Goal 3 “Good Health and Well-being” of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognize the need for enabling healthy aging, well-being, and access to health and care services for all ages, especially for the aging population. Similarly, Goal 10 “Reduce Inequalities” strives to reduce inequality within and among countries by empowering and promoting the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, including persons with disabilities. Equally important, SGD 17 “Partnerships for the Goals” focuses on the need for strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development.

As the world is gearing toward an aging society, elders and disabled people find it hard to live fairly in the modern society that is increasingly equipped with digital technologies. The wellness of these people is at risk if no urgent action is undertaken. There is a critical need for solutions to address the problems facing the elders and disabled people such as healthy food, healthcare, daily exercises, daily communications, and transportation. Digital technology advancements and huge data availability along with the adoption of the UN SDGs provide many opportunities to use a combination of knowledge, skills, technologies, data availability, business, and enabling policies to address these problems. This SDGs Wellness Hacking event is timely organized to bring your talents in any or all of the above fields to provide digital solutions for addressing the needs of the aging and disabled society. Five hacking topics are organized for this event. However, participants can propose a topic for hacking as long as the topic is fallen within the scope of this event: