Exponential Technology for Social Good:

Scaling Global Learning

STEM Summit 2017

ACTIVE & AWARDED PRIZES

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ACTIVE

Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy

XPRIZE

IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence XPRIZE

NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE

Global Learning XPRIZE

Lunar XPRIZE

Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Water Abundance XPRIZE

Anu and Naveen Jain Women’s Safety

XPRIZE

AWARDED

Ansari XPRIZE

Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander

XCHALLENGE

Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE

Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

Progressive Insurance Automotive XPRIZE

Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE

Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE

Challenging teams to develop open-source and scalable

software that will enable children in developing countries

to teach themselves basic reading, writing, and arithmetic

within 15 months.

$15 MILLION PRIZE PURSE sponsored by Elon Musk

• Five finalists were announced, with each awarded $1

million

• Grand Prize winner will receive an additional $10

million

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THE GLOBAL LEARNING XPRIZE

ACCESS – 57 million children have no access

to any primary school

QUALITY – 250 million kids lack basic literacy

and numeracy skills despite attending school

SCALABILITY – 3.2 million additional teachers

are needed to achieve universal primary

education

by 2030

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WHY THIS PRIZE?

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THE PATH TO NOW…

December 2014

700 Teams

April 2015

198 teams

January 2017

38 teams

May 2017

11 Teams

September 2017

5 Finalist Teams

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OPERATIONAL PARTNERS

RTI International

Google

Signing at UNESCO

Tanzania Office

World Food Programme

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IMPACT STRATEGY

Energize Stakeholders

Catalyze Markets

Accelerate Innovation

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