Solve at MIT 2022

Technology has helped support positive developments in the last decades: reducing infant mortality rate and extreme poverty, connecting billions to the internet, information, and finance through smartphones, and more. However, technology is also a source of potential harm and growing inequality, especially when designed without thought for unintended consequences, ecological degradation, ethical principles, or the problems facing the most underserved communities. From proximity to accessibility, hear from those on the cutting-edge of innovation for social and environmental justice about how we can design technology that advances humanity while also protecting it.

You can learn more about designing for, with, and by people who are underserved on MIT D-Lab’s website.

In this interactive and action-driven session, hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at Solve Challenge Finals. Solver teams still seek guidance and resources to grow their impact. Participants will collaborate with two different Solver teams, providing advice and brainstorming partnerships to advance their solutions to the 2021 Challenges: (1) Health Security & Pandemics, (2) Digital Inclusion, (3) and Indigenous Communities.

In this interactive and action-driven session, hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at Solve Challenge Finals. Solver teams still seek guidance and resources to grow their impact. Participants will collaborate with two different Solver teams, providing advice and brainstorming partnerships to advance their solutions to the 2021 Challenges: (1) Health Security & Pandemics, (2) Digital Inclusion, (3) and Indigenous Communities.

Hosted by MIT Solve, Indigenous Communities Fellowship

Join us as we gather around the table to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our 2020 and 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellows who are working to create a bright and prosperous future for generations to come. Share in good food, good stories, and great company for an evening to remember

**Salon dinners are invitation only. You will have received a confirmation email if you are attending.

Hosted by MIT Solve, Climate + Sustainability

Join MIT Solve for a Salon dinner focused on innovation to support Climate and Sustainability. As we shift our Sustainability Challenge to being solely focused on climate, it is important for us to bring together our community for intentional conversations around best practices, gaps in tech-based climate innovation and how to meet Sustainable Development Goals. We look forward to hearing from the leaders in our community on these various important topics.

**Salon dinners are invitation only. You will have received a confirmation email if you are attending.

For centuries in the United States, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) have demonstrated resilience and ingenuity in the face of institutionalized racism, anti-Blackness, settler colonialism, and social oppression. Yet despite calls for racial equity and restitution, progress is still too slow - with BIPOC wealth, education, and health indicators highlighting continued inequality compared to white Americans. Additionally, only 1% of all startup venture-funding goes to Black founders in the U.S., while investment in rural and heartland communities continues to lag significantly compared to coastal urban centers. Hear from community leaders, investors, and funders who are working across the country to build more equitable, antiracist futures powered by technology.

In this interactive and action-driven session, hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at Solve Challenge Finals. Solver teams still seek guidance and resources to grow their impact. Participants will collaborate with two different Solver teams, providing advice and brainstorming partnerships to advance their solutions to the 2021 Challenges: (1) Resilient Ecosystems, (2) Antiracist Technology in the US, (3) and Equitable Classrooms.

In this interactive and action-driven session, hear from our Solver teams who will showcase the progress they have made since being selected at Solve Challenge Finals. Solver teams still seek guidance and resources to grow their impact. Participants will collaborate with two different Solver teams, providing advice and brainstorming partnerships to advance their solutions to the 2021 Challenges: (1) Resilient Ecosystems, (2) Antiracist Technology in the US, (3) and Equitable Classrooms.

Join cross-sector leaders for a dive into Solve’s 2022 Global Challenges. Led by members of Solve’s Challenge Leadership Groups, this workshop will feature moderated, interactive discussions on Challenge themes. Participants will brainstorm specific action points to advance solutions to various dimensions of each of the 2022 Challenges: 

• The Care Economy

• Re-Engaging Learners 

• Climate: Ecosystems + Housing

• Equitable Health Systems

Join cross-sector leaders for a dive into Solve’s 2022 Global Challenges. Led by members of Solve’s Challenge Leadership Groups, this workshop will feature moderated, interactive discussions on Challenge themes. Participants will brainstorm specific action points to advance solutions to various dimensions of each of the 2022 Challenges: 

• The Care Economy

• Re-Engaging Learners 

• Climate: Ecosystems + Housing

• Equitable Health Systems

Join cross-sector leaders for a dive into Solve’s 2022 Global Challenges. Led by members of Solve’s Challenge Leadership Groups, this workshop will feature moderated, interactive discussions on Challenge themes. Participants will brainstorm specific action points to advance solutions to various dimensions of each of the 2022 Challenges: 

• The Care Economy

• Re-Engaging Learners 

• Climate: Ecosystems + Housing

• Equitable Health Systems

Around the world, women play an outsized role in the health, wellbeing, and economic survival of their families and communities. Despite continued calls for gender equality, women and girls remain disproportionately responsible for caring for the sick, providing childcare, and managing the household. Most of this work is either unpaid or falls outside the formal economy with low safety and wages; in some places, it still fuels slavery and trafficking. Yet, this care work is critical to the education and health of all and provides incredible economic value even if it’s not recognized. The “Care Economy” is ripe for innovation and investment. Hear from corporate, government, and nonprofit leaders on how we can value our care providers and support gender equality globally.

Hosted by Linda Henry, CEO, Boston Globe Media Partners

It is never too early to be a part of the solution. Young people are rising up and responding to the social and environmental problems that their communities and the world face every day. Join us for a Salon Dinner during Solve at MIT, May 6 to discuss how we can empower and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit in young minds. Hear from our Solv[ED] youth innovators who are harnessing their agency and developing solutions that address systemic barriers. These young innovators are designing tech-based and community-centered solutions, which are improving the existing world and will continue to do so for generations to come.

**Salon dinners are invitation only. You will have received a confirmation email if you are attending.

Hosted by Solve Innovation Future.

This Salon Dinner will spotlight the work of the Solve Innovation Future investees, and guests will discuss strategies for funding entrepreneurs focused on solving the world’s most pressing problems—and get to know each other over dinner.

**Salon dinners are invitation only. You will have received a confirmation email if you are attending.

Join cross-sector leaders for a dive into Solve’s Community Roundtable Sessions. Led by members of Solve’s staff and community, this session will feature thoughtful questions, engaging conversation, and actionable ideas around three specific programs:

• Solv[ED] - supporting young social innovators around the world

• Solve Innovation Future - scaling social innovations using strategic financial tools, including venture philanthropy

• Black and Brown Innovators - supporting innovation for racial equity across the US

Join cross-sector leaders for a dive into Solve’s Community Roundtable Sessions. Led by members of Solve’s staff and community, this session will feature thoughtful questions, engaging conversation, and actionable ideas around three specific programs:

• Solv[ED] - supporting young social innovators around the world

• Solve Innovation Future - scaling social innovations using strategic financial tools, including venture philanthropy

• Black and Brown Innovators - supporting innovation for racial equity across the US

From climate change to education, agriculture to healthcare, young leaders are stepping forward to jolt systems into action using their ingenuity and innovation, as well as their passion and matter-of-fact urgency. Hear from the next generation about what they are doing in the face of impatient impact, and what that means for all of us.