The Clarke Center is dedicated to harnessing imagination as a crucial human ability to tackle the world's most significant challenges. Its vision is a world where individuals are trained, encouraged, and equipped to use their imagination for problem-solving to benefit humanity and the planet. Motivated by the legacy of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the center combines a passion for science and technology with idealism, compassion, and a sense of adventure to address today's pressing challenges. Recognizing the neurodiversity of imagination, from divergent thinkers and dreamers to aphantasics who don't visualize mentally, the center values each contribution in solving grand challenges. The Clarke Center believes that with imagination, there are boundless possibilities for the planet.
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is an emergency response and resource protection department. CAL FIRE protects lives, property and natural resources from fire; responds to emergencies of all types; and protects and preserves timberlands, wildlands, and urban forests. The department’s various programs work together using ongoing assessments of the condition of natural resources, while considering the challenges of an increasing population, to plan protection strategies for California. Department personnel and equipment are a familiar sight throughout the state with responsibility for protecting more than 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and providing emergency services across the state to local government cooperators through agreements with districts, cities, and counties.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) works for the success of the more than 12.8 million men and women who make things in America, representing 14,000 member companies—from small businesses to global leaders—in every industrial sector. The NAM’s work is centered around four values that make our industry strong and America exceptional: free enterprise, competitiveness, individual liberty and equal opportunity. These pillars guide what the association does every day, whether it’s standing up for manufacturers in Washington, DC, inspiring the next generation of manufacturing talent, providing news and intelligence about the industry or helping members innovate and advance.
The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world. It supports some 51,000 diverse students with top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. And as Texas’ leading research university, UT attracts more than $650 million annually for discovery.
The University of Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) is a full-service Academic Research Organization (ARO) that operates a comprehensive Clinical and Data Coordinating Center. Our mission is to accelerate the translation of research to the bedside.
We support investigators and sponsors in Academics, Government, and Industry with end-to-end expertise in research design, management, execution, and analysis. We strive to provide a frictionless customer experience, navigating the complexity of research impacting patient outcomes.
Tim Freccia has graciously provided much of the photography used for the Global Learning XPRIZE website and video content. His work has been featured in VICE Magazine, The New York Times, Business Week, Al Jazeera, BBC, Global Post, Neue Züricher Zeitung, The Age, The National, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, AP, Stern Online, TIME Magazine as well as a variety of other print and broadcast outlets.
Throughout his career he has covered crisis and conflict worldwide often shedding light upon the humanness within turmoil. Tim’s commercial stills and video has also serviced large multinationals organizations and NGOs including Unilever, United Nations, CARE, Human Rights Watch, World Vision and the German umbrella fundraising organization Aktion Deutschland Hilft, in Europe, Asia and Africa.
TOPBOTS is a leading research and strategy firm guiding Fortune 500 clients on Artificial Intelligence innovation. TOPBOTS educates business leaders on high-impact applications of modern machine learning and AI techniques, and helps leading organizations adopt and implement emerging technologies. TOPBOTS provides design, development, and infrastructure solutions for enterprise-scale machine learning systems, with a special focus on natural language processing and chatbots for customer experience automation. For more information visit www.topbots.com.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, by using our synthetic DNA tools, our customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. For more information visit https://www.twistbioscience.com/
Since launching in 2011, Twitch has evolved its reputation as the world’s leading social video service and community for video game culture to now encompass an array of emerging content surfaced by its users. As a result, 15 million visitors gather daily to interact about video games, music, the creative arts, their lives, and more with over 2 million unique creators who broadcast each month. For more information, click here.
Under Armour, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is a leading inventor, marketer and distributor of branded athletic performance apparel, footwear and accessories. Powered by one of the world's largest digitally connected fitness and wellness communities, Under Armour's innovative products and experiences are designed to help advance human performance, making all athletes better.
UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an agency within the United Nations that is responsible for promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through international cooperation on educational, science and cultural programs. For more information, click here.
The XPRIZE Canada Hub at UCalgary is the Foundation’s first international hub to launch and will strengthen Canada’s leadership in global innovation by connecting Canadian innovators to opportunities within the XPRIZE network.
UCalgary’s leadership in research, innovation and entrepreneurship, along with its status as the top startup creator among Canadian universities over the past five years, were factors in the selection as the location for the XPRIZE Canada Hub.
The hub will expand the capacity of Canadian innovators by connecting, supporting and accelerating teams to engage in XPRIZE activities, that will help de-risk and validate new technologies for investment, adoption and implementation.
Located in the bustling urban landscape of Salt Lake City, the University of Utah stands as the state's flagship institution and the region's hub of higher education. Also known as “the U,” we are a Tier 1 research university and a member of the exclusive Association of American Universities. Home to the state's only academic medical center, we offer world-class health care education and patient care. Driven by our goal to become a top 10 public university with unsurpassed societal impact, we're committed to making social, economic and cultural contributions that improve the quality of life throughout the state, the nation and the world.
A recognized leader in connecting people to our natural world, the Vancouver Aquarium is a non-profit society dedicated to the conservation of aquatic life. Since 1956, the Aquarium has addressed conservation issues through innovative conservation, research and education programs.
VitaDAO is a decentralized, community-owned collective dedicated to funding and advancing early-stage longevity science research. Its mission is to support researchers working to preempt the onset of age-related diseases and to bring new therapeutics to market that enable people to live longer, healthier lives.
VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that offers volunteers the chance to work abroad to fight poverty in developing countries.
To bridge digital skill gaps through instructional experiences that respect the unique circumstances and abilities of learners with barriers to employment.