OPEN BUILD + FIRESIDE CHAT DXB / 2026

HOSTED BY THE NEXTGEN

DateNovember 2026
LocationDubai
Ages14–19
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For high schoolers, by high schoolers.

ALUMNI FROM
Stanford University MIT CSAIL Y Combinator UC Berkeley

People assume you need a few more years before anyone takes you seriously. Tell that to the sixteen year old building the next Lovable, or the teenager who made early stage cancer test strips with a 3D printer and nobody backing them.

We're putting 150 of those people in one room. Built by high schoolers, for high schoolers. Formal setting, sharp outfits, no name tags, no forced icebreakers, just a room where it's easy to start talking and you leave with people in your corner.

What to bring

  • Your laptop and charger
  • Whatever you're currently building, in whatever state it's in
  • A way to share your contact info
  • Something to take notes on
  • Dress code is formal attire
150 builders in the room
14–19 age range
Application-only everything else you'll find out once you're in
BEHIND THE NEXTGEN

Your Hosts

Zachary Kwan speaking into a handheld mic
Zachary Kwan new media @tastefully.co | comp eng
Keisha Rajanish reading in a sunlit room
Keisha Rajanish gtm @sequoia backed venture | biotech
Zian Khan
Zian Khan Podcast Host @ Tech Talk

Event Breakdown

Attendees networking across a full room before the programme starts
  1. 3:30Doors open
  2. 4:00–5:00Open networking
  3. 5:00–5:30Fireside chat
  4. 5:30–7:30Open build + showcase
  5. 7:30–8:00Awards + prizes

The Build

A 2-hour live build, with prizes for Crowd Favorite and Most Impactful.

PRIZE

Winning team takes home AirPods 4 and $800 in Amazon gift cards.

AirPods 4 and Amazon gift cards
WHAT TO BRING
FIRESIDE PANEL

The Speakers

Announcing speakers soon

FROM THE LAST ONE

San Francisco, on the Feed

The NextGen @thenextgen.club

The NextGen: Builders. Founders. Creators.

Opening title frame of the launch reel — students working at laptops
The Launch
The NextGen @thenextgen.club

we just hosted an event with 150 of the most ambitious teens in the Bay Area.
here’s how it went.

Three hosts introducing themselves in the recap reel
The Recap
Zachary Kwan on LinkedIn

What happens when you bring the Bay Area’s most cracked 14–19 year olds into one room?

The full room of attendees at The NextGen
Read the write-up
WHERE

Venue to be announced
Dubai

Applications Open →