National Transport Hackathon 2026

Uzbekistan's first National Transport Hackathon brought teams to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Tashkent for a 72-hour offline sprint on digital services and artificial intelligence for the transport sector. Organizers and partners

• Organizer: Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Official partner: Yandex Uzbekistan
• Technical partners: Ministry of Digital Technologies, IT Park Uzbekistan, AI Alliance Uzbekistan
• Co-organizer: Center for Digital Transport

Tracks

1. Services and applications that improve mobility for the population
2. Introducing artificial intelligence into the Ministry of Transport's information systems
3. Analysis of large-scale transport data

Details

• Format: 72-hour offline hackathon
• Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Tashkent
• Participation: free of charge
• Prize fund: 320 million UZS

Teams worked on projects spanning aviation, rail and road transport, with mentoring from experts in transport, AI, data analytics and digital products. Minister of Transport Ilkhom Makhkamov said digitalizing transport remains a key reform priority and that the ministry intends to make the hackathon a regular event. According to First Deputy Minister Mamanbiy Omarov, the ministry runs more than 40 digital projects and its information systems are used by around 5 million people each month.

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