
Solve at MIT 2023
Flagship EventSolve at MIT 2023
It’s easy to think that the challenges facing us today are insurmountable – that the issues are too big and complex, that we are too divided and gridlocked to actualize solutions at scale. Yet, year after year, the Solve community uncovers incredible entrepreneurs and innovators who are facing these issues head-on and making a real difference in their communities and the world. Join us for Solve at MIT 2023, May 4-6 on MIT Campus, along with 400 social impact leaders to get inspired, build partnerships, tackle global challenges in real-time, and celebrate progress.
About the Event
Solve at MIT is an inspiring, interactive three-day event that brings together our Solve community and cross-sectors leaders from around the world committed to solving global challenges. Over the course of the event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from leaders in social impact, connect with innovators looking to scale their solutions, form partnerships with like-minded individuals and organizations, and learn about the upcoming 2023 Global Challenges.
Our annual Global Challenges are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Through an open innovation platform, we source tech-based ideas, businesses, or products that solve urgent global problems. The most promising social entrepreneurs from across the world are chosen to join our Solver class in the areas of Economic Prosperity, Climate, Learning, and Health. Solve also selects a group of Indigenous Communities Fellows who are helping to make Native communities in the US thrive.
View the event schedule here.
Want to join us for Solve at MIT?
Experience the magic of Solve at MIT from anywhere! Livestreamed plenary sessions will begin at the following times:
Opening Plenary: Unlocking our Collective Potential Thursday, May 4: 1:00pm ET
Morning Plenary: Ensuring a Just Transition to Net ZeroFriday, May 5: 10:30am ET
Closing Plenary: Bringing us Together or Tearing us Apart?Saturday, May 6: 11:30am ET
Talent and ingenuity know no bounds, but access and opportunity often do. At Solve, we're on a mission to change that. Join us as we explore how we can harness the power of technology to unlock our collective potential and create a better future for all. Come ready to be inspired, engaged, and equipped to work together on solving the world's toughest challenges.
If you intend to attend only the public opening plenary, register here
Featured Speakers
Elizabeth McGovern

Atif Javed

Sally Kornbluth
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Beatie Wolfe

Manish Bapna

Celina De Sola
Adrianne Haslet

Norhan M. Bayomi

Elaheh Ahmadi
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at the Solve Challenge Finals in September 2022. During the session, participants will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement, partnership, and investment to the 2022 Climate: Ecosystems + Housing Solver teams.
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at the Solve Challenge Finals in September 2022. During the session, participants will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement, partnership, and investment to the 2022 Equitable Health Systems Solver teams.
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at the Solve Challenge Finals in September 2022. During the session, participants will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement, partnership, and investment to the 2022 Re-engaging Learners Solver teams.
Transitioning to net zero requires dramatic innovation, deployment, and funding. But working towards a zero-carbon future is not enough, as the climate crisis is not just environmental, it’s also one of economic and social justice. Join us as we explore how we can deploy equitable solutions to mitigate the crisis and build a sustainable future for the eight billion of us.
Featured Speakers
Lewis Akenji

Lynette Bell

Hina Baloch

Emily Young

Cheri Smith

Mtamu Kililo

Jacquelyn Ingram

Ellen Fitzsimmons

Heather Clancy

Kelly Levin

Nneka Jones

Kelsey Wirth

Janelle Knox-Hayes
Explore how your organization can reach its social and environmental impact goals by launching its own customized open innovation challenge powered by MIT Solve. In this interactive workshop, participants will hear learnings from a recent client success story and apply Solve’s challenge design methodology to envision their own social innovation challenge.
Solve Innovation Future, MIT Solve's venture philanthropy vehicle is a disruptive model using philanthropic capital to accelerate social and environmental outcomes while generating financial returns. Join us for a conversation to learn and engage with experts advancing the impact investing and venture philanthropy fields, and explore why partnerships are critical to this work.
Speakers include: Betsy Cohen, Co-Founder, Cohen Circle and Radiate Capital; Tom Kuo, Co-Founder and Managing Director, A-Street Ventures; Amy Pirozzolo, Head of Marketing, Fidelity Charitable; Casey van der Stricht, Principal, Solve Innovation Future
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at the Solve Challenge Finals in September 2022. During the session, participants will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement, partnership, and investment to the 2022 Indigenous Communities Fellows.
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at the Solve Challenge Finals in September 2022. During the session, participants will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement, partnership, and investment to the 2022 Care Economy Solver teams.
In this interactive and action-driven session, attendees will hear about the impact made by Solve's youth program - Solv[ED] - and get to meet our 2023 Solv[ED] Youth Innovator teams. The teams will each showcase their solutions and impact to date. During the session, attendees will form ad hoc brain trusts, providing advice and brainstorming opportunities for improvement and mentorship to the 2023 Innovator teams.
Solvers

