16 search results for: semifinalist

The prize of Helsinki Challenge idea competition was divided between two teams

Teams iCombine and HeatStock were chosen as the winners of the science-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge and both will receive a prize of 187 500 euros. Team iCombine is working on a decision support systemwhich will enable doctors to easily search for the best possible personalised treatment for each cancer patient. Team HeatStock has developed a new kind of composite material which will allow for the long-term storage and controlled release of heat energy. Read more »

The Helsinki Challenge jury process in three steps

How did we get from 110 competition entries to 7 finalists? Who will choose the winner this November? This is how the Helsinki Challenge jury process works. 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 grand jury

Meet our Grand Jury! The jury’s task is to select the best teams and ideas from among the Helsinki Challenge semifinalist teams that will advance to the final of the accelerator program in 2017. Read more »

Vaikuta tulevaisuuteen ja äänestä parasta tiederatkaisua

Mitä jos suuri yleisö saisi päättää, mitä ongelmia tieteellä tulevaisuudessa ratkaistaan? Helsinki Challengeen osallistuvat kaksikymmentä tutkijatiimiä pyrkivät voittamaan yleisön puolelleen viiden minuutin puheilla pitch-illoissa 6.-7.6. Eniten ääniä saanut tiimi saa jatkaa mukana marraskuussa päättyvässä kilvassa. Read more »

On the Roadmap to Impact

"Your solution will be different after these two days." This is how the 20 semifinalist teams were welcomed to Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp. The 20 semifinalists of Helsinki Challenge 2017 gathered to experience this intense two-days of co-creation and co-development last week. The aim was to refine the problem to be solved, and understand, and find ways to verify and measure, the potential impact of the solution. Read more »

Watch Pitch Night videos

Helsinki Challenge Semifinal Pitch Nights were organized on June 6th and 7th in 2017. Watch all semifinalist teams pitch their solution to UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Read more »

Watch Helsinki Challenge Pitch Night videos

We must solve the world’s enormous problems now. Luckily, science can do it. The Helsinki Challenge teams tackle the UN’s sustainable development goals, which aim at making the world a better place. Our 20 inspiring semifinalist teams presented their ideas for the first time at Helsinki Challenge Pitch Nights 22.-23.2.2017! Read more »

The Finland 100 jubilee year brings Finnish universities together to change the world

Helsinki Challenge semifinalists 2017 are here! Twenty science teams will tackle the UN’s sustainable development goals and create solutions for, among other things, the loneliness of young urban people, aging, malaria and treating cancer. Read more »

Vehreyttä, työtä ja turvallisuutta tulevaisuuden kaupunkeihin

Kaupungit kasvavat, haasteet lisääntyvät. Tieteen avulla voimme vähentää eriarvoisuutta, luoda kestäviä yhteisöjä ja toimeentuloa. Read more »

Helsinki Challenge to return bigger and better

The science-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge will be held again. This time the University of Helsinki organises the competition in collaboration with Aalto University, Hanken School of Economics, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, University of the Arts Helsinki, University of Turku, University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University. Read more »

Helsinki Challenge jatkuu entistä laajempana

Tiedepohjainen ideakilpailu Helsinki Challenge käynnistyy suomalaisten yliopistojen yhteistyönä. Kisaa lähtivät Helsingin yliopiston kanssa järjestämään Aalto-yliopisto, Hanken Svenska Handelshögskolan, Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Jyväskylän yliopisto, Oulun yliopisto, Taideyliopisto, Turun yliopisto, Vaasan yliopisto, Åbo Akademi. Voittaja on tiedossa, kun Suomi täyttää 100 vuotta. Read more »

Find your favorite pitch!

Next, the Helsinki Challenge jury has a tough job to do - they need to choose the finalist teams. Please follow our web site and Twitter to hear the news first. Before that, lets enjoy the PitchNight performances one more time. Find all of the 20 semifinalist pitches here. Read more »

Researcher, tell us a story!

The former U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bruce Oreck sees that one of the biggest challenges facing science is getting it heard through the world’s noise. Our world is so full of information that even the largest marketing budgets don’t always lead to the emergence of the best ideas. Oreck encourages the semifinalist teams of Helsinki Challenge to communicate their competition ideas with utmost fervor: to tell a story. Read more »

Rector Jukka Kola's mission: to change the world

Universities have always been a fountain of new knowledge and fresh thinking. Helsinki Challenge shines a strong spotlight on achievements from the University of Helsinki. It’s time to make more noise about our best-kept secrets, says Rector Jukka Kola. Read more »

Intouttavat työn tilat yhdistävät hallinnon, tutkijat ja opiskelijat

Tämän päivän tietotyö asettaa työtiloille uusia vaatimuksia. Ihmiset tekevät enemmän etätöitä, ja työpaikalla tarvitaan joustavia tiloja vuoroin hiljaiseen työhön ja vuoroin dynaamiseen ryhmätyöskentelyyn. Challenge-tiimi suunnittelee uusia työtiloja pedagogisesta ja tilasuunnittelun näkökulmasta: miten luoda viihtyisiä, innostavia tiloja, joissa ihmiset voivat hyvin ja työt sujuvat? Read more »