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Own The Unknown.

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UNICON 2027

Own the Unknown

23–24 January 2027

Bring your ideas
down to Earth.

A space to learn, build, pitch and connect.

UNICON is a two-day, student-led entrepreneurship conference by the NUS Entrepreneurship Society. Founders, investors and builders, all under one theme: Own The Unknown.

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23–24 Jan 2027

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The 2027 theme

Why Own the Unknown?

AI and new technology are changing things faster than anyone can plan for. Tools that once took years to build now take weeks, and whole industries are being rebuilt as we watch.

For founders, that is the opportunity. When nobody knows what comes next, the people who start first and learn fastest get ahead. Own the Unknown means starting anyway, without waiting to be sure.

  • Question what everyone assumes. Rules from five years ago may no longer hold. Look for what has changed.
  • Use what is new. Treat AI and new tools as help, not as a threat.
  • Do it with others. Nobody works out the unknown alone. Find the people who will build it with you.

What brings you to UNICON?

Attend

Hear from founders and investors, try things in hands-on masterclasses and meet other people building companies.

  1. Keynote, fireside conversations and a panel
  2. Two hands-on masterclasses
  3. Meet startups at the Startup Carnival
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Exhibit

Show your product to visitors at the Startup Carnival.

  1. Book a booth: S$25 per person, paid online
  2. Bring your product and your team
  3. Talk to visitors all through the event
Booth booking opens soonStartup Carnival

Partner

Support student founders and get to know the people building new companies.

  1. See who partnered with UNICON 2026
  2. Talk to NES about 2027
  3. Help shape the next edition
Partner with us
Introducing · Day 1 · Sat 23 Jan

with Princeton University

The world’s largest student-run entrepreneurship competition, organised by Princeton University students and co-hosted at UNICON on Day 1.

Stand a chance to:

  • Pitch your startup on an international stage
  • Gain mentorship from top VCs
  • Win the Howard Cox Prize for Entrepreneurship, US$60,000
Apply by 1 NovemberApply to TigerLaunch (opens in a new tab)TigerLaunch at UNICON

What happens each day.

Day 1 · Sat 23 Jan

Keynote, then TigerLaunch.

Keynote. TigerLaunch, co-hosted with Princeton. Networking. Startup Carnival.

  1. Keynote: Beyond The Breakthrough
  2. TigerLaunch, with Princeton
  3. Results · Startup Carnival
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Masterclasses, then pitches.

Conversations, masterclasses and the inter-university Singapore Pitch Competition.

  1. Fireside conversation
  2. Hands-on masterclasses
  3. Singapore Pitch Competition
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2026 in pictures.

Innovating Beyond Borders, 16–17 January 2026.

300+attendees
11partners
S$6,000in TigerLaunch prizes
2days
The audience listening to pitches at UNICON 2026A keynote speaker at UNICON 2026A founder pitching at TigerLaunch 2026A hands-on masterclass at UNICON 2026Visitors at the 2026 Startup CarnivalA panel conversation at UNICON 2026Guests networking at UNICON 2026TigerLaunch 2026 winners with their prize cheques
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Who backed UNICON 2026.

2027 partners will be announced soon.

Meet our partners

Who is speaking.

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Guest of Honour

UNICON 2027Opening, Day 1
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Speakers

UNICON 2027Keynote, firesides and panel
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Judges

UNICON 2027TigerLaunch and Singapore Pitch
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Meet the people
UNICON 2027 · 23–24 January

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