The document advertises the Helsinki Challenge, a science-based competition where multidisciplinary teams co-create solutions for grand challenges. Teams identify a challenge to solve, build a team, share their idea, and submit a competition entry for evaluation. Semifinalists are selected to participate in an idea accelerator program where they develop their idea with the international science community. Teams then introduce their idea for final assessment, with winners receiving a prize of 375,000€. The goal is to foster creative thinking, cooperation, and solutions to issues through this unique learning and development opportunity.

1. HELSINKI
CHALLENGETHEBESTFORTHEWORLD

2. ASCIENCE-BASEDCOMPETITIONWHERE
MULTIDISCIPLINARYTEAMSCO-CREATESOLUTIONSFOR
GRANDCHALLENGESANDTHEFUTUREOFTHEWELFARESTATE.
THEHELSINKICHALLENGEISAUNIQUELEARNINGPROCESSAND
IDEAACCELERATOR,WHICHCOMBINESSTUDENTSAND
THESCIENCECOMMUNITYFORINTENSIVEINTERACTION.
HELSINKICHALLENGE

3. INVESTMENTIN
CREATIVETHINKING
SCIENCEPROVIDESTHEBASISFORRADICALINNOVATIONS.
REACHINGFORTHETOPREQUIRESEXTRAORDINARYTHINKING,QUESTIONING
OFTHECUSTOMARY,NEWPRACTICESANDGLOBALENCOUNTERS.

4. INVESTMENTIN
COOPERATION
SOMETHINGALWAYSHASANDWILLSPRINGFROM
THEENCOUNTERSBETWEENTHEDIFFERENTSOCIETALACTORS:
SCIENCE,THECOMMUNITY,INDUSTRY,POLICYMAKERS,
THEMEDIA,THEPUBLICSECTORANDALUMNI.ITISELEMENTARY
FOROURVITALITY.THISISWHYWEWANTTOFURTHER
INCREASECO-OPERATIONWITHDIFFERENTACTORS.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
WHATISTHECHALLENGE
YOUWANTTOSOLVE?

6. FUTURE
WELLBEINGWHATISTHECHALLENGE
YOUWANTTOSOLVE?

7. GLOBAL
HELSINKIWHATISTHECHALLENGE
YOUWANTTOSOLVE?

8. PASSION
TOLEARNWHATISTHECHALLENGE
YOUWANTTOSOLVE?

9. NEW
WORLD
VIEWWHATISTHECHALLENGE
YOUWANTTOSOLVE?

10. JOINHELSINKI
CHALLENGE
THESCIENCECOMMUNITYANDTHESTUDENTSOF
THEUNIVERSITYOFHELSINKIINVITE
INTERNATIONALSCIENCECOMMUNITIES,PARTNERS,
ANDSOCIETALACTORSTOJOINTHEHELSINKICHALLENGE.

11. A.REGISTER
ANDIDENTIFY
Register for the competition and identify the
challenge that you want to solve.
B.BUILDATEAM
Min. 3 persons, UH member in each team.
Or create the team in cooperation with the
Helsinki Challenge organization.
C.SHAREYOUR
CHALLENGE/IDEA
and involve partners @Thinkfest 4.9.2014
D.CREATETHE
COMPETITIONENTRY
It may be an idea, invention, concept, research
project, business idea, initiative or a new
research question.
E.RETURNTHE
COMPETITIONENTRY
Entry for the semifinal jury’s evaluation
17.10.2014
F.WAIT
For the jury’s selection of participants
to the idea accelerator programme.
JOINHELSINKICHALLENGE

12. HELSINKICHALLENGEPRE-QUALIFICATION2014
JOIN CHALLENGE SUBMIT SEMIFINALISTS
5/14 9/14 10/14 11/14
Invitation to
participate in the
Helsinki Challenge.
Introduce the
challenge your
team wants to solve
@Thinkfest 4.9.2014.
Submit the
competition entry for
assessment by the
semifinal jury.
Wait for the jury’s
selection of participants
to the accelerator
programme.

13. HELSINKICHALLENGEIDEAACCELERATOR2015
THINK&DO SOLVE SHARE AWARDSFINALISTS
1/15 4/15 9/15 11/1510/15
Meet and work
with other teams
at the Helsinki
Challenge Base
Camp.
Develop your
idea with the
international
science community,
business, policy
makers, the media,
the public sector
and alumni.
Introduce your
idea to both the
jury and the
public.
Submit your
proposal for
assessment by the
jury and await their
selection of the
shortlist.
Announcing
the winners.

14. EVALUATION
CRITERIA
ORIGINALITY
CREATIVITY
IMPACT
SOLUTIONFOCUSED
SCIENCEBASED

15. THEPRIZE
375,000€

16. GETINSPIRED
OPPORTUNITYTOCREATESOMETHINGNEW
PARTNERSHIPS
COOPERATION
VISIBILITY
RESOURCESFORTHEDEVELOPMENT,DESIGNANDCO-CREATION
PRIZE375,000€

17. JOINCHALLENGE.HELSINKI.FI