How can technology help us build a better world? The Solution Challenge is Google's global annual contest that invites students from GDSC communities to develop solutions for one or more of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using Google technologies. 

In this virtual information session, you will hear about the opportunities the Solution Challenge presents for ETH and non-ETH students, including an overview of the competition, the SDGs, and Google technologies. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to ask questions about the competition and how to get involved.

Solution Challenge Registration steps

1. Register here by clicking on "Register now" and filling out the form.
2. Forming a team: join our Slack channel to connect with many other like-minded students, share your ideas, and find team members!

Timeline 

Solution Challenge teams (up to four people) can register, start working on their projects and submit these between 1st and 31th March 2022. (You can work on your project at your own pace)

Solution Challenge Awards

Top 50 teams - Win a T-shirt, certificate, and mentorship from Googlers and other experts to improve and submit a solution for the top prize.

Top 10 finalists - Win a $1,000 cash prize per team member, swag, certificate, mentorship from Google, and a feature in the Google Developers Blog and Demo Day livestream.

Top 3 winners - Win a $3,000 cash prize per team member, swag, certificate, mentorship from Google, and a feature in the Google Developers Blog and Demo Day livestream.

Upcoming Events

There are several upcoming events and resources to support your 2022 Solution Challenge journey:

• Flutter Workshop Series with the first event on 25.02 at 18:00 (CET). Flutter is Google’s UI framework for building beautiful multi-platform applications in record time from a single codebase.
• Getting Started with & Accelerate your Solution Challenge Project - Meet amazing Solution Challenge mentors and SimplAR team from TUM who made it to the TOP 10 globally last year. We're honored to have them with us for another Solution Challenge Session in early March! 
• Past events recordings: Solution Challenge Kick Off, Getting to Know Google Earth Engine.

Since 2019, thousands of students have participated in the Solution Challenge, don't miss your chance to code your way to a better world, register today!

We are looking forward to launching the annual Solution Challenge for our community!