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Your idea can help change the world

MYSORE: Have an innovative idea to share to resolve any of the myriad problems confronting the world? Are you convinced that the idea will help the community around you?

Then mark your presence at the “Programme For The Future” (PFTF) to be co-hosted by Career-Gateway in association with the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) where it will be launched on November 14.

After the launch, it will run through the next couple of months during which different institutions can select their respective teams to promote the best students and enable them to exhibit their concepts at the regional level.

The most promising teams will be selected by a combination of popular vote and judges, for the global finals which will be held at the Tech Museum of Innovation, Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, U.S. in February 2010.

Shivanand Salgame, programme ambassador of PFTF, told The Hindu that the Tech Museum of Innovation has teamed up with MIT Museum to launch a global challenge to motivate people around the world to think about the future.

The PFTF is an annual design challenge to find new ideas — even simple ideas — that help people work better and smarter together.

He said the objective of the global challenge is to develop a practical method, tool or technology that connects people so that they collectively act more intelligently.

The challenge embraces all areas of human endeavour — science and technology, engineering, arts, business, economics, education, government, health, law, philanthropy, science and other spheres of activity.

“The programme is targeted at the student community but we are open to receiving ideas from others as well,” Mr. Salgame said.

Providing an overview of the programme, a release said that over the last two decades the world has been a witness to several technology advancements which has helped people to work together real time, irrespective of the geographic locations.

More people are more deeply connected as never before in the history of civilization.

It is in this spirit that the Tech Museum and MIT Museum are sponsoring a design challenge to inspire innovators to build the next generation of tools to augment one’s ability to think and work collectively and help improve the quality of important decision-making.

Mr. Salgame said the programme was about leveraging one’s experience and knowledge and sharing them with the community to resolve issues that concerns society. It envisages a people’s movement with social impact, he added.

The winning team’s demonstration will be displayed at MIT Museum and other technology museums.

The winning entry will be added to the Handbook of Collective Intelligence at MIT’s Centre for Collective Intelligence. For details call Ph: 0821-2566667, email: info@career-gateway.com.

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