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Solve Challenge Finals 2021

Virtual Event
Virtual Solve Challenge Finals 2021 is the premier social impact pitch event, bringing together our new Solver cohort of tech-based innovators with solutions to the 2021 Global Challenges: Digital Inclusion, Antiracist Technology in the US, Equitable Classrooms, Resilient Ecosystems, and Health Security & Pandemics. Over 1,800 applicants from 128 countries...

Solve Challenge Finals 2021

Virtual Solve Challenge Finals 2021 is the premier social impact pitch event, bringing together our new Solver cohort of tech-based innovators with solutions to the 2021 Global Challenges: Digital Inclusion, Antiracist Technology in the US, Equitable Classrooms, Resilient Ecosystems, and Health Security & Pandemics.

Over 1,800 applicants from 128 countries submitted their solutions to Solve’s Global Challenges. Our Challenge Leadership Groups and reviewers are hard at work selecting our 2021 Solver teams. During virtual Solve Challenge Finals on September 17, we will announce our 2021 Solver class. There, these Solver teams will be joined by more than 400 impact leaders from across the Solve community—such as our Members HP, General Motors, The Nature Conservancy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and more.

Watch the livestream:

We will livestream our opening and closing plenary, along with the 2021 Solver and Indigenous Communities Fellow pitches on September 17.

Witness our 2021 Solver teams' transformational solutions, the announcement of more than $2 million in prize funding, and an inspiring program of speakers.

Livestreams begin at 9am, 12pm, and 2:30pm ET.


Become a Solve Member:

Interested in attending the full virtual event as well as our in-person reception in New York City on September 20? 

Become a Solve Member to attend the full events. Solve Membership establishes your organization as a leader in social impact and enables you to support cutting-edge innovation. Are you a Solve Member participating in the full event? If so, please reach out to solve@mit.edu for your personalized registration link and registration questions.


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Network with the leading minds in tech, business, and philanthropy, and meet our newest Solver and Fellow class face to face.

Featured Speakers

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Patipat Susumpow

Headshot of Sally Davies

Sally Davies

Headshot of Luci Tapahonso

Luci Tapahonso

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Digital Inclusion Solver teams during this interactive workshop.

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Antiracist Technology in the U.S. Solver teams during this interactive workshop.

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Health Security & Pandemics Solver teams during this interactive workshop.

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Indigenous Communities Fellows during this interactive workshop.

Learn about Solve's newest program for young innovators and meet the Solv[ED] community.

Network with the leading minds in tech, business, and philanthropy, and meet our newest Solver and Fellow class face to face.

Tune in for our second round of Solver pitches: Equitable Classrooms, Antiracist Technology in the US, and Resilient Ecosystems

Featured Speakers

Headshot of Gwyneth Gaul

Gwyneth Gaul

Headshot of Maria Zuber

Maria Zuber

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Resilient Ecosystems Solver teams during this interactive workshop.

Connect and spark partnerships with the 2021 Equitable Classrooms Solver teams during this interactive workshop.

Witness the exciting reveal of more than $2 million in prize funding, the launch of the Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge, and an inspiring program of speakers and performers

Featured Speakers

Headshot of Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan

Headshot of Ron Guerrier

Ron Guerrier

Headshot of Telva McGruder

Telva McGruder

Headshot of ​Shungudzo

​Shungudzo

Featured Speakers

Headshot of Patipat Susumpow

Patipat Susumpow

Co-Founder and Creative Technologist
Headshot of Sally Davies

Sally Davies

Executive Chair
Headshot of Luci Tapahonso

Luci Tapahonso

Inaugural Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation
Headshot of Gwyneth Gaul

Gwyneth Gaul

Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact
Headshot of Maria Zuber

Maria Zuber

Vice President for Research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Headshot of Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Headshot of Ron Guerrier

Ron Guerrier

Global Chief Information Officer
Headshot of Telva McGruder

Telva McGruder

Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Headshot of ​Shungudzo

​Shungudzo

Artist & Activist

Gold

ServiceNow
The Elevate Prize Foundation
McGovern Foundation
General Motors
Vodafone Americas Foundation
Andan Foundation
Comcast NBCUniversal
MFF
HP
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
American Student Assistance
GSR
The Global Fund
Minderoo Foundation

Silver

APCO Worldwide
Unfunded List