The youngest participant in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 is a 13-year-old Australian. Suffering from autism, Hamish Finlayson from Townsville in Queensland decided to make a mobile app based on his day-to-day experiences so that others like him could benefit from it. “I developed the first interactive app on autism spectrum disorder and on how to handle it when I was 11. The app gives tips and important information to those who suffer from autism. I developed four other apps on environment and protection of seas and stopping the use of plastic. My sixth app is a game,” he says. Growing up on the sea shore, he says he loves the ocean and turtles, and is interested in environment protection. His father Graham Finlayson, accompanying Hamish, says his son was a genius in coding since the age of 8.
