MeetingPoint: student innovators meets humanitarian organizations for a better future

Join us at the Nobel Peace Center on October 21st for an inspiring event focused on student innovation for social sustainability. This event brings together humanitarian organizations and students to foster collaboration and develop solutions for peace, social sustainability and ending homelessness.

 

Mission Alliance
 - Challange presented by Douglas Tenda Phiri, Head of Programmes and Grant Management: 
How can we design inclusive and scalable pathways that help youth who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) access meaningful opportunities so that they become well-rounded citizens and contributors to peaceful and sustainable societies?

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
 - Challange presented by Michalis Papageorgiou, Water and sanitarian expert MSF:
 We provides medical care in some of the world’s most challenging environments — from conflict zones like Gaza to humanitarian crises in Sudan. In addition to the humanitarian challenges in these contexts, staff is also facing the more global challenge of  health care associated infections. Hand hygiene is critical in controlling these infections, however lack of resources often means hygiene standards are difficult to reach
 In these low-resource and high-pressure healthcare settings, what technical and human-centered solutions can help ensure proper hand hygiene and reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections?"
 
 Homeless World Cup Foundation
 - Challange, presented by Mel Young, President and co-founder of HWC:
 How do we change the perceptions around homelessness around the world?
 
 World Economic Forum Global Shapers
 - Challange, Presented by Mariann Wiese, WEFGS:
 How can artificial inteliggence be used to prevent conflict and enhance social dialogue without polarization?
 

 
- Challange, presented by Trond David Tvedt, Project Advisor, The Salvation Army:
 "How can technology help protect migrants from exploitation and human trafficking?"

- Challange, presented by Signe Haugen, Project Leader for 'Future Housing', The Salvation Army:
"How can we achieve a more equal rental market, which also provides opportunities for drug addicts? "
Overall, we at The Salvation Army experience that vulnerable groups struggle to obtain decent housing in the big cities. The most exposed and vulnerable are drug addicts who struggle to get a real chance to get a safe home. There is a rental market and an attitude among landlords that goes like “Not in my backyard”, which means that the target group often has to settle for undignified and poor housing that in the long run creates more challenges for the individual. It also provides a lot of leeway for cynical landlords, who make money off people in vulnerable situations. We see that our target group has no chance compete at a viewing, even with a secure financial guarantee from NAV(social financial office in Norway). We see countless examples of this every day, where the reason is stigmatizing things such as appearance, social skills, behavior, etc. This is where we see the lack of an equal rental market. Could we successfully prevent a rental market from standing and falling at a viewing, where it is all about selling yourself? To prevent this, we see ourselves having to think differently and try to see other possibilities. Can we do something to contribute to change, without falling back on traditional and market-driven solutions? So, our problem is:  -How can we achieve a more equal rental market, which also provides opportunities for drug addicts?   
By answering this, we will get societal benefits in the areas of economy, health, social challenges and, not least, less experience of stigma and exclusion for an already vulnerable group. 

 Norwegian Church Aid
 - Challange presented by Fernando Pinzon, NCA: 

"In an age of polarization, how can we boost the efficient production and dissemination of content that puts forward different perspectives?"

                                                                        
14:50-15:10 networking break with assignment
                       
15:10-1535 Investor/financial institutions advice on how they invest in innovations and solutions. Deep dive interview/questions and answers with 1-2 investors
- Humanitarian Innovation Programme 
- Schibsted
- Atlas AI | Cognite
- Microsoft

16:10-17:00 networking session and matchmaking 
- DJ Maxim