Dr Ben Spencer MP invites local 16 to 25-year olds from Runnymede and Weybridge to enter Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow competition.
Solve for Tomorrow is focused on encouraging young people to embrace the potential of technology to provide solutions to some of the pressing challenges society faces today. Samsung are inviting young people aged between 16-25, irrespective of their knowledge of technology to submit ideas and proposals which they believe will address four key challenge areas: education, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and social isolation.
Samsung is a major local employer with their UK and European Headquarters based in Chertsey. They are delivering this initiative in partnership with Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, which will support entrants to develop their ideas further through a range of masterclasses, workshops and coaching on design-thinking, digital technologies and business skills, as well as one-to-one mentoring from Samsung employees.
Entries will be judged by Samsung, Digital Catapult and independent industry judges based on a selection of criteria including creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration and the winner will be announced in July 2021 following a competitive pitch process. The winner will benefit from six months’ worth of support from Samsung and Digital Catapult to help develop a proof of concept of their idea, as well as a £10,000 cash prize and Samsung technology. There will be further cash and product prizes for runners up.
Those interested in taking part can apply via the Samsung website here. Entries must be submitted by Sunday 21st February and shortlisted ideas will be announced on 8th March 2021.
Dr Ben Spencer MP said:
I am delighted to encourage young people to take part in Samsung’s Solve For Tomorrow competition. We have seen more clearly than ever in recent months how technology has the potential to deal with some of the major challenges we face as a society and I believe that young people, with their creativity and ingenuity, should be encouraged to bring their ideas to the table.
