GENERATION NOW
Generation Now is the track for 10-18 year-olds with bold ideas who want to go beyond school and beyond protest.
Find out below what you can do and how you can participate in Odyssey Momentum, November 13-15, 2020.
An invitation to get involved
WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR HELP
In order to solve the most pressing 21st-century problems, from plastic in the oceans to global warming, we need mass collaboration through new forms of cooperation. People, companies and governments struggle to establish this collaboration within the current ‘ownership’ protection of ideas paradigm: old habits die hard.
You are 10 to 18 years old and are literally not rooted in the 20th century. You can go beyond protesting against the 20th century to build on new forms of collaboration and ownership.
Impact
The redefinition of IP – intellectual property – everything created by the minds of humans – and the development of new types of collaboration of and for Generation Now will be tools for boosting creativity, entrepreneurship and collaboration, greatly accelerating mankind’s capability for solving complex 21st-century problems.
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
The challenge for the teams and everyone helping them is:
“How might we discover new types of ownership, collaboration and problem-solving, by remixing solutions from the other teams in your favourite track (listed below), in order to create the highest possible impact for as many people as possible?”
Find out what each team is building and which part of the problem they are tackling, and how you can contribute.
Selected teams
SixTeens (Naukova Zmina)
GSV Groningse Schoolvereniging
RSG de Borgen
Bisschop Bekker-Praedinius-Maartenscollege
Ecosystem
Odyssey
All Odyssey Partners and Ecosystem Members
TIMELINE
By applying for Momentum, you can take part in these activities:
PREPARING
September-October 2020
Getting ready phase
Connect and prepare with everyone ahead of Odyssey Momentum (online):
- Touching Base Session on
September 15th - Getting Ready event on October 29th
- Challenge meetup
MOMENTUM
November 13-15, 2020
49 hours of online mass collaboration
Co-create new solutions to this challenge with five teams and hundreds of experts:
- Share your story and experience
- Ask questions and provide feedback
- Choose your favorite solution and become part of the pilot project after Momentum
IGNITE
December-January 2020
Starting the pilot
The best solution is turned into a pilot project with everyone involved.
Be the first to test and help improve the solutions.
THIS CHALLENGE CONTRIBUTES TO SOLVING:
4.4 Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills for entrepreneurship.
8.3 Encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises.