Welcome to Invent for the Planet!

This 48-hour Intensive Design Experience (IDE) engages students at different universities around the world on a single weekend to solve high impact, global problems. Invent for the Planet is based on the highly successful program at Texas A&M University, called Aggies Invent.

Invent for the Planet is held in multiple locations across the globe simultaneously. Each group starts at 4:00 p.m. local time on Friday, the first day of the competition. New groups will join the race to innovation as time travels across the world. Student teams work on provided design challenges in local teams and will be encouraged to connect with teams across the globe as they come online.

During the weekend we will:

• Engage a diverse group of students across the globe in an intensive design experience which leads students through an innovation, design, and problem-solving experience

• Challenge students to develop unique solutions to impactful problems

• Connect universities into a network focused on providing intensive design experiences

• Collaborate on best practices, mechanics, and student outcomes with a network of universities

WEEKEND OUTCOMES

• Have several promising ideas worthy of further development

• Support solutions to encourage entrepreneurship and commercialization

• Engage students in the full design process that includes global collaboration

INVENT FOR THE PLANET WILL BE A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS:

• They will be engaged in a structured design process solving some of the most challenging problems in the world

• Teams will work locally, with local mentors, but collaborate with teams around the world

• We will provide access to advanced collaboration software platforms and support to aid

distributed development

• Global attention and visibility for participation in the program

Need statements (problems to solve): [link to document]

IMAGE GALLERY

Winning team and solution: Life++ – Improving the Quality of Life [pptx] [video]