Solve for Tomorrow: Tech for Your Future

With the vision "Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People.", Samsung's CSR Vision supports future generations worldwide in using their full potential to bring positive social change. In Germany, the focus is on promoting digital competence and social entrepreneurship.

The various corporate citizenship programs start at different stages, but all pay towards the overarching goal of empowering young people to bring a real impact. Solve for Tomorrow accompanies young people in the development and elaboration of ideas all the way to a prototype.

Check out our "How-to " Tab for this specific Challenge!

In general for the first phase, which runs until July 04th, you have to briefly describe your idea with our provided Submission Template.

If you want, you can supplement it with additional documents - such as more detailed concepts, pitch decks, videos or even prototypes. You can find all information about the submission in the "Submission" Tab.

Also, we have a series of explanation videos that describe how you can participate on our platform: CLICK HERE

We are looking for great ideas. No experience needed. No qualification required. No matter who you are. The only thing that counts is your idea. Do you know how to use technology for good? How to shape your future? Then we are looking for you!

Have you always wanted to turn your ideas into reality and create a real social impact? Then this is your chance!

In order to achieve a long-term impact and to establish not only ideas but innovations, the Challenge is only the starting point. The best three teams and thus the winners of the Challenge will be invited to Samsung's own accelerator: the IMPACT phase.There you will be supported by Samsung and its technologies, ekipa, technical coaching partners as well as external experts and mentors for 6 months to further develop your approaches and to make ideas reality.
The winners should also not go home without a prize. Therefore, prize money totaling € 22.500 will be distributed supplemented with exciting product prizes. Check out the Tab “Rewards” for more info.

The best three teams and thus the winners of the Challenge will be invited to Samsung's own accelerator: the IMPACT phase.
There you will be supported by Samsung and its technologies, ekipa, technical coaching partners as well as external experts and mentors for 6 months to further develop your approaches and to make ideas reality.
The success story of the startup Heartucate, which made it through the first round of Solve for Tomorrow and the IMPACT phase, can be found at the following link on Samsung's global website.

Grapes: more computing power through edge computing

The international team at Grapes is using 5G technology to deliver more render power and infinite storage capacity for gaming and compute-intensive applications. To do this, they outsource all compute-intensive rendering of data to so-called "edge nodes," which are small, decentralized servers that take over compute-intensive processes to save battery and power on their own (mobile) devices. With this idea, even people who do not own the latest and most powerful hardware gain access to great computing power. "Solve for Tomorrow was the best experience we could have had. The program makes you feel like you're not alone. You get expert support to achieve your goal," Jaime, Mobin and Jithin say enthusiastically.

Heartucate: designing the classroom of the future

Young people are our future, and technology will dominate their lives. Heartucate is developing a platform that brings learning into the age of augmented reality and 5G. Through interactive learning adventures, kids and teens can independently explore new worlds and collaborate on tasks. Solve for Tomorrow accompanied them on the way to founding their own company and ensured a great media response. For the two founders Anna and Franziska, the support was a kind of accelerator: "The program was a great starting point for us - for what we hope will be a lifelong journey full of new experiences and developments."

hyperSpecs: 5G security systems for industry

A camera that can save lives - that was the idea of the hyperSpecs team. They use technology like AI and 5G to detect dangerous gases and toxic leaks, visualize when danger is present, and trigger an alarm in real time. Solve for Tomorrow guided the hyperSpecs team in developing their own prototype and launching a company last year. "The experience was super interesting and valuable for us. The program had a huge impact on the development of our prototype, which of course we are immensely proud of," says founder Diwaker Jha.

No rights to solutions or submissions are transferred or granted as part of the Challenge.

Please note the following: Prize money as part of the project is linked to participation in the IMPACT phase from Samsung's Accelerator Programme.

All binding information can be found in our terms of participation.

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