MIT Solve, in partnership with Firefly Innovations at the CUNY School of Public Health, will host a Solveathon on Friday, May 1 in New York City to generate and refine great ideas to Solve’s 2020 Global Challenges. Congratulations on being selected to participate -- we are excited that you will join us!

You will join fellow problem solvers in a fast-paced ideation session to work on big, bold ideas that create truly sustainable impact for our planet and its people. The event will be facilitated by MIT Solve and will focus on refining solutions to two of MIT Solve's 2020 Challenges: Maternal & Newborn Health and Sustainable Food Systems.

Please take a moment to register below to confirm your participation. We look forward to seeing you on May 1!

About Firefly Innovations at the CUNY School of Public Health & Firefly Innovations Summer Accelerator

Firefly Innovations is a program based in the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy with a mission to foster social innovation in service of healthy communities. The program brings together public health and business centers of excellence from around the world to incubate entrepreneurial ideas focused on systems solutions to today’s most pressing challenges. Through the Solveathon, accelerator, and incubator programs, Firefly Innovations provides public health entrepreneurs around the world with the community and resources they need to generate sustainable and scalable solutions. Join the Firefly Innovations ecosystem today (INSERT GET INVOLVED TAB LINK).

About MIT Solve

Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve world challenges. Solve is a marketplace for social impact innovation. Through open innovation Challenges, Solve finds incredible tech-based social entrepreneurs all around the world. Solve then brings together MIT’s innovation ecosystem and a community of Members to fund and support these entrepreneurs to help them drive lasting, transformational impact. Join Solve on this journey at solve.mit.edu.

Do you have a solution to the world's most pressing challenges? We encourage you to apply to Solve's Global Challenges, which are open for solutions between February and June each year (this year, February 25 to June 18, 2020). Solver teams join Solve’s MIT-backed network and receive 9 months of personalized support from Solve's community of peers, funders, and experts to advance their innovative work.

Solveathon with Firefly Innovations at CUNY School of Public Health