Objective: This study was intended to demonstrate the applicability of the hackathon in idea generation for managing emergencies and disasters with a particular focus on flash floods. Methods: A 4-day hackathon event was held, having 60 students, 9 mentors and 6 judges gathered to explore different ideas, and to solve problems of Iran flooding from mid-March to April, 2019. Of these, 10 teams with 6 students were accordingly formed to brainstorm and discuss the idea, while 9 mentors offered advice and guided them to manage their ideas. Then, all teams focused on designing their business models. Finally, the hackathon teams finalized their lean canvas and presented their ideas to the judging panel and the other participants. Results: A total of 10 ideas were presented, and based on the knowledge and experience of the judges, 3 ideas that were more practical and useful were selected. Conclusions: As participants in a hackathon identify and present real-world problems, while ensuring that the prototype solutions address the end-user’s needs, it could be used to drive innovation, generate ideas, promote change in emergencies and disasters, and can increase our preparedness for future events. It helps us to develop tools and applications to better respond to these events.

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The purpose of this paper is to focus on new Product Development (NPD) and Commercialization Process based on previous researches since 1963. We intend the articles to serve two major goals. Firstly, we hope that it will be useful for researchers and postgraduate students who are interesting in understanding of commercialization process for NPD. Secondly, this article is useful for R&D managers to understand how can commercialize a new product. Finally the practical implementations of each article along with its findings as major factors for impacting on NPD process are presented in a table on discussion and result part.

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