Global Challenge Lab Open Events

Tuesday 5 July – Friday 15 July
A 10-day programme bringing together hundreds of students from all over the world to solve one our greatest global challenges.

About this event

Imperial Enterprise Lab, Tsinghua University and the Technical University of Munich are working with 16 global university partners to bring together hundreds of students and alumni to grow their international network, gain new skills and create new ideas that address one of the greatest global challenges of our time: Climate Change.

Keynotes and speaker sessions will be held live virtually and open to public. Sign up to each individual session below. Join us to hear perspectives from around the world on some of the key issues surrounding UN SDG 13!

All keynotes and open sessions will be held live during the Challenge, between 6th July and 15th July. A full schedule has been posted below.

More about the Global Challenge Lab:

Each year, Global Challenge Lab brings together hundreds of students and alumni through a partnership with university partners from around the world. Participants attend a 10-day programme of core and optional workshops, guest speaker sessions and mentoring to help them come up with and develop innovative ideas to achieve UN SDG 13: Climate Action.

Delivery supported by Futurize.

With special thanks to Nestle, sponsors of the Agriculture and Land Sustainability Track. With many thanks to Dariush Mirfendereski for his generous support of the Global Challenge Lab Prize.

Find out more about the Global Challenge Lab and how you can get involved on our main website.

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