SHARE YOUR VISION OF THE FUTURE
NATIONWIDE CHALLENGE ASKS 8 to 17-YEAR-OLDS TO IMAGINE WORLD-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE
Inspired by the
upcoming Disney movie “Tomorrowland,” The Walt Disney Studios, Disney
Citizenship, and XPRIZE announce a nationwide challenge for young
innovators.
Beginning
April 22, 2015, Disney’s Create Tomorrowland – XPRIZE Challenge invites
kids to imagine themselves in the future and report back to the present
through video,
imagery or stories about one new and amazing invention or innovation
they encounter, how it works, and the impact it has on the future.
In
June, six winners will have a once–in-a-lifetime mentorship experience
with a leader in their area of interest. In addition, each winner will
receive a $3,000 check,
a 3D Printer from 3D Systems, and registration for FIRST® LEGO® League for the competition season 2015-2016 in the U.S.
“‘Tomorrowland’
has always been a place of possibility in our parks and for the
creative team behind our new film,” said Sean Bailey, President, Walt
Disney Studios
Motion Picture Production. “The future will be steered by the
imaginations of our young people, and Disney is thrilled to work with
XPRIZE to encourage and inspire the next generation of thinkers and
dreamers to build the future they imagine is possible.”
“We are
excited to launch the Create Tomorrowland XPRIZE Challenge, which gives
young people a platform to voice and depict their creative, bold and
imaginative problem-solving inventions
of the future,” said Trish Halamandaris, Senior Vice President
Marketing & Communications at XPRIZE. “At XPRIZE we believe that
solutions to the problems facing humanity can come from anyone, anywhere
and one of these young innovators just might come up with
an idea that can truly turn Tomorrowland into reality.”
Participants
will compete in two divisions: Junior Division (8-12 years old), and
Senior Division (13–17 years old). All entrants must have prior consent
from their parent or legal
guardian in order to participate in the challenge. Official Rules and
details about the Challenge are available at
http://XPRIZEchallenge.org/CreateTomorrowland.
Official registration and submission period starts April 22, 2015, and runs through May 17, 2015.
Submissions
will be judged on innovation, creativity and presentation. XPRIZE will
provide a panel of judges who will evaluate and score all submissions,
and six (6)
winners will be chosen.
Supporting XPRIZE Partners include
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), 3D Systems and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
About XPRIZE
Founded
in 1995, XPRIZE is the leading organization solving the world’s Grand
Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, high-profile,
incentivized prizes in five
areas: Learning; Exploration; Energy & Environment; Global
Development; and Life Sciences. Active prizes include the $30M Google
Lunar XPRIZE, the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE, the $10M Qualcomm
Tricorder XPRIZE and the $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE.
For more information, visit www.xprize.org.
About Disney’s “Tomorrowland”
From
Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland,” a
riveting mystery adventure starring Academy Award® winner George
Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny,
former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey
(Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific
curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of
an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space
known only as “Tomorrowland.” What they must do there changes the
world—and them—forever.
Featuring
a screenplay by “Lost” writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad
Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen,
“Tomorrowland” promises to take audiences
on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have
only been dreamed of.
The
film also stars Hugh Laurie as brilliant scientist David Nix, Raffey
Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key and Thomas
Robinson.
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