Project Introduction
Global Challenge Lab (GCL) project is an international project jointly organized by Tsinghua x-lab, the Imperial College London Enterprise Lab and the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
This year's GCL23 project aims to bring together students from more than 20 world-class universities to form an interdisciplinary international team online. With the theme of SDG7 - Affordable and Clean Energy in the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, the project will span over 15 days and include a range of activities such as master classes, innovation workshops, keynote speeches, industry guest sharing, tutoring, and other interactive sessions. Through these activities, participants will explore critical social problems, develop innovative solutions, collaborate with each other, and ultimately present their findings in the form of a group presentation.
The primary objective of this project is to enhance students' understanding and awareness of sustainable development goals across the globe. The project seeks to foster innovation, creativity, practical skills, cross-cultural cooperation, and a sense of global citizenship among students.
Three tracks will be set up in this challenge.
1.Accessibility
2.Resilience
3.Energy Usage and Efficiency
What will you gain？
By participating in this project, you will gain:
👉 The winning team can get a total initial start-up capital of up to £10,000.
👉 Cross-cultural communication, an opportunity to interact with the most innovative teachers and students around the world
👉 Learn how to find problems worth solving
👉 Learn to tell good stories
👉Break the limitations of thinking and get inspiration for innovation, entrepreneurship and creation
👉Understand the impact and importance of entrepreneurship in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals
👉 Understand the factors that help to achieve affordable clean energy from a global perspective
👉Tsinghua x-lab platform project cultivation resource support
Schedule
[Timeline]:
👉July 4th (Tuesday) to 18th (Tuesday), 2023
👉Schedule proposed:
➡ 2023/7/4-7/5
Icebreaker on Slack
➡ 2023/7/6
【OPENING CEREMONY】
Keynote 1Challenge Introduction
Keynote 2Intro to the UN SDGs
Workshop 1 Working in Remote/Cross-Cultural Teams
NetworkingNetworking & Team Formation
【TEAM FORMATION DUE】
➡ 2023/7/7
Workshop 2Finding the Right Human Problem
Masterclass 1Access in hard-to-reach communities
Masterclass 2Resilient Energy Systems in Extreme Weather
Masterclass 3Energy Consumption & Motivation
Panel 1Perspectives From Around the World
MENTOR MATCHING
➡ 2023/7/8
Workshop 3Generating and Choosing Ideas
Masterclass 4Universal Access to Renewable Energy
Masterclass 5Data in Energy Systems
Masterclass 6Energy Efficiency
➡ 2023/7/9
TEAM WORKING
➡ 2023/7/10
Mentor1 hour Mentor Session
Workshop 4Design Thinking
Keynote 3TBD
➡ 2023/7/11
Workshop 5Business Model Canvas
Panel 2Student Led Startups
➡ 2023/7/12
Mentor1 hour Mentor Session
Workshop 6Business Validation
➡ 2023/7/13
Workshop 7Pitching
NetworkingFun Networking
Keynote 4TBD
➡ 2023/7/14
Mentor1 hour Mentor Session (optional)
Panel 3GCL Alumni Spotlight
Workshop 7Wireframe Design
➡ 2023/7/15
TEAM WORKING
➡ 2023/7/16
【PROJECT SUMBISSION】
➡ 2023/7/17
Round 1 Judging
Workshop 8Whats Next for your Startup?
Pitch Surgeries
➡ 2023/7/18
【DEMO DAY 6 TEAMS PITCH, WINNING TEAM AWARDING】
Requirements
👉Enrollment target: Students in Tsinghua University and alumni within 3 years of graduation, with no departmental restrictions, no professional restrictions, and no grade restrictions.
👉 Number of enrollment: 100 students
👉Team requirements: 4-6 people will form a cross-border team online (each group of students comes from at least 2 different universities)
👉Application requirements: Participants are guaranteed to have full, complete and exclusive intellectual property rights for innovative plans or ideas for the competition.
👉Participation method: online and offline integration
Registration method:
Please apply for registration through the following website AND fill in the form.
1. Registration link：https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-challenge-lab-2023-tickets-633156005657
get ticket choose Tsinghua University.
2. QR code for registration form：
or link of registration form：
http://fvjq1gkrfhc7eli1.mikecrm.com/jaujUln
Please fill in the real and valid personal information, and we will invite registered students to join the project WeChat group later.
Deadline: June 22, 2023
Contact
Eve Zhai
zhaiyi@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
Testimony
Fan Jingjin of the School of Mechanical Engineering: This is a very unforgettable experience. It is my first time to boldly challenge transnational cooperation. I am the only Chinese in the whole team, and the rest of the teammates are from Singapore, India, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. This activity made me deeply understand the differences in the way of thinking of people in different countries, and exercised my ability from oral expression to thinking logic. I would like to thank Tsinghua X-lab and other host universities for providing this opportunity.
Leng Yanpeng, School of Architecture: The whole global challenge laboratory project activates the connection between individuals and global ideas. Through brainstorming case collection to business plan writing and video recording with teammates in three different time zones, makes me realize that global governance is inseparable from multi-field and multi-professional collaboration. Only through cooperation will allow us to explore more innovative solutions. Resolvive the immediate problem and excavate the more essential cause of the problem.
Source: Tsinghua x-lab
