Since U&AI 2022 kicked off in July, we’ve welcomed around 1300 talented youths from over 35 countries for our Master Class series. Our last two months have been an informative and inspiring learning journey where students have gained a deeper understanding of AI and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially on issues relating to climate change, AI governance, AI ethics, SDG finance, vulnerable groups and innovation for the SDGs –

Now comes the really fun part! We are now accepting submission proposals for the competition stage of the U&AI bootcamp! If you have an exciting idea for how to help advance the SDGs with responsible AI technology, now is your chance to show it to the world!

Here are some tips to help you with your submissions:

Before you submit, please ensure:

• Your team comprises a maximum of 10 members, including the team leader
• All team members are under 35 years old
• There is at least one female team member in your team

To submit the best quality proposal possible, we suggest that it includes following information:

• Team introduction
• Topics that your proposal will focus on
• Background information on your project
• How the project relates to the SDGs
• Detailed description of the solution(s) you propose
• Resources you will need
• Feasibility and risk analysis 

The U&AI Taskforce will evaluate your proposals based on the following indicators:

• Potential for SDG Impact
• Level of creativity
• Strength of feasibility analysis
• Robustness of risk assessment
• Teamwork

For more details, please kindly download the U&AI 2022 Submission Guidebook and U&AI presentation Template (optional) at https://www.ai4sdgbootcamp.org/solutions-2022.

Please submit your proposal in team and ensure that it is only submitted by the team leader. U&AI Taskforce will contact your team leader as the focal person for further communication.

The deadline for submission is 11:59pm 26th September (Beijing Time).

Please submit your proposal named as following format:

U&AI 2022_Team Name_Project Name.

Please  kindly convert the file into a PDF. Additional formats are also more than welcome – feel free to choose the format which best displays your brilliant ideas.

You are also welcome to provide illustrations, videos, prototypes and even demos! Please include an accessible link with the submission. 

If you want to make changes to your submission before the deadline, please feel free to resubmit it. The U&AI Taskforce will use the latest version submitted before the deadline as the final submission.

To submit, you can also go to U&AI official website: https://www.ai4sdgbootcamp.org/solutions-2022

Submissions shall conform to relevant laws, regulations and industrial policies, and shall not infringe others’ patent right, copyright, trademark right and other intellectual property right. Participants shall ensure that their works are real, accurate and complete. The idea, technology and intellectual property rights of their works are reserved by the competition teams themselves.