ADVISORY: Media Registration Open Today for Solve at MIT, May 8-10, 2017

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On May 8-10, Solve (solve.mit.edu) will bring more than 300 distinguished social and environmental impact leaders to the MIT campus, for its flagship event, Solve at MIT, to crowdsolve the world's most pressing challenges. 

Members of the media may apply for credentials at http://bit.ly/2pDrLjM. Those approved will receive confirmation and further instructions via e-mail. Please send questions regarding media registration to [email protected].

Participants at this year's Solve at MIT include:

• Ursula Burns, Chairman, Xerox Corporation
• Ash Carter, 25th Secretary of Defense; MIT Innovation Fellow; Director, Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School
• Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon Limited
• Ernest J. Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Emeritus and Special Advisor to the MIT President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Megan Smith, Third Chief Technology Officer of the United States

Learn more about the event, including the full schedule and speakers at https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit

Solve's mission is to solve world challenges through open innovation and partnership by launching specific, actionable challenges on its online platform and inviting people around the world to submit solutions. Judges (MIT faculty, industry experts, and civil society leaders) identify finalists to become "Solvers." They receive support from Solve and its partners, and are invited to participate in the flagship event, Solve at MIT. In this way, Solve is a marketplace connecting the solutions with change makers who have the resources, expertise, and know-how to get solutions piloted, scaled, and implemented. This year's challenges are:

• Carbon Contributions
• Chronic Diseases
• Inclusive Innovation
• Refugee Education

Challenges for the upcoming year will be formally announced live at Solve at MIT. They are:

• Youth and the Workforce of the Future: How can disadvantaged youth learn the skills they need to prepare for the workforce of the future and thrive in the 21st century?
• Sustainable Urban Communities: How can urban communities increase their access to sustainable and resilient food and water sources?
• Brain Health: How can people around the world, including those in resource-limited areas, achieve optimal brain health?
• Women and Technology: How can women and girls of all socio-economic backgrounds use technology to fully participate and prosper in the economy?

About Solve:
Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that identifies and supports lasting solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. Solve is a community that brings together technologists, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, policymakers, researchers, and other change agents to unearth and implement solutions to specific, actionable challenges issued around the pillars of Education, Sustainability, Health, and Economic Prosperity.

Media Contact:
Kate Downen
406 224 5056
[email protected]

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