Event Overview
The University of Newcastle Grand Challenge will bring together multidisciplinary minds from across our community to explore solutions and research around one of the more perplexing problems of our time.
Grand Challenge Demo Day
Teams have been hard at work to develop proposals for the Grand Challange and now you can see their creative and innovative responses to the following questions:
- How might we reduce the health risks that certain species of mosquitoes pose to humans?
- How might we lessen the nuisance factor imposed by urban and invading mosquito populations?
Come along to see innovation and multi-disciplinary teamwork in action as our students, staff, alumni and the wider community demonstrate their proposals to this perplexing problem.
Stick around for the Pitch Competition from 1PM in the Godfrey Tanner Bar to help determine which team will take home the People's Choice Award and the Judge's Choice Award.
To find the venue for this event, go to the campus map.
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What is the Grand Challenge?
A combined $50,000 in funding is available to teams who submit the most innovative proposals addressing the challenge of controlling mosquitoes. There are two problem statements to this Challenge. Proposals should include responses to one or both of the following questions:
- How might we reduce the health risks that certain species of mosquitoes pose to humans?
- How might we lessen the nuisance factor imposed by urban and invading mosquito populations?
All proposals are required to be socially and environmentally responsible and work towards the benefit of either local or global communities.
The Grand Challenge is a great way to meet new people, be exposed to fresh ideas, learn new skills and build creative, original work while having real-world impact. Great ideas come from everywhere, so no matter your background or experience you’ve got everything to gain by participating.
For more details on the University of Newcastle's Grand Challenge go to www.newcastle.edu.au/grand-challenge
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What is I2N?
The University of Newcastle's Integrated Innovation Network (I2N) fuels the success of innovators and entrepreneurs to build great businesses by connecting them with community, coaching, customers and capital. We do this through a range of programs across our I2N Hubs at Hunter Street, Williamtown, Muswellbrook and Honeysuckle (opening 2021).
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