UNLEASH
A global
innovation lab for the Sustainable Development Goals is being held in Singapore
In May 2018, UNLEASH
takes place in Singapore. 1,000 of the most talented young people are being
handpicked to come up with solutions to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). They will meet in Singapore to come up with disruptive and innovative
solutions within themes related to the SDGs.
The first UNLEASH took
place in Denmark in August 2017. In November 2017, the Danish Prime Minister,
Lars Løkke Rasmussen handed over UNLEASH to the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong during an official visit. “Denmark kick-started this great
initiative, and there is no better partner than Singapore to take over. The
global SDGs carry the ambition to bring the world we live in closer to the
world in which we wish to live. Singapore is known for its foresight, drive,
and ability to take action. By passing on the host country torch to Singapore,
I am sure that UNLEASH will take yet another important step forward,” said
Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
UNLEASH starts on May
30 and the talents will learn from Singaporean private and public sector, who
will inspire the talents for their process through the four-day innovation
challenge. The talents are put in teams and will work on solutions within their
field of expertise. “We each have a valuable contribution to make to
sustainable development. This gathering of young, creative and innovative minds
will harness the power of human ingenuity, to create imaginative solutions that
achieve the SDGs,” said Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
At the end of the
innovation challenge, the solutions will be perfected and pitched in front of a
panel of experts before UNLEASH culminates on June 6, when the final awards
show takes place and thought leaders from all over the world will give keynotes
to inspire the talents’ way forward. Here the best ideas are also awarded and
given prizes to further support the implementation of their solutions.
Applications will be
open from January 15 - February 15, 2018. For more information, please
visit www.unleash.org.
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