The Innovation Summit & Awards Ceremony
SEPTEMBER 30TH & OCTOBER 1ST, 2020
Launched in October 2019, The Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge competition encouraged innovators, solution-seekers, and unconventional thinkers to present solutions that transform artisanal mining.
Conservation X Labs led this innovation-focused event, bringing together the 11 finalist teams competing for $750,000 in prizes, esteemed judges, conservation leaders, storytellers, and tech experts to explore the cutting-edge solutions being developed to make artisanal mining more responsible for people & the planet.
Watch what happened at the Innovation Summit & Awards Ceremony
Featuring
Ethologist, environmentalist, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
Scientist, tech speaker / consultant, and science fiction author
Head of Global Strategic Partnerships – AI for Earth
Vice President of Conservation Science, the Jane Goodall Institute
Vice President and Vice Provost of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
Programme Officer for Technical Assistance and Capacity Building at the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Programme Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Agenda
Watch the videos from the event here!
September 30, 2020
Get introduced to the Challenge and watch a live Q&A between our judges & the finalist teams.
Featuring speakers:
Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
Marianne Bailey, Programme Officer for Technical Assistance and Capacity Building at the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Sandra Averous-Monnery, Programme Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
October 1, 2020
We’ll announce the winners of $750,000 in prizes, including the $100K AI for Earth Award.
Featuring speakers:
David Brin, Scientist, tech speaker/consultant, and author
Lilian Pintea, Vice President, Conservation Science, Jane Goodall Institute
Jane Goodall, Ethologist, environmentalist, and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
Bonnie Lei, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships – AI for Earth
Interact directly with the Challenge finalists & winners.
Meet the Judges
Franco Arista Rivera
planetGOLD Peru
Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo
Association of Women in Mining in Africa (AWIMA)
Matthew Chambers
Chambers Federation
Aileen Lee
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation