The Solve Challenge Finals in New York City brought together selected innovators to pitch their solutions to a panel of expert judges and a live audience on Solve’s 2017 Global Challenges: (1) Brain Health, (2) Sustainable Urban Communities, (3) Women and Technology, and (4) Youth, Skills, & the Workforce of the Future. Those chosen by our judges became Solvers, who joined the Solve community to build partnerships with cross-sector leaders that help pilot, scale, and implement their solutions.
Watch the Solve Challenge Finals:
The Opening Plenary and Women and Technology Pitch Session
The Sustainable Urban Communities Pitch Session
The Afternoon Plenary and Youth, Skills, and the Workforce of the Future Pitch Session
The Brain Health Pitch Session
The Closing Plenary
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Featured Speakers
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Alex Amouyel
Executive Director, Solve
Cynthia Barnhart
Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Honorable Julie Bishop MP
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Karl Burkart
Director of Innovation, Media & Technology, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Ursula M. Burns
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, VEON
Her Excellency Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
President of the Republic of Mauritius
Katja Iversen
President and CEO, Women Deliver
Guilherme Leal
Co-Founder, Natura
Sarah Lenz Lock J.D.
Senior Vice President for Policy, AARP; Executive Director, Global Council on Brain Health, AARP
United States
Katherine Maher
Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation
Luis Alberto Moreno
President, Inter-American Development Bank
Dominic Price
Work Futurist, Atlassian
Mark Reading
Head of Foundation, Atlassian
L. Rafael Reif
President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Premal Shah
Co-Founder and President, Kiva
Adaora Udoji
Principal, Boshia Group
Christina Vuleta
VP, Women's Digital Network, Forbes Media
Jane Wurwand
Co-Founder, Dermalogica and FITE
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