Be inspired when 6 finalist university teams from Korea, India, Denmark, Mexico, Colombia, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya pitch their innovative solutions and perspectives on digital action to impact concrete sustainability challenges related to education, climate and partnerships brought forward by international partners - harnessing the power of digital technologies to transform our societies.
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Students are part of ‘Next Generation Digital Action 2024’ - a global youth initiative that aims to empower young people from diverse backgrounds to share their ideas, perspectives, and actions on how digital technologies can transform societies inclusively and sustainably. This initiative brings together students, academics, and entrepreneurs to foster innovation and drive meaningful change in the digital landscape.
Presentations will reflect the work by student teams on below themes in collaboration with Danish Refugee Council, Ghana Statistical Services and Hempel.
- Enhancing Climate Resilience in Remote Communities Using Data and Technology (Danish Refugee Council)
- Statistical data to promote Quality Education (Ghana Statistical Services)
- Empower global sustainability practices through the transparency of publicly available online data (Hempel)
See below the jury panel invited give feedback and scoring of the teams
Peter Steen Mikkelsen - Professor, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering - DTU Sustain
Daniel Higgins - Innovation and Partnerships Specialist - DRC
Kwamena Leo - Snr Programmer - Ghana Statistical Service
Garima Ujjainia - Consultant, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog - Government of India
Björgvin Hjartarson - Track lead – Next Generation, DTU Skylab - DTU
Gowun Kim - Senior Science, Technology and Innovation Advisor - Innovation Centre Denmark Seoul