Innovation - Entrepreneurship & Coworking
Invent tomorrow.
A 360 m² innovation, entrepreneurship and co-working space inside SEV American College — where students design, code, build, and pitch what they make.
- Opened
- 2017
- Floor space
- ~360 m²
- Zones
- 4
- Student-led departments
- 4
Five ways X-Zone builds the future.
Every project, team and event at X-Zone grows out of one of these focus areas.
- 01 / 05
Innovation@ X-Zone
Design thinking, rapid prototyping and new ideas tested out in the open.
- 02 / 05
Entrepreneurship@ X-Zone
From a first idea to a pitch in front of a jury — with DIS@SAC, JA and real business challenges.
- 03 / 05
Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
X-Sharc in the FIRST Robotics Competition and PhoeniX in AI and autonomous vehicles.
- 04 / 05
Digital Citizenship
Student ambassadors for safe, ethical and responsible technology.
- 05 / 05
Leadership & Impact
A student board that runs X-Zone like a company — and projects that reach beyond school.
About X-Zone
Not just a room. A co-working culture brought to high school — so students meet entrepreneurship and innovation years before university.
In summer 2017, SEV American College turned around 360 m² into a space for innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration — inspired by the co-working spaces that drive creative work from Silicon Valley onward.
It runs as a living co-working space: workshops, camps and trainings during school, after hours and at weekends. Students bring their own devices, find a team and start.
- 01Think.
- 02Design.
- 03Create.
Made at X-Zone.
Build. Compete. Pitch.
Run like a company. By students.
X-Zone is managed by a board of teachers and students. Students apply, interview, and take on roles across four departments. Each department decides for itself, then presents to the whole board — so every voice reaches the table.
How to join the board- D-01
Technology & Innovation
- D-02
Business & Finance
- D-03
Marketing & Communication
- D-04
Design & Branding
Since 2017.
Summits, conferences, ideathons and student publications — organised in school and beyond.
All events- 2026
Digital Citizenship Ambassadors
A student-led initiative for safe, ethical technology use — with its own newsletter, DC Impact.
- 2024
SEV Times launches
X-Zone’s monthly business & technology magazine launches.
- 2024
DIS@SAC’24
A new edition of the summit: expert talks, a start-up fair and an investment-style student vote.
- 2020
D4 Conference · DIS Ideathon’20
An online software & design conference for high-school students (8–10 May), and a 48-hour ideathon.
- 2020
SACxSIS — Social Innovation Summit
A conference on social innovation and entrepreneurship, organised by the X-Zone team.
- 2019
DIS@SAC Disruptive Innovation Summit
First edition on 27 May 2018 at SEV American College; second on 26 May 2019.
- 2018
Saturday Talks
Founders, investors and ecosystem leaders on startups and entrepreneurship.
“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”
Bring an idea. We’ll make room.
Students
Apply to the X-Zone board, join a team, or bring a problem you want to solve.
Mentors & alumni
Give a talk, run a workshop, mentor a team before a summit, or sit on a jury.
Partners
Universities, incubators and companies: bring a real challenge for students to work on.