In partnership with Tisch College of Civic Life, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts Entrepreneurship Center will be hosting a two-day ideathon from February 5, 5pm to February 7, 5pm in 2021.
The purpose of this event is to inspire the broader Tufts community to meet and mingle with people they don’t normally work with and brainstorm to solve big problems with social impact via innovation and entrepreneurship. There is no coding involved – this is designed like an idea sprint.
The event will be open to students, alumni and others in the Tufts community. We will be using hopin, a virtual event platform, to facilitate networking and mingling. We will start with framing the scope of ideation within a few broad themes, such as rebuilding trust in America, rebuilding America’s relationship with the world, building equity in public health, addressing food insecurity and the like. We plan to have organizations present specific problem statements within those themes to help guide ideation. Teams will form on the first day, choose a problem area, and develop an idea that addresses this problem through innovation and entrepreneurship. Teams will present their ideas to their peers and to judges on the second day.