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Annual 2018 Conference: Innovative Solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/h2>\n

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GPPN Conference 2018 was hosted by the School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University. This year again, <\/span>GPPN invited students to identify an important policy challenge associated with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that can be addressed through creative applied solutions, be it via private, public or hybrid approaches. Students are encouraged to work in teams and consider solution-oriented prototypes that use ICTs, policy innovation, and\/or data analytics to address public policy challenges that have been identified by the SDGs below:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Keynote speakers and additional jury members included Jeffrey Sachs, <\/span>Ronaldo Lemos, Director of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro, Andrew Rasiej, Founder and CEO of Civic Hall and Chair of the New York Tech Alliance, Patricia Georgiou, Head of Partnerships & Business Development at Jigsaw, Google, Anja Tolonen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the conference, 36 student teams from the 6 GPPN member schools including 5 teams \/ 15 students from GraSPP and STIG\/GSDM presented their projects in the \u201c180 seconds competition\u201d to a jury of the deans from each school. 13 teams were selected as finalists to move on to day two, where they presented their creative solutions in greater depth, and our judges had the chance to give them feedback. At the end of the two days, the jury was proud to announce the winning team \u201c\u201d from SIPA Columbia as the recipient of the GPPN Grand Prize and 5 \u201cHonorable Mention Teams\u201d including \u201cBlockchain Energy\u201d from GraSPP.<\/span><\/p>\n

GraSPP teams presented:<\/span><\/p>\n

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• Blockchain Energy \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u2013 Selected as finalists & Honorable Mentions<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
• SLAYR \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u2013 Selected as finalists<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
• The Energy Network<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
• Smart Irrigation Project<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
• The WasteWatch \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  <\/a><\/a><\/a>(Photo by Yuhan Chen)<\/a>(Photo by Yuhan Chen)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

  Also, GraSPP delegations visited the Harvard University and participated in a joint seminar with Harvard Graduate School of Education. The seminar started with Ice-break Breakfast Discussion followed by presentation on Education Reforms in Japan by Prof. Kan Suzuki, and students from both schools participated in a <\/span>policy roundtable discussing how education can contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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