ASCE Innovation Contest Seeks Creative Ideas on Infrastructure

A topic we’re hearing more about in the news these days is the state of our infrastructure here in the U.S. Our roads, bridges, and other structures — in many cases built many decades ago — are beginning to show their age. And it’s not just a cosmetic problem. Much of our infrastructure is beginning to reach the point of being dangerously decayed or unstable. The American Society of Civil Engineers is well aware, and is looking to improve the way we will address our infrastructure needs in the future through an innovation contest.

The ASCE Grand Challenge

As part of its vision for the future, the ASCE has developed what it calls the Grand Challenge. They describe it as a commitment to rethinking what’s possible in their industry. Through it, they are working toward a goal of reducing infrastructure life cycle costs by 50 percent by 2025 and trying to find ways to optimize our infrastructure. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2rys0kk

Google Impact Challenge Innovation Contest Names 10 Canadian Finalists

Google’s charitable wing is giving Canadians the chance to vote for the best homegrown technology for solving problems around the world. It’s called the Impact Challenge, and it’s an innovation contest with a total purse of $5 million. The field has been narrowed to 10 finalists. As you’ll see in the list below, participants have come up with some exceptional ideas, which is appropriate given that the challenge is sponsored by one of the most innovative companies of the planet. The grand prize winner will be awarded a $750,000 grant.

All 10 finalists are from Canadian non-profit organizations like the Canadian Red Cross, Food Banks Canada, and the B.C. Children’s Hospital. They are... Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2oFNCpc

Citi Launches Tech for Integrity Innovation Contest

Citi, the international banking organization, has launched the Citi Tech for Integrity Challenge (T4I). The innovation contest looks to encourage inventors and innovators worldwide to develop advanced solutions that will promote integrity, accountability, and transparency in public sector entities. Something that both the organizers and the entities themselves agree is lacking.

The challenge will provide organizations in the public sector with technology designed to make their operations more efficient and transparent. It is being presented as a joint effort among private and public sector partners that include PwC, Microsoft, Facebook, MasterCard, and IBM. The innovation contest is an “open invitation” event that welcomes companies of all types and sizes. Read more from this blog. http://bit.ly/2onuaz9

Gavi INFUSE Innovation Contest Seeks Better Ways to Immunize the World’s Children

Did you know that global immunization coverage for children, which had been making steady progress for decades, has now been stalled at approximately 80 percent for several years? Sadly, children who could and should receive life-saving vaccines are not getting them. And for the lack of one quick injection, they are suffering, and in some cases dying, needlessly. But with creative thinking brought to light by an innovation contest that can be changed. Read more from this Article: http://bit.ly/2lVNweQ

Valeo Innovation Contest Seeks to Make the Cars of 2030 More Intelligent

Valeo is an automotive supplier based in France that partners with automobile manufacturers worldwide. With an annual research and development budget of over one billion euros, the company is very focused on innovation. And it values new ideas, wherever they come from. The Valeo Innovation Contest encourages students around the world to get involved in making the cars of 2030 smarter, more intuitive, more earth-friendly, and more fun. Read more from this Article: http://bit.ly/2m2E9IO

Skild Delves into Winners of the 2016 Enter Prize Innovation Contest Ideas

Good businesses don’t always make it – and it’s a shame that happens. Many entrepreneurs have trouble getting their business to progress because they lack the resources to do it. Now with the 2016 Amarillo EnterPrize Challenge, this innovation contest has awarded participants from either already existing businesses or new ones both with brilliant plans. 7 companies went away with more money then they came with, two of which left with $100,000 each. Those two were Libby Lane Leather and Battle Beaver Customs.


Libby Lane Leather, is basically a one-person business. Libby Lane, the 29-year old founder and owner, was the only woman at the event to present her hand crafted leather company. Because she is one of the winners of this years challenge, Lane can do all the things she hasn’t been able to with the generous grant she received. For one thing: Get employees. “I plan to hire three this year, and then from there, three a year,” Lane stated.

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