About the Abraham Accords Open Innovation Challenge
The Abraham Accords Open Innovation Challenge is a competition among teams of students who have a passion to design, engineer, and create technological solutions that help others. Students will compete to create affordable, open-source solutions designed to address challenges people with disabilities are facing in their daily lives. Students have the option to compete with new projects or submit existing solutions they previously developed.
The AAOIC is open to students from countries that signed the Abraham Accords - United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, Kosovo, Israel, and the US - as well as from other countries in the Middle East and around the world.
Prizes
Three Grand Prize winners will each receive a $3000 money prize and an opportunity to showcase their winning solutions at the Expo 2020 Dubai
We will fly a representative from each of the winning teams to the AAOIC celebration event in March where they will present their winning creations in front of an audience of global business leaders, decision-makers, international media, and invited guests.
Teams will also be competing for prizes in specific areas:
Best inclusive design
Best accessible design
Best documentation
Each category winner will receive a $1,000 prize.
An additional $3,000 will be awarded to teams at the discretion of TOM Global and the panel of judges.
Timeline
January 31
Competition Launch Event
February 14
March 1
Submit your Concept
Submit your Working Model
March 14
March 20
Submit your Prototype
Announcement of winners
March 28
CELEBRATE @ Expo 2020 Dubai
6 weeks of online-offline change-making
Expert maker 1:1 mentorship
Access to tutorials, webinars and workshops
Mentors
Jaume Sanchez
TOM Community Manager, GIC 2021 Grand Prize Winner
Dana Yichye Shwachman
Product Design Lead, TOM Global
Noam Platt
Healthcare Architecht, GIC 2021 Grand Prize Winner
Inbar Zanir
TOM R&D Manager, TOM Global
Parsa Karthik
Co-Founder & CEO at Spectra Assistive Technologies pvt.ltd
Dr. Robin Akselrud
OTD, OTR/L, Assistant Professor, LIU Brooklyn
Aviad Kelner
Workshop Specialist, TOM Global
Sarabeth Budenstein
Founder TOM:Georgia Tech, Industrial Engineer
Alex Gecht
Industrial Designer, Additive-Manufacturing and Customization Consultant, Founder of Testa-Seat
Judges
Erel Halevi Pearl
Paralympian, Israeli Swimming team - London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020
David Dakovic
TOM Serbia Country Manager, Maker, Product Development Expert
Michael Shiloh
Professor of Practice of Interactive Media, NYU Abu Dhabi
Sally Chew
Managing Director, FoL Limited
Orit Kot
About TOM
TIkkun Olam Makers (TOM) is a global venture inspired by a bold vision to help provide anyone anywhere access to affordable solutions to their neglected needs. TOM inspires and supports a global network of communities of volunteer makers, product designers, engineers, and care professionals who engage in designing, creating, and disseminating these solutions.
that supports inventions and innovation around neglected needs of vulnerable populations. Inspired by a bold vision of helping millions of people worldwide, TOM supports and inspires a global network of communities.
