Beyond the field of design, competitions have helped create a private space industry, develop new vaccines, and captivate millions of people through reality television shows. Should everything be a competition? From soup to nuts, can competitions produce better ideas and objects, unearth talent, and educate the public? What can designers learn from the world of competitions beyond design?
Panelists
Bill Aulet | Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
Nidhi Chaudhary | Vice President of Challenge Success, HeroX
Jenn Gustetic | Assistant Director for Open Innovation, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Moderators
Jerold S. Kayden, David van der Leer