Turning local industry problems into intelligent, resilient solutions.
Reverse Pitch
Businesses state their problems
Matchmaking
Problems meet innovators
Development
Build a prototype / MVP
Solution Pitch
Present the working fix
Business Selection
Business chooses a winner
Pilot
Incubation
Investment
Deployment
Priority challenge domains
🌾 Agriculture and Agri-Value Chain Innovation
From farm to market across crops: production, harvest, grading, post-harvest processing, logistics and value-added processing, powered by data and technology.
📊 Business Innovation
Cash-flow intelligence, inventory, customer analytics, targeted marketing and frictionless AI adoption for resource-constrained businesses.
⛈️ Disaster Resilience & Business Continuity
Moving from “disaster app” to “resilient enterprise”: flood-aware logistics, alternative supplier matching and recovery automation.
Why DISC is not a hackathon
A hackathon asks
“What can you build?”
DISC asks
“What problem can you solve, and will the business actually use your solution?”
The Pentahelix collaboration
DISC 2026 is built for a whole ecosystem: Government, Industry, Academe, Community and Media. The objective is not simply to produce software. It is to build a local innovation ecosystem.
Aligned with the ICT Davao 2026–2030 Roadmap: positioning Davao as the Philippines' next Digital Production and Business Continuity Hub.