It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the Kenya Innovate Social Innovation Challenge.
There was a tie for the top prize and both Alpha Rider (humanlevel.io) & The Notebook Project will be sending one participant on a two week adventure through Nairobi!
The Realm team won the $500 software prize and gets to work further on their prototype.
Thank you to everyone who participated! You made this a great experience - we look forward to getting this working group started!
None of this would have been possible without all the hard work of so many people and the reward will be the results of the trip.
Since May 6th, we have been gathering people that care about literacy. Ken_Ya Innovate provides an opportunity to learn about how to design an empathetic, innovative and socially sustainable solution to improving how kids learn. We believe that wanting to make the world a better place starts with a simple idea; the idea that we have just as much to gain as we have to give. That is a powerful message.
Ken_Ya Innovate vous offre l'occasion de vivre un processus de design menant à l'éclosion de solutions novatrices et durables dans le domaine de l'alphabétisation et de la pédagogie. Nous croyons qu'une simple idée peut contribuer à améliorer le monde- l'idée qu'on peut recevoir tout en donnant.
Come join in for the panels, activities and discussion on how to improve literacy but also to make an action plan for the future of social innovation.
The winning team will receive two tickets to Nairobi for a two week immersive experience testing their technical and social prototype in the field with the students, schools and tech community of Nairobi. There is a second $500 cash prize available to the team that comes up with the best software solution that is compatible with the CSLP’s Learning Toolkit software.
If you're interested in participating on June 11th, it's still open to do that! See the schedule for participants below.
(FOR PARTICIPANTS, SEE BELOW)
9:00 am
Breakfast and Networking. Get prepared for the day.
10:00 am
Opening Remarks:
Andrew Woodall, Dean of Students, Concordia University
10:30 am
Ken_Ya Innovate Challenge Description and Setting
11:00 am
Panel 1: What is Innovation?
Mazen Elwab, Founder and Ceo - Heddoko
Shaun Gamboa, Innovation Manager - District 3
Deborah Dysart Gale, Associate Professor & Chair Provost Fellow in Innovation - Concordia University
12:00 pm
Keynote: "Enterprises and Entrepreneurs: Driving Innovative Growth in the Digital Age"
Tamara Zimmerman, Innovation Lead - Accenture Canada
1:00 pm
Panel 2: Knowledge Mobilization and Technology
Philip Abrami, Concordia Research Chair in Education - Concordia University
Graham Carr, VP Research and Graduate Studies -Concordia University
Matt Harsh, Assistant Professor, Center for Engineering in Society - Concordia University
2:00 pm
Innovation Workshop: The Fine Art of Observation
2:30 pm
Panel 3: Design For Society
Carmella Cucuzella, Assistant Professor, Design and Computation Arts - Concordia University
Govind Gopakumar, Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Centre for Engineering in Society
Daniel Blumer, Founder of Revol
3:30 pm
Keynote: "Innovation Through Design"
Ruturaj Mody, Lead UX at SAP Labs
4:00 pm
Ken_ya Innovate Challenge Finals
RUTURAJ IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE DESIGNER WITH STRONG BACKGROUND IN DESIGN MANAGEMENT AND ARCHITECTURE.
AT SAP LABS MONTREAL, RUTURAJ HAS A MISSION TO CREATE WORLD-CLASS PRODUCTS AND A CONNECTED, NEXT-GENERATION ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCE. PRIOR TO SAP, RUTURAJ WAS AT NOKIA, RESPONSIBLE FOR MAPS ON IOS AND ANDROID MOBILE PHONES AND ON TABLET DEVICES. HIS TEAM DELIVERED MAPPING SOLUTIONS TO YAHOO, FACEBOOK, AMAZON, SAMSUNG AND BING.
Associate Professor & Chair CES; Provost Fellow in Innovation
cONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Deborah Dysart-Gale’s research brings together her interests in intercultural communication, health communication and community development. She works primarily to improve health and social work communication in developing communities.
Assistant Professor ces, concordia University
Matt Harsh is interested in how new and emerging technologies can improve livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. He works mainly in Kenya and South Africa and has focused on new biotechnologies for agriculture (genetically-modified crops), nanotechnology, and computer science and information technologies.
Associate Professor Ces, Concordia uNIVERSITY
Dr. Gopakumar is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests are quite varied but broadly he is interested in how technological change becomes acceptable to society. In analyzing this puzzle he thinks that a combination of social, policy and technical dynamics play a defining role.
Assistant Professor, Design and Computation Arts
cONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Carmela Cucuzzella's research interests lie predominantly in responsible design practices. She addresses the limits of current sustainability assessment tools as a means to gain a complex understanding of social, cultural and environmental repercussions of design practice.
DEAN OF Students
Concordia university
Andrew Woodall has extensive work experience in the education milieu, having served as director for the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Prior to that, he was program officer for the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, mentoring young social entrepreneurs and advising on the strategic direction of the foundation.
Designing with empathy and emotional intelligence is something that cannot be taught but can only be experienced. Social Innovation Challenges seek to bring this experience to individuals from all backgrounds that want to make a difference in a real, integrated and meaningful way. By creating this design challenge, we are bringing together some of the most engaged influencers in the fields of innovation, design and social impact on June 11th for a day of learning and innovation. It's hands-on, it's open to all and it's a learning experience unlike any other.
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Pour concevoir une solution avec empathie et intelligence émotionnelle, il faut un apprentissage qui passe par l'expérience et l'expérimentation. Les défis d'innovation sociale visent à rassembler des individus de tous les milieux, unis par un désir d'implication. En créant ce défi-conception, nous aurons parmi nous des leaders engagés en innovation, en design et en impact social le 11 juin pour une journée d'apprentissage et d'innovation. C'est pratique, c'est ouvert à tous, et ça promet d'être une expérience unique.
