At the Centre for Challenge Prizes launch last week we were lucky enough to bring together some brilliant individuals and organisations from a range of sectors. As well as great speeches from Jason Crusan, Director of the new Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation at NASA and David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, we also had some great discussions thanks to the wealth of expertise, interest and ideas in the room.
Today we launch the Centre for Challenge Prizes at Nesta.
What do the marine chronometer, baked beans and the private spaceflight industry have in common? They were all developed or accelerated in response to challenge prizes.
"Clarity of both programme design and the challenge you set are critical to success"
We explore the debate around what makes a successful prize challenge to promote public and social innovation.
There are positive signs that the Government is moving forward on engaging with the importance of community action on climate change.
The Reboot Britain event looks at how the radically networked digital world we live in can help us take a different look at the major social and environmental challenges we face.
The Ashden Awards ceremony provided much hope and inspiration, through both the ethos of the Awards themseleves and the winners and runners up.
The GreenValleys event, held in Brecon, was very well attended by a mixture of National Park officials, active participants in the Green Valleys project, and other interested people from across the Brecon Beacons.
Maybe it's the times, but we opened the Lab yesterday, not with a bang, but with a mighty serious debate. How could we achieve more by working together?
Two Big Green Challenge applicants have been shortlisted by The Sustainable Development Commission, Breakthroughs for the 21st Century project.
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