Aim of the prize

This report aims to guide you through the Longitude Explorer 2019/20 experience, providing an overview of the challenge itself, a summary of some of the participants’ ideas that were submitted and an overview of the results from the evaluation process.

The Longitude Explorer Prize was designed and delivered by Nesta’s Challenges to inspire diverse young people across the UK, through a forward- thinking, flexible programme that equips young people with enterprise and technology skills whilst instilling the confidence and aspiration needed to become our next generation of digital social entrepreneurs.

The key objectives of the prize were:

Enable a diverse group of young people to generate effective and innovative solutions that use A.I. for social good. Provide young people with a practical opportunity to engage with and build capabilities in A.I. and entrepreneurship. Provide opportunities to foster collaboration within, and across, teams and young people engaged in the prize.

Increase awareness amongst young people and their communities around the importance of A.I. and entrepreneurship through the prize and its digital platform. Increase understanding amongst the government and schools around how to practically engage in A.I. and entrepreneurship in education. Ensure the young people who have taken part continue to be involved in A.I. and entrepreneurship.