Thai Bootcathon presents real world challenges, launches innovative solutions

University students and young professional from across Thailand gathered to compete in our first-ever boot camp and hackathon – a bootcathon – solving some real business challenges and win prizes.

Our event focused on how we could grow our lubricants without Esso service stations in the country, and featured three tracks: Analytics, Application, and Generative AI.

About 400 people from 145 teams across 23 universities in Thailand applied, which was narrowed down to 250 participants for a one-day boot camp held on June 29 at the Knowledge Exchange for Innovation (KX) building, where participants gained direct experience from ExxonMobil IT experts.

After the boot camp, participants competed in a five-day Hackathon from July 1 to 5, developing innovative solutions with guidance from technical, business, and pitching mentors from ExxonMobil.

Nearly 50 solutions were developed, with nine teams showcasing their solutions to an internal and external panel, with around 200 attendees.

Judges and experts from ExxonMobil, including Asst. Prof. Pittipol Kantavat from Chulalongkorn University’s Department of Computer Engineering, chose the winners from each categories: AI, analytics and application.