Solution Challenge - Introduction
- 1. Introduction & Team Finding Date: 06/12/2023 Google’s Solution Challenge
- 2. Agenda 1. Solution Challenge 2024 2. Our experience 3. Brainstorming 4. Pitching 5. Team finding & Mingling
- 4. What is the Solution Challenge? 3-month hackathon inviting students to demonstrate their creativity and skills by developing innovative solutions Solve one or more of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using Google technology Annual contest Challenge International collaboration to work collectively on projects that contribute to global sustainability and positive social change All over the globe
- 5. PEOPLE PLANET PROSPERITY PEACE PARTNERSHIPS UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- 6. January May June July Registration Open December 1 Submissions Open January 21 Kicko Event January 11 Solution Challenge Demo Day Winning 3 Announced June 27 Top 100 Announced Early April Judging Round 1 March Judging Round 2 May February March April December Submissions Close February 22 Top 100 Resubmit April 29 - May 5 Final 10 Announced Late May Learn & Build Phase Demo Day Prep Mentorship Phase Timelines
- 7. January May June July Registration Open December 1 Submissions Open January 21 Kicko Event January 11 Solution Challenge Demo Day Winning 3 Announced June 27 Top 100 Announced Early April Judging Round 1 March Judging Round 2 May February March April December Submissions Close February 22 Top 100 Resubmit April 29 - May 5 Final 10 Announced Late May Learn & Build Phase Demo Day Prep Mentorship Phase Timelines
- 8. Learn & Build Phase January May June July Registration Open December 1 Submissions Open January 21 Kicko Event January 11 Solution Challenge Demo Day Winning 3 Announced June 27 Top 100 Announced Early April Judging Round 1 March Judging Round 2 May February March April December Submissions Close February 22 Top 100 Resubmit April 29 - May 5 Final 10 Announced Late May Demo Day Prep Mentorship Phase Timelines Ideathon January 12 - 14
- 9. Top 100 ● Customized mentorship from Google & experts ● Certificate ● T-shirt Top 10 ● $4,000 cash prize ● Additional mentorship from Google & experts ● Showcase solutions at Demo Day ● Swag box Top 3 ● $12,000 cash prize ● Feature on the Google Developers Blog Prizes
- 10. Submission Criteria Project Setup 1. Please clearly describe the challenge you are solving for using a problem statement. (5 POINTS) 2. What United Nations' Sustainable Development goal(s) AND target(s) did you choose for your solution? What inspired you to select these specific goal(s) AND target(s)? (5 POINTS) Implementation 3. Describe the architecture that your team chose for your solution. What are the high-level components of your architecture? What is the responsibility of each component? (5 POINTS) 4. Which specific products and platforms did you choose to implement these components and why? (5 POINTS) Feedback / Testing / Iteration 5. Feedback from users, testing, & iteration ● Walk us through the steps you took to test your solution with real users (outside of your team). Provide three specific feedback points you received from real users. ● What did you learn and how did it help improve your solution? What are three specific things you implemented and improved for your solution based on the feedback from users? (5 POINTS) 6. Code testing and iteration ● Highlight one challenge you faced while building your code, including detail on how you addressed the issue and the technical decisions and implementations you had to make. (5 POINTS) Success & Completion of Solution 7. How does your solution address the challenge you are looking to solve for? Describe the success of your solution using metrics, goals, and outcomes. What Google technologies are you using to track usage analytics? Using relevant (or meaningful) statistics, concrete data or numerical examples where possible. Or, where numbers aren’t possible to use, please describe your project’s impact using cause and effect. (5 POINTS) 8. Upload a copy of your demo video (maximum 2 minutes). Make sure the video demonstrates a working application and how a user will interact with the solution. Make sure the video also makes effective use of the chosen Google products. Feel free to include infographics or visual representation of the data in your demo video. (5 POINTS) Scalability 9. What do you see as the future / next steps for your project? How would you expand your solution to reach a larger audience? (5 POINTS) 10. Explain how the technical architecture of your solution could support (in its current state or with minor changes) scaling to a larger audience. (5 POINTS) These are the questions on the submission form that you will be asked to provide responses for.
- 11. Brainstorming
- 12. ● Pick on of the 17 UN SDGs you want to tackle ● Exchange ideas with all the others in this room ● Enjoy the food! Develop your ideas Back at 20:00 PEOPLE PLANET PROSPERITY PEACE PARTNERSHIPS
- 13. Pitching
- 15. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/VJFvPNyh7F Introduce yourself & find your team in: #sc-team-finding
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- 17. Thank you!