HUGEM Innovation Challenge – Philippines 2025 (Frontiers in S.T.E.M.)

The Global Citizen Education Group proudly presents the HUGEM Innovation Challenge – Philippines 2025 (HIC Philippines 2025), a transformative two-day conference focused on STEM-based Social Innovation and Leadership to take place in Pampanga and Manila. This initiative is crafted to equip the next generation of Filipino changemakers with the skills, mindset, and tools to lead sustainable development in the 21st century.

Aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 8 and SDG 9), the program fosters Decent Work and Economic Growth by cultivating entrepreneurial thinking, critical problem-solving, and future-ready skills among youth. At the same time, it advances Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure by challenging students to apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to real-world problems facing the Philippines such as urban flooding, clean energy access, and resilient infrastructure development.

This two-day conference creates a collaborative platform for middle to high school students to reimagine solutions for a more inclusive and innovative future. Through this initiative, young leaders are not just learning about global challenges, but are being empowered to solve them.