Global Grad Show unveils 150 game-changing ideas to change the world
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DUBAI, UAE, November 8, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
- 3,681 graduates in 464 universities across 70 countries submitted entries
making the 7th edition of Global Grad Show the largest to date
- An Alexa with a heart; Next-generation disease decoding software;
Self-healing construction materials and textiles; Robots that regenerate land
and sea ecosystems; Steering wheels to monitor health; A wearable device for
parents to bond with incubated babies; Smog-filtering cars; A ball that detects
signs of life within a 5–meter radius
- Global Grad Show: The all-encompassing showcase of graduate projects
- Most promising solutions for complex environmental and social challenges
revealed
- Students from 464 universities, including Harvard, Stanford and Oxford to
local colleges in Bhutan, Jamaica and Congo submit ideas
- Programme complemented by startup development route, helping high potential
solutions go to market
- Projects reflect collective concerns with mental and physical health, food
supply, city living, ethics and community welfare
- Planet's future at forefront of global leaders and citizens' minds
- 150 projects from the world's brightest graduates shows path to help solve
problems
Today sees the unveiling of 150 highly innovative academic projects to improve
lives, support communities and protect the planet. Part of the largest edition
of Global Grad Show to date, the shortlisted entries, selected amongst 2,600
submissions from 70 countries, underline key shared concerns internationally,
from infant care to net-zero cities, and illustrate the scale of the efforts –
and combined approach – necessary to address them.
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Now in its seventh year, Global Grad Show, supports the world's most promising
academic talent in the field of social and environmental impact, The
shortlisted projects are a reflection of what graduates around the world have
concentrated on last year, spotlighting some of the world's major challenges
and the most promising ideas to address them. These solutions alternate between
theoretical and practical, complex and simple, and hail from the likes of
Oxford, Imperial College London and Ivy League institutions to colleges in
Indonesia, Mexico and Oman.
The initiative, held in partnership with Dubai Culture & Arts Authority and
A.R.M Holding, offers all applying students the opportunity to join the
Entrepreneurship Programme, a 4-month development route to bring
venture-building thinking and opportunities to applicants who want to take
their projects forward.
The virtual showcase with the 150 projects in this year's edition is available
on www.globalgradshow.com.
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SOURCE: Global Grad Show
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