Eight search results for: semifinalist teams

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »