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The topic of this year’s competition is Future of Connecting, with six subthemes are as follows (see description on http://www.challengefuture.org/challenges/):

-          Call Me in 2020 – the future of communication

-          Move It! – the future of transportation

-          What’s the Buzz? – the future of media

-          Eat that Carrot! – the future of health

-          Youth Rulz! – the future of youth in society

-          Fast Forward – the future of prosperity

 

The online platform www.challengefuture.org is already open, and students can register, get to know the platform, form teams (2-4 people per team) and start brainstorming on the challenges they find especially appealing to them (by now, we have over 300 students from various countries registered). The deadline for registration is November 18, but the sooner they get on, the better they will be prepared to the challenges – and also have a chance to compete for prizes in the “warm-up” challenge, which we will announce soon. Faculty members can also take part as mentors to the competing teams.

 

The first round of the competition will start on November 21, and based on its results, 180 selected teams will qualify for semi-finals in January, and the 18 finalist teams will come in April to Bled, Slovenia (named as the 5^th most idyllic place by Forbes!) to compete for the EUR 20,000 grand award. In the first round, students have to submit their solutions online; semi-finals – solutions+short video online; and the finals is head-to-head competition. See more on the process, awards, and selection criteria on http://www.challengefuture.org/us/entry-details.

 

Please feel free to invite students from the educational institutions you are associated with and pass on the information further to those who might be interested in this initiative.

 

Me (olga.veligurska@iedc.si) and Ms Maggie Peng, Challenge:Future Associate (mp@tmk-lab.eu), will be happy to answer any questions and provide you with any additional materials.