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Global Impact Camp speakers and mentors

Who did the finalists meet in September in Brussels? The Global Impact Camp offered Helsinki Challenge teams an opportunity to impress and co-create with high-level international experts. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers and mentors

During the next stage of the accelerator programme, our 20 amazing Helsinki Challenge teams will take part in a co-creation and brainstorming boot camp in Långvik, Kirkkonummi. Over the course of just two days and with the help of innovation investors, politicians, communications professionals and design thinkers, teams will define the societal impact of their solutions. Read more »

The search for digital emotions continues: Helsinki Challenge 2015 winner NEMO

Winning solution of Helsinki Challenge 2015 led the team members Katri Saarikivi and Valtteri Wikström to an even bigger research project. Read more »

Solving global challenges requires co-operation within and beyond science

The Global Impact Camp in Brussels was a two-day intensive co-creation with international experts and EU decision-makers. The first day of the camp included two keynotes and a panel discussion focusing on societal impact of research. Read more »

Setting the course for global impact

In September, the finalist teams of Helsinki Challenge took their solutions to Brussels to meet decision-makers, mentors and possible collaborators at Global Impact Camp. Read what MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen had to say just before the Camp. Read more »

Meet the finalists: iCombine

Cancer treatment made more effective and personalized with mathematical tools. Team iCombine is looking forward to the final stage of the competition and especially the Global Impact Camp in September. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers: Magnus Magnusson

In the Impact Camp Helsinki Challenge semifinal teams will meet and collaborate with various stakeholders and experts both from Finland and abroad. Meet Magnus Magnusson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers: Dinelle Lucchesi

Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp is getting closer! In the Impact Camp 9th–10th April semifinal teams will meet and collaborate with various stakeholders and experts both from Finland and abroad. Meet Dinelle Lucchesi, the founder of BRAINS. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp mentors: Alex Pesch

At the Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp 9th–10th April 2015 teams are mentored, inspired and encouraged by various stakeholders and experts both from abroad and Finland. Meet Alex Pesch, a founder at biotech startup Synthego. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp mentors: Vicky-Marie Gibbons

At the Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp 9th–10th April 2015 teams are mentored, inspired and encouraged by various stakeholders and experts both from abroad and Finland. Meet Vicky-Marie Gibbons, a Partner at Bethnal Green Ventures. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp mentors: Ferdi Van Heerden

At the Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp 9th–10th April 2015, 20 amazing challenge teams be given a new question to solve: Is this solution idea the right one to reach the desired impact, or do we need something completely different? Teams are mentored, inspired and encouraged by various stakeholders and experts both from abroad and Finland. Meet Ferdi Van Heerden, Change agent at Changing the world. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers: Ulrich Weinberg

In the Impact Camp 9th–10th April semifinal teams will meet and collaborate with various stakeholders and experts both from Finland and abroad. Meet Ulrich Weinberg, Director of Design Thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers: Ian Scott

Helsinki Challenge is heading to the next stage. In the Impact Camp 9th–10th April semifinal teams will meet and collaborate with various stakeholders and experts both from Finland and abroad. Meet Ian Scott, Principal Facilitator for the UCL Grand Challenges programme. Read more »

Meet our Impact Camp speakers: Celia Hannon

Helsinki Challenge is heading to the next stage. In the Impact Camp 9th–10th April semifinal teams will meet and collaborate with various stakeholders and experts both from Finland and abroad. Meet Celia Hannon, a programme manager at the Nesta Centre for Challenge Prizes. Read more »

Meet the finalists: POCKit

A portable lab-on-a-chip in your pocket could be a sensation for preventing diseases globally. At the final stage team POCKit is planning a roadmap for global impact. Read more »

Seven Helsinki Challenge finalists offer groundbreaking solutions for UN’s sustainable development goals

Seven teams have been selected for the final stage of the science competition intended to develop new solutions for the challenges of our changing world. The teams’ ideas would boost cancer treatment, revolutionise the use of heat energy and protect the mental health of new parents. Read more »

Meet the finalists: FutuRena

Saving people’s lives and bringing Finland to the forefront of organ biofabrication – with 3D printed mini-kidneys. Team FutuRena won the audience at the Semifinal Pitch Nights and was chosen as the first finalist team. Read more »

Meet the finalists: Parental Box

Supporting the well-being of children and families by giving the parents a mental health toolkit. Team Parental Box is entering the final stage with enthusiasm. Read more »

Meet the finalists: Dlearn.Helsinki

Making school more meaningful: learning global competencies with new pedagogical tools. Team Dlearn.Helsinki says that the competition has really pushed them to step outside their own box. Read more »

Meet the finalists: HeatStock

A novel material could stock up heat, forward the energy efficiency of renewables and save the planet. Next team HeatStock wants to scale up their groundbreaking material. Read more »