UNLEASH Global
Innovation Lab
Singapore 2018
In May 2018, UNLEASH invited 1,000 Talents from all over the world to create real, scalable solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals in Singapore.
They spent one week going through a facilitated process of innovation, uniquely tailored by UNLEASH and Deloitte. Alongside the innovation process, they explored the city of Singapore and attended inspirational talks by several Singaporean and international speakers, so that they would unlock new perspectives and enrich their SDG solutions.
Our Innovation Process
In our programs, we use the unique UNLEASH Innovation Methodology to enable young people to translate sustainability challenges into impactful solutions for the SDGs. Our methodology is built around a collaborative innovation process, based on human-centered design principles. In a nutshell, human-centered design starts with focusing on the people you want to design for and ends with tangible products or services, developed to suit their specific needs. The process follows five steps:
Brainstorming and selecting ideas to solve the problem
Testing the solution with users, learning, and adapting
The Program
Day 1: May 30th
Open ceremony and Welcome
Day 7: June 6st
Awards show | Closing ceremony
Days 2 – 6: May 31st – June 5th
SDG Innovation Lab facilitated by Deloitte | Solution Festival
Day 1: May 30th
Open ceremony and Welcome
Days 2 – 6: May 31st – June 5th
SDG Innovation Lab facilitated by Deloitte | Solution Festival
Day 7: June 6st
Awards show | Closing ceremony
Tracks
In UNLEASH Singapore, Talents worked on 8 different tracks:
About 30% of the food produced every year is lost or wasted. To reach SDG2, food waste is just one of the areas that need new solutions. Within the goal are targets to ensure all people, particularly those in vulnerable positions, such as infants, have access to nutritious and sufficient food all year round. Another target is to end all forms of malnutrition.
On the production side, the target is to double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers.
Ending hunger demands sustainable food production systems and resilient agricultural practices. One aspect of that is maintaining the genetic diversity of plants and animals, which is crucial for agriculture and food production.
For this track, UNLEASH partnered with:
For this track, UNLEASH partnered with:
Guests
Ashish Thakkar
Ashish Thakkar
Forest Whitaker
Gaurav Gupta
Halimah Yacob
Jack Sim
James Walton
Jose Ramos-Horta
Robin Hu Yee Cheng
Sophia
Prof. Subra Suresh
Chong Meng Tan
Su Shan Tan
Tara Hirebet
Solutions from previous Innovation Labs
“I met wonderful people during the Lab and came up with the idea for Permalution, a start-up focusing on fog and cloud water harvesting technology, tackling the world’s challenges in water access and drought.”
– Tatiana Estevez Carlucci,
UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2017,
Denmark
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“During the Lab, I was surrounded by people who were truly passionate about solving the challenge we focused on: sustainable fashion. My solution is the digital wardrobe app Whering, which allows you to manage your wardrobe from your device.“
– Bianca Rangecroft,
UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2019,
Shenzhen
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“At Test At Home Pte. Ltd., we are now developing ‘Lollipop-like’ and ‘Chewing gum-like’ devices and technology to enable easier, convenient, cheaper, accessible, and home-based healthcare testing.”
– Vivek Manoharan,
UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2018,
Singapore
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“OneDay Health launches sustainable health centers in remote Ugandan communities which previously had no access to quality healthcare. It is amazing how far both our team and OneDay Health had come during the Lab.”
– Nicolas Laing,
UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2017,
Denmark
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