Disruptive Social Innovation

Young Innovators Competition 2013 by ITU Telecom

Open to 18-26 year-olds worldwide, the Young Innovators’ Competition is looking for concrete solutions using cutting-edge technology to one of six Global Challenges developed in partnership with specialized UN agencies and leading private sector players. Winning entries offered up to USD 10,000

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Date: 22 April 2013
Location: ITU Telecom World 2013, TH

SMW REWIND: Tech 4 Good Showcase [video]

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Wrapping up SMW London, on Friday, September 28 2012, was our Tech 4 Good Showcase.

It featured social innovators showcasing their startups as part of our Disruptive Social Innovation Day, exploring how social media platforms, tools and technologies can be used to create social good.

Contributors included FairPhone, the world’s first ethically made mobile handset; #wewillgather, an initiative to get people together to do good things, as inspired by the upsurge of ad-hoc volunteering in response to the London riots, and DrDoctor, a start-up changing the way hospitals and patients communicate using mobile technology.

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1 April 2013 by Rebecca Rosman