Women & Technology
How can women and girls of all socioeconomic backgrounds use technology to fully participate and prosper in the economy?
Arts & Culture Mentorship Prize Judges
Laura Callanan
Founding Partner, Upstart Co-Lab
Rachel Goslins
Director, Arts & Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution
Leila W. Kinney
Executive Director of Arts Initiatives and of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)
Scot Osterweil
Creative Director, Education Arcade; Research Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Program
Paul Sznewajs
Executive Director, Ingenuity
Chair
Ursula M. Burns
CEO and Chairman, VEON
Indra Nooyi
Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
Leadership
Kate Ahern
Director, Bain Capital
Karen Appleton Page
US Enterprise Partnerships, Apple
Cynthia Barnhart
Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sangeeta Bhatia
John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor, MIT
Katharina Borchert
Chief Innovation Officer, Mozilla
Dr. Cady Coleman
Former Astronaut, NASA
Obi Felten
Head of Getting Moonshots Ready for Contact with the Real World, X
Kathryn Finney
Founder, digitalundivided
Yannick Glemarec
Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme, UN Women
Vanessa Grellet
Executive Director, ConsenSys
Kavita Gupta
Founding Managing Partner, ConsenSys
Will Knight
Senior Editor for AI, MIT Technology Review
Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO, McPherson Strategies
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Fiona Murray
William Porter Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean of Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management; Co-Director, MIT Innovation Initiative
Clare O'Connor
Staff Writer, Forbes
Lubna Olayan
CEO and Deputy Chairman, Olayan Financing Company (OFC)
Grace Puma
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer, PepsiCo
Katie Rae
CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine
Noor Sweid
Chief Investment Officer, Dubai Holding
Marjorie Yang
Chairman, Esquel Group
Lawrence Yanovitch
President, GSMA Foundation
Saadia Zahidi
Head of Education, Gender and Work and Member, Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Featured
Ursula M. Burns
CEO and Chairman, VEON
Indra Nooyi
Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
Judging Criteria
Solutions will be evaluated based on the following criteria.
Alignment
The solution addresses the challenge that has been set forth using technology.
Scalability
The solution can be grown and scaled to affect the lives of more people.
Potential for Impact
The planned implementation of the solution has the potential to impact lives, and the theory behind how it will work makes logical sense.
Novelty
This is a new technology, a new application of a technology, or a new process for solving the challenge.
Feasibility
It is feasible to implement the solution, and the team has a plan for the solution to sustain itself financially.
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