Emily Young

Navya Akkinepally

Atif Javed

Jonathan Key

Laura Stachel

Gayatri Datar

Sanskriti Dawle

Anthony Kinslow II

Cheri Smith

Zeenith Ebrahim

Michelle Schenandoah

Aishat Adeniji

Vanessa Castañeda Gill

Suzanne Cole

Joaquín Gastelbondo

Sabrina Habib

Chelsea Sprayregen

Nidhi Mirani

Ronald Kasule

Progress Success Mahureva

Doreen Toutikian

Ashley Barrow

Erica Plybeah

Wolf Bierens

Augaly S. Kiedi

Raphaël Ascoli

Ines Serra

Mtamu Kililo

Jono McKay

Emtithal Mahmoud

Akshita Sachdeva

Wenceslas Djokpe

Tahereh Pazouki

Brooke Rodriguez

Mary Hermes

Brittany Gene

Cree Whelshula

Valerisa Gaddy

Jacquelyn Ingram

Rama Kayyali
This event is not part of Solve at MIT programming. It is a celebration, cocktail reception, and exclusive screening of "The Big Idea."
The event is accessible by purchasing tickets here.
Please reach out to events@solve.mit.edu with questions.
This session focuses on Solve’s 2023 Global Learning Challenge, which asks ‘How can all people learn about and take civic action to improve their communities and the world?’ The session will feature a panel conversation with experts and an activity to get participants thinking about opportunities for collaboration around this topic.
This session focuses on Solve’s 2023 Global Climate Challenge, which asks ‘How can communities adapt to more extreme weather and create low-carbon housing for all?’ The session will feature a panel conversation with experts and an activity to get participants thinking about opportunities for collaboration around this topic.
This session focuses on Solve’s 2023 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge, which asks ‘How can we provide financially excluded individuals and small enterprises with the tools they need to withstand financial shocks and build wealth?’ The session will feature a panel conversation with experts and an activity to get participants thinking about opportunities for collaboration around this topic.
This session focuses on Solve’s 2023 Global Health Challenge, which asks ‘How can we build resilience in health systems and maintain access to care despite destabilizing events?’ The session will feature a panel conversation with experts and an activity to get participants thinking about opportunities for collaboration around this topic.
Join us as we explore how to harness technology to create positive social change and build community while avoiding its pitfalls. We'll delve into the complex interplay between technology and social change, and discuss how to create a more engaged, cohesive, and connected society.
Featured Speakers

William Gumede
Whitney Wolfe Herd

Sophia Kianni

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Kami Dar
Amy Nordrum

Aida Murad

Sangbae Kim

Mariama Kabia

Adam Bly
Featured Speakers
Elizabeth McGovern
Trustee
Atif Javed
Executive Director
Sally Kornbluth
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Beatie Wolfe
Artist
Manish Bapna
President and CEO
Celina De Sola
Co-Founder & PresidentAdrianne Haslet
Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor, Global Advocate for amputee rights
Norhan M. Bayomi
postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative and Lead Research and Co-Lead of the MIT Climate Machine
Elaheh Ahmadi
Co-founder and CEOLewis Akenji
Managing Director
Lynette Bell
President
Hina Baloch
Executive Director of Sustainability and Environment
Emily Young
CEO and Founder
Cheri Smith
MIT Solver & 2022 Indigenous Communities Fellow | President & CEO, Founder
Mtamu Kililo
CEO
Jacquelyn Ingram
Midwife, global health advocate
Ellen Fitzsimmons
Chief Legal Officer & Head of Public Affairs
Heather Clancy
Vice President and Editorial Director
Kelly Levin
Chief of Science, Data and Systems Change
Nneka Jones
Artist
Kelsey Wirth
Co-Founder & Chair
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Professor of Economic Geography and Planning
William Gumede
Founder and Executive ChairpersonWhitney Wolfe Herd
Founder and CEO
Sophia Kianni
US Representative
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Kami Dar
Co-founder and CEOAmy Nordrum
Executive Editor
Aida Murad
Impact Artist & Entrepreneur
Sangbae Kim
Director of the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mariama Kabia
Digital Equity Accelerator Lead, Social Impact
Adam Bly
Founder and CEORegistration for the full event is by invitation only. If you are a part of the Solve community, please check your email for a registration code. If you are not a part of the Solve community but would like to be, you can request an invitation here.
Register for Solve at MIT 2023
Experience the magic of Solve at MIT from anywhere! Livestreamed plenary sessions will begin at the following times:
Opening Plenary: Unlocking our Collective Potential
Thursday, May 4: 1:00pm ETMorning Plenary: Ensuring a Just Transition to Net Zero
Friday, May 5: 10:30am ETClosing Plenary: Bringing us Together or Tearing us Apart?
Saturday, May 6: 11:30am ET
Solve at MIT is open to our community of innovators and supporters. Learn how you or your organization can become a supporter here, or fill out this form to get in touch.