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Webinar: Q&A with XPRIZE and HeroX founders
1. Building the Future
of Civilization
How to overcome global challenges
with incentive prize-powered innovation
Q&A with
Dr. Peter Diamandis, Founder, XPRIZE / Co-Founder, HeroX
Christian Cotichini, CEO/Co-Founder, HeroX
Moderated by Liz Cohen, OurCrowd Director Of Marketing & Community
3. HeroX Challenge – The Rockefeller Foundation Storytelling Challenge
▪ Ideation Prize for stories of
impact
▪ 168 competitors with 200
submissions from 25 countries
▪ 3 prizes for $50,000 each
awarded
$150,000 in prizes
The Rockefeller Foundation Storytelling Challenge
consists of $150,000 in prizes for stories of impact
produced by non-profit grantees of the Rockefeller
Foundation.
4. HeroX Challenge – Integra Gold Rush Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to crunch and
analyze 6 TB of geological data spanning
80 years to determine where gold reserve
are likely to be located.
$1,000,000 prize
▪ Value of the breakthrough:
o Increased visibility for sponsor
o Location of gold reserves thought to
be worth billions of dollars
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
The Integra Gold Rush Challenge is a $1M challenge
to discover the next big gold reserve in Val-d’Or,
Quebec.
5. HeroX Challenge – Cognitive Computing Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to
build a cognitive system that
can read a document, then load
a database with what it finds.
$200,000 prize
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
The Cognitive Computing Challenge is a $200,000
challenge to teach a computer how to read and
accurately organize its key findings.
6. HeroX Challenge – CHIME National Patient ID Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to
improve successful patient
identification from an estimated
80% to 100%.
$1,000,000 prize
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
CHIME National Patient ID Challenge is a $1M
challenge designed to create a 100% accuracy system
for patient identification to reduce medical errors and
costs as a result of misidentification.
7. HeroX Challenge – Clinical Trial Innovation Prize
▪ Ideation Challenge sources creative and
novel strategies on how to double the
accrual rate of cancer clinical trials:
$30,000 prize
▪ Implementation Challenge: provide
proof that implementation of ideas
resulted in an increase in participation in
clinical trials: $45,000 prize
The Clinical Trial Innovation Prize is a two-part
challenge that will award $75,000 USD to the team who
can increase the number of cancer patients participating
in life saving clinical trials from 3%-6%.
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
8. HeroX Challenge – Ellucian Student Success Challenge
▪ Proof of Concept Challenge:
Running over 8 months with 11
universities participating.
$50,000 in prizes
▪ Prizes awarded December 2014
The Ellucian Student Success Challenge offers
$50,000 in prizes to institutions that come up with new
and creative ways to address the factors that determine
student success.
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com