Solve Challenge Finals 2021
Virtual Solve Challenge Finals 2021 is the premier social impact pitch event, bringing together our new Solver cohort of tech-based innovators with solutions to the 2021 Global Challenges: Digital Inclusion, Antiracist Technology in the US, Equitable Classrooms, Resilient Ecosystems, and Health Security & Pandemics.
Over 1,800 applicants from 128 countries submitted their solutions to Solve’s Global Challenges. Our Challenge Leadership Groups and reviewers are hard at work selecting our 2021 Solver teams. During virtual Solve Challenge Finals on September 17, we will announce our 2021 Solver class. There, these Solver teams will be joined by more than 400 impact leaders from across the Solve community—such as our Members HP, General Motors, The Nature Conservancy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and more.
Watch the livestream:
We will livestream our opening and closing plenary, along with the 2021 Solver and Indigenous Communities Fellow pitches on September 17.
Witness our 2021 Solver teams' transformational solutions, the announcement of more than $2 million in prize funding, and an inspiring program of speakers.
Livestreams begin at 9am, 12pm, and 2:30pm ET.
Become a Solve Member:
Interested in attending the full virtual event as well as our in-person reception in New York City on September 20?
Become a Solve Member to attend the full events. Solve Membership establishes your organization as a leader in social impact and enables you to support cutting-edge innovation. Are you a Solve Member participating in the full event? If so, please reach out to solve@mit.edu for your personalized registration link and registration questions.
Network with the leading minds in tech, business, and philanthropy, and meet our newest Solver and Fellow class face to face.
Session Speakers
Patipat Susumpow
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Sally Davies
Executive Chair, The Trinity Challenge
Luci Tapahonso
Inaugural Poet Laureate of the Navajo NationConnect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Digital Inclusion Solver teams during this interactive workshop.
Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Antiracist Technology in the U.S. Solver teams during this interactive workshop.
Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Health Security & Pandemics Solver teams during this interactive workshop.
Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellows during this interactive workshop.
Learn about Solve's newest program for young innovators and meet the Solv[ED] community.
Network with the leading minds in tech, business, and philanthropy, and meet our newest Solver and Fellow class face to face.
Tune in for our second round of Solver pitches: Equitable Classrooms, Antiracist Technology in the US, and Resilient Ecosystems
Session Speakers
Gwyneth Gaul
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact, Comcast NBCUniversal
Maria Zuber
Vice President for Research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, MITConnect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Resilient Ecosystems Solver teams during this interactive workshop.
Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Equitable Classrooms Solver teams during this interactive workshop.
Witness the exciting reveal of more than $2 million in prize funding, the launch of the Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge, and an inspiring program of speakers and performers
Session Speakers
Eric S. Yuan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zoom
Ron Guerrier
Global Chief Information Officer, HP Inc.
Telva McGruder
Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, General Motors
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