Building the Future of Civilization: How to overcome global challenges with incentive-powered innovation

1. Building the Future
of Civilization
How to overcome global challenges
with incentive prize-powered innovation
Q&A with
Dr. Peter Diamandis, Founder, XPRIZE / Co-Founder, HeroX
Christian Cotichini, CEO/Co-Founder, HeroX
Moderated by Liz Cohen, OurCrowd Director Of Marketing & Community

2. The world’s breakthrough platform

3. HeroX Challenge – The Rockefeller Foundation Storytelling Challenge
▪ Ideation Prize for stories of
impact
▪ 168 competitors with 200
submissions from 25 countries
▪ 3 prizes for $50,000 each
awarded
$150,000 in prizes
The Rockefeller Foundation Storytelling Challenge
consists of $150,000 in prizes for stories of impact
produced by non-profit grantees of the Rockefeller
Foundation.

4. HeroX Challenge – Integra Gold Rush Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to crunch and
analyze 6 TB of geological data spanning
80 years to determine where gold reserve
are likely to be located.
$1,000,000 prize
▪ Value of the breakthrough:
o Increased visibility for sponsor
o Location of gold reserves thought to
be worth billions of dollars
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
The Integra Gold Rush Challenge is a $1M challenge
to discover the next big gold reserve in Val-d’Or,
Quebec.

5. HeroX Challenge – Cognitive Computing Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to
build a cognitive system that
can read a document, then load
a database with what it finds.
$200,000 prize
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
The Cognitive Computing Challenge is a $200,000
challenge to teach a computer how to read and
accurately organize its key findings.

6. HeroX Challenge – CHIME National Patient ID Challenge
▪ Proof-of-Concept Prize to
improve successful patient
identification from an estimated
80% to 100%.
$1,000,000 prize
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com
CHIME National Patient ID Challenge is a $1M
challenge designed to create a 100% accuracy system
for patient identification to reduce medical errors and
costs as a result of misidentification.

7. HeroX Challenge – Clinical Trial Innovation Prize
▪ Ideation Challenge sources creative and
novel strategies on how to double the
accrual rate of cancer clinical trials:
$30,000 prize
▪ Implementation Challenge: provide
proof that implementation of ideas
resulted in an increase in participation in
clinical trials: $45,000 prize
The Clinical Trial Innovation Prize is a two-part
challenge that will award $75,000 USD to the team who
can increase the number of cancer patients participating
in life saving clinical trials from 3%-6%.
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com

8. HeroX Challenge – Ellucian Student Success Challenge
▪ Proof of Concept Challenge:
Running over 8 months with 11
universities participating.
$50,000 in prizes
▪ Prizes awarded December 2014
The Ellucian Student Success Challenge offers
$50,000 in prizes to institutions that come up with new
and creative ways to address the factors that determine
student success.
We welcome you to explore further at HeroX.com

9. The world’s breakthrough platform