Samsung France announces the launch of the 3rd edition of Solve For Tomorrow, in partnership with Entreprendre pour Learning (EPA), a federation of associations approved by the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports.
The French version of this international educational program, designed by Samsung Electronics, should bring together more than 1,200 high school and college students this year. They will be encouraged and supported to imagine solutions to social problems around the theme “A world in transition”. The 5 finalist classes out of the 56 participants will defend their project on May 22, 2024 before a jury chaired by Monique Canto-Sperber, founder of Atouts+ and former Director of the Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Solve for Tomorrow, a unique, concrete and creative educational program
The program is based on the Mini-business® pedagogy developed by Entreprendre pour Learning, a partner of Samsung Electronics since the launch of the program in France.
The teams will also be supervised by a facilitator from the Entreprendre Pour Learning association and will put into practice the Design Thinking method, a user-centered creative process whose aim is to design innovative products and solutions that meet specific needs. specific needs.
Participating teams have until April 5, 2024 to imagine and design a solution, which they will present in a short video. The finalist classes will be selected to defend their project on May 22 in Paris, in front of a jury composed of:
Monique Canto-Sperber, founder of Atouts+ and former Director of the Ecole Normale Supérieure. She taught, notably at the universities of Rouen and Amiens, before becoming research director at the CNRS.
Axelle Desaint, Director of the digital education division of TRALALERE, creator of educational digital resources for children and their mediators, where she is also responsible for Internet Without Fear, a national digital awareness program for young people and the organizer of Safer InternetDay .
Blanche Leridon, Editorial Director of the Institut Montaigne, specialized in democratic and institutional issues.
Maxime Marzin, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Science Po Paris.