FAQ

You can learn more about Innovation Challenge events on our website, via email by signing up to our mailing list or by joining the Innovation Challenge Slack.

A wide spectrum of workshops will be offered, such as forming a successful team, enterprise and design, developing a business plan, storytelling and understanding sustainability and health care industries.

Workshops are open to all students.

• Attend virtual networking events. More info can be found here .
• Use the team formation Google docs to contact people/teams.
  • If you have a health care idea/team and are looking for members to join your team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DCUkBlW3wRIjoGtMyFKUyULrMDIi9Xx4OKqvvse6gXk/edit#gid=0
  • If you have a sustainability idea/team and are looking for members to join your team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DCUkBlW3wRIjoGtMyFKUyULrMDIi9Xx4OKqvvse6gXk/edit#gid=456483071
  • If you are a participant and are looking for interesting teams to join: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DCUkBlW3wRIjoGtMyFKUyULrMDIi9Xx4OKqvvse6gXk/edit#gid=1961632291
• Join the Innovation Challenge Slack to interact and mingle with other participants.
• We understand that networking and finding teams/members may be challenging due to COVID-19. We encourage you to participate in virtual networking sessions and reach out to learn more about each other via Slack and the team formation Google docs. 
• Should you need additional help finding a team/member, please do not hesitate to contact Jaymie Park at jaymie.park@anderson.ucla.edu .

• Registration Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2021
• Business Plan Submission Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2021
• Track 1 Final Round: TBA
• Track 2 Final Round: TBA

Teams will be evaluated based on the following four criteria:

• Technology: The team incorporates technology as a core component of the proposed solution and exhibits full understanding of its potential impact, readiness and applicability.  
• Innovation: The solution is innovative with respect to its reliance on existing ideas, processes and/or products. The team must convey evidence using research and demonstrate what makes its solution innovative. 
• Feasibility: The solution is realistic. The team has defined concrete next steps to implement the solution. The team provides well-defined next steps and ample evidence to prove the solution’s feasibility. 
• Impact: The solution alludes to societal value. The team must explain its thought process for identifying market need and societal value add. 

Mentors will be drawn from venture capitalists, angel investors, faculty, business executives, entrepreneurs and subject matter experts in health care and sustainability.

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