques
  • Delivering engaging and creative pitches
  • Speaking with confidence 

Week 6

Demo Day
& Showcase

Final day with Pitch Showcase, to demonstrate their progress and learning outcomes

Meet our industry network

With a network of 50+ mentors, young people gain access to diverse experience and insight. Meet some of the people they’ve learned from.

Usman Iftikhar

CEO at Catalysr

Usman is the CEO of Catalysr, Australia’s leading accelerator for migrant and refugee entrepreneurs. Obama Foundation Leader, Commonwealth Young Person of the Year, and Westpac Scholar.

Mikhara Ramsing

Co-founder at Capyble

Mikhara is the founder of Miks Chai, Ethnic LGBT+, and Capyble, e-learning platform tackling domestic violence. Australian Financial Review Top 100 Women of Influence, Westpac Social Change Fellow, and Young Australian of the Year (QLD) finalist. 

Claire Rogers

CEO of World Vision Australia

Previously chief executive of World Vision Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit organisation, working across 90 countries to assist 100 million people. With an MBA from Melbourne Business School, she has led major change across sectors.

What our alumni are saying

Hear directly from 13,000+ alumni, changemakers, and entrepreneurs who are changing the world as we speak.

2025 enrolments are open

Next enrolment for FutureHack closes on Monday, 15 December 2025.

Program starts on 20 February 2026.