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THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE AND TALENTED STUDENTS EXHIBITED IN DUBAI WITH WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT COP28
Prototypes for Humanity is the world’s largest and most diverse gathering of talent and innovation from 710 universities across 108 countries.
Its annual programme showcases 100 of the most innovative academic projects by students both from leading universities, such as MIT, Harvard, Cambridge and UCL, and in developing countries. Selected with the assistance of a proprietary AI tool, the projects hailed from over 200 different research fields, across natural sciences, humanities, technology, and creative studies, each designed to provide real-world impact and solve the planet’s biggest issues.
Taking place in Dubai prior to COP28, 90 of the projects aim to address climate change and sustainability issues, such as:
- Satellite monitoring to prevent environmental disasters in mining facilities (University of Oxford, UK)
- Eco-friendly bioplastics made from invasive weeds (HyaPak: Egerton University, Kenya)
- AI-powered prediction model for CO2 storage planning. (Stanford University, US)
- Grey water filtration with upcycled mussel shells for irrigation (Urban Cascade: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain)
- A real-time weather monitoring solution for vulnerable communities (Kloudtrack: Bataan Peninsula State University, The Philippines)
- Methane Pyrolysis for the sustainable production of Hydrogen & Graphite – addressing the scarcity of materials for batteries (Solar Methane Decomposition: University of California, USA)
Wider projects include:
- Early malnutrition detection for use in remote areas (KUKUA: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
- A medicine-injection device optimised for use in emergency disaster scenarios (The Golden Capsule: Hongik University, South Korea)
- Affordable, eco-friendly sanitary pads using plantain fibres (Plad: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)
The event is free and open to the public, at Emirates Towers (The Boulevard).
A prize of $100,000 will be awarded across 5 categories in the fields of ‘Nature, Food and Water systems’, ‘Health, Relief and Safety’, ‘Energy, Efficiency and Waste’, Education, Equality and Communities’ and ‘Data science and AI-enabled solutions’ with the announcement of the winners being made at COP28.
INTERVIEWEES TO PREVIEW PROTOTYPES FOR HUMANITY
The following will be available to discuss what to expect from Prototypes for Humanity 2023, the power of student and graduate innovation, and why these projects should be backed by prospective investors:
- Tadeu Baldani Caravieri, Founding Director, Prototypes for Humanity
- Kristoffer Gandrup-Marino, Chief of Innovation, UNICEF & Board Member, African Network for Diagnostics Innovation
- Dr Christine Gulbranson, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Nova Global Venture and Chief Investment Officer of Treehouse Studios
Interviews with students are available, and include the likes of:
- Farming Secure Water (Yale University, USA) – a project to transform coffee farming waste into eco-products.
- eNOugh (University College London, UK) – a smart badge to enhance nighttime security with integrated AI, night vision, GPS, movement detection, and an alarm.
OPPORTUNITIES AT PROTOTYPES FOR HUMANITY
Broadcasters are invited to attend the event in the Emirates Tower, Dubai 28-30 November to film and interview those behind the projects.
Students and graduates behind the projects will also be available for live and pre-recorded DTL interviews.
B-ROLL
Free-to-use B Roll footage will be available and include:
- Footage of 2022 exhibition
- Interviews with students Gaelic Jara-Reinhold, University College London for eNOugh and with Mandi Pretorius, Yale University for Farming Secure Water
- Interviews with Tadeu Baldani Caravieri, Founding Director, Prototypes for Humanity and Kristoffer Gandrup-Marino, Chief of Innovation, UNICEF & Board Member, African Network
- Video footage of projects
Footage of respective projects will be available on a case-by-case basis.
SHOWS
- GVs and soundbites: Graduates projects to change the world
- Soundbites: Tadeu Baldani, Director, Prototypes For Humanity
- Soundbites: Kristoffer Gandrup-Mario, UNICEF’s Chief of Innovation and Board member African Network for Diagnostics Innovation, Prototypes For Humanity
- Soundbites: UCL students Gaelic Jara-Reinhold and Ina Jovicic have entered with eNOugh. A prototype that aims to solve the problem of lack of safety when walking alone at night.
- Soundbites: Yale University student Mandi Pretoris is entering a project called Farming Secure Water which aims to give clean and safe water, using a pioneering solar water disinfection techniques from leveraging edible plants and aquaculture.
- Contact details
GVs and soundbites: Graduates projects to change the world
- Electric Skin, IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
- Kloud Tracker, Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU), Philippines
- Hipcare, Elisava, Spain
- Wastly, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
- CCSNet.ai, Stanford University, United States
- Seaweed Foam, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
- FlowIO Platform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
- Golden Capsule, Hongik University, South Korea
- Boro Bandu, National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh, India
- HyaPak, Egerton University, Kenya
- ALGAEWAVE, Imperial Collage London, United Kingdom
- eNOugh, University Collage London, United Kingdom
Additional Information:
About Prototypes for Humanity
Prototypes for Humanity is the most comprehensive assembly of academic innovations that has the power to change the world. We promote and support SOLUTIONS creating real-world impact for the environment and society, by mobilizing academia, private and public sector.
B-roll and other materials including images will also be made available on Red Robots MediaGRAB:
Broadcasters Contact: paul@redrobot.org
28 November 2023
