1. Environmental/ Energy Technology

Our earth is plagued by environmental problems that deplete natural resources and strain livelihoods. Pollution, as one of the biggest environmental problems happening and affecting livelihoods all over the world, is causing different degree of serious health issues to human being and economic consequences to societies.

With advance in technologies, can you develop a viable and justifiable solution that can greatly improve and solve the problem?

2. Smart Travel Technology

In many cities, many offline services have been enhanced (or suppressed) by the power of mobile internet. Smart travel with enhanced itinerary planning and location-detection and recommendations prior to one’s travel is getting more and popular. It is expected there will still be huge challenges for both individuals, travel agents, as well as tourism boards, even when cross broader travel is to be allowed and resumed.

You are to prepare and develop an APP with anything that you consider applicable to quickly bring back the travel industry and individual’s interest in travelling.

3. Food and Beverage / Catering Technology

What does the food and beverage industry look like in the next normal? While dine-in is expected to rebound, the habit of eating out of store is here to stay. Whether it is ordering online, picking up from stores or delivery, how do we make every customer experience remain great or even better every single time?

You are to develop a viable solution to meet customers’ expectation of hygiene or even go beyond that. And to inject agility into a caterer’s operations and leverage data to enable fast response to shifts between dine-in and out-of-store orders.

4. Social Innovation

The latest edition of the Women in the Workplace survey indicates nearly 500 women surveyed, nearly 90% note they are facing challenges when it comes to financial, familial and professional responsibilities.

A recent United Nations study cautioned that COVID-19 could undo decades of meaningful progress around gender equity and more than 60 percent of working women surveyed concur. One survey respondent noted, “Women are a vital portion of the workforce. They often bring new viewpoints to male dominated fields. However, women shoulder the burden when children cannot go to school. Often, it is a woman who needs to take time off of work or quit their job to take care of kids or sick family.”

A Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that since February 2020, women account for 55 percent of all jobs lost. For those who are self-employed or own their own business, the pandemic has created an additional layer of challenges. An independent architect commented that business has halted and “additionally, I have had to take care of all the housework, so the hours dedicated to new projects are each day more limited.”

Your team is to develop an innovative solution to address this social challenge facing female, whether they are in the workplace or as housewives.