HACK HOKKAIDO BUILD WEEK — AI Build Week · Sapporo
Build together. Get to know Sapporo.
Five days in Sapporo with AI engineers, founders and local collaborators. Share practical skills, explore useful AI projects, and get to know Hokkaido—with space to keep your own work moving.
US$250 · Five nights in a private room · Coworking · Five dinners
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- November 23–27, 2026
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- Sapporo, Japan
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- Founding cohort · Approximately 12 core participants
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- US$250 participation fee
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- Five nights in a private room included
Why we're gathering
Practical AI, built with local people.
Build Week brings visiting and local talent together to explore practical uses of AI, exchange engineering knowledge and develop working prototypes focused on Hokkaido.
Our ambition is to help grow Sapporo as a place where AI engineers build, collaborate, live and work—adding to the region's existing strengths. This week is one small contribution toward that ambition, not an established outcome or an official initiative.
Who it's for
Peers, on both sides of the table.
Visiting participants
Practicing AI/software engineers and technical founders who can contribute independently, enjoy collaboration and want to share their skills.
Local participants
Engineers, technical teams and businesses interested in exploring AI through practical projects and knowledge exchange.
Selection considers skills, interests and willingness to contribute. Existing work commitments are expected, not a reason to say no. This is a focused collaborative program with mentoring and skillshares—not a comprehensive beginner course.
The exchange
Bring your skills. Build with the community.
INCLUDED WITH THE US$250 FEE
Five nights in a private room.
Check-in November 23 · Check-out November 28. Accommodation support is part of an invitation to contribute actively to the local program.
Accommodation support comes with an expectation of active contribution: participants are collaborators, not passive attendees. Contributions are matched to your skills, local needs and availability.
What we ask of you:
- Attend the core sessions agreed before the event.
- Help a local team explore a problem and develop an achievable prototype.
- Share a skill through a short demonstration, workshop or mentoring session.
- Contribute to Friday's showcase.
We'll agree the core collaboration sessions with the cohort before arrival, alongside protected time for existing work commitments.
Personal projects are welcome during open time and at Friday's showcase.
A week that fits real work
Useful shared time, with your work protected.
- When you apply, you share your normal working hours, timezone and fixed commitments.
- Before the event, our AI scheduling assistant contacts accepted participants who opt in to confirm availability.
- Organizers use this to coordinate core collaboration sessions, skillshares, protected work blocks and optional activities.
- You review the proposed schedule before it's finalized.
We'll aim to protect your existing commitments and find useful shared time. Some sessions will have fixed times; we'll discuss conflicts before confirming your place.