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Solve Challenge Finals 2024
Solve Challenge Finals is an unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in service of a better world. This event, hosted annually in New York City, unveils Solve’s latest cohort of innovators and their solutions to our Global Challenges. Investors and philanthropists gather to meet the innovators who join from all over the world, hear them pitch their solutions, and watch them win funding from a $1 million prize pool designed to catalyze scale. Amidst leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, Solve Challenge Finals is progress in action.
What you can look forward to
Outside of reveling in the buzz of NYC during the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, these are just a few reasons to join us:
Meeting the 2024 Solver Class in person! All of our newly selected innovators for this year’s cohort will travel from around the world to meet at Solve Challenge Finals. This is the kickoff to their nine-month support program with Solve and an opportunity for them to get to know us, each other, and YOU!
Listening to the Solver pitches. Each year we leave Solve Challenge Finals feeling hopeful for the future after hearing so many world-changing ideas from these innovators dedicated to change.
Watching prize reveals! There’s nothing quite like seeing the look on someone’s face when they find out they are a prize recipient! A pool of over $1 million is available for eligible solutions.
Location
The event will take place at the Apella, 450 E 29th St, New York, NY 10016. Please bring a photo ID with you.
Meeting today's challenges— disparities in access to capital, climate vulnerabilities, healthcare inequities, and more—requires rapidly establishing trust. Trust in each other, in our institutions, and in the responsible development and use of the disruptive technologies shaping our world. Join us for essential conversations on how we build trust to accelerate a better world.
Session Speakers
Hala Hanna
Executive Director, MIT Solve
Thoriq Ibrahim
Minister of Climate Change, Environment & Energy, Republic of Maldives
Lauren Marks
Global Head: Partnerships and External Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Global Health Equity
Mariela Shaker
Violinist; Founder and Director, Highams Park Music Academy
David Bank
Editor and CEO, ImpactAlpha
Mosun Layode
Executive Director, African Philanthropy Forum
Cilia Holmes Indahl
CEO, EQT Foundation
Brendan Vaughan
Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company
Kristen Siemen
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, General Motors
Eric Grimson
Chancellor for Academic Advancement, MIT
Lynette Bell
President, Truist FoundationInnovation today is taking place amidst a backdrop of both intensely personal harms like human trafficking or new conflicts, as well as landscape-scale challenges like sea-level rise or heat waves. New technologies offer new tools, but much of the world remains unrepresented in data, and disconnected in access. How do we tell more complete stories and wield technology in inclusive ways to unlock a more climate-ready and prosperous world for all?
Session Speakers
Nate Angell
Senior Advisor, Morgridge Family Foundation
Caroline T. Nguyen
Managing Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Emily Atkin
Editor-in-Chief, HEATED
Rachana Bhide
Psychologist and Broadcaster
Tricia Wang
Co-Founder, Sudden Compass
Alain-Richard Donwahi
President, 15th COP of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Fatou Mandiang Diatta (Sister Fa)
Singer and Activist for Child Protection
Skylar Tibbits
Associate Professor of Design Research in the Department of Architecture, MIT
Lye Ogunsanya
IUSA Emerging Leader 22
Jacqueline Innocent
Senior Vice President, Integrated Programs, Habitat for Humanity International
Cara Tabachnick
News Editor, CBS News, Director, Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking
Sarah Woodcock
CEO, The Anti-Slavery Collective
Taina Bien-Aimé
Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Jason Newman
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Nick Okafor
Founder and Executive Director, trubel&co
Elizabeth McGovern
Trustee, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Carrie Morgridge
Vice President and Chief Disruptor, Morgridge Family Foundation
David Moinina Sengeh
Chief Innovation Officer, Government of Sierra Leone
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This year, over $1 million in prize pool funding will be distributed. In addition to prize funding revealed at the Solve Challenge Finals, each Solver team receives $10,000 in unrestricted funding, enters a nine-month support program to scale their work and impact, and is eligible for additional investment from Solve Innovation Future, Solve’s solution to persisting funding gaps.
Health Equity Innovation Award supported by Johnson & Johnson Foundation as part of its larger commitment as the Global Health Equity Anchor Supporter ($100,000)
The GM Prize supported by General Motors ($150,000)
The GSR Foundation Prize supported by GSR Foundation ($150,000)
The AI for Humanity Prize supported by Patrick J. McGovern Foundation ($150,000)
Climate-Positive and Equitable Food Systems Prize supported by Seeding the Future Van Lengerich Foundation ($150,000)
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Ocean Innovation Prize supported by the Prince of Monaco ($100,000)
Schmidt Marine Wavemaker’s Prize supported by Schmidt Marine Technology Partners ($100,000)
Morgridge Family Foundation AI Innovation Prize supported by Morgridge Family Foundation ($50,000)
The Experian Prize supported by Experian ($50,000)
Habitat for Humanity Sheltertech Prize supported by Habitat for Humanity ($50,000)