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and thank you don't even joining us here today
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i think okay so up link is the open innovation platform of the world economic forum
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and our goal is to source and scallop groundbreaking innovations which of tackling global issues
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with twenty thirty on the horizon for the sustainable development goals which includes critical issues
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such as sanitation and build resilience business as usual is just not an option anymore
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we need new ideas and innovations some inspiring on chip in
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as you will help us meet the s. t. g. targets
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as an initiative of the world economic forum up link leverage is it's networks
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i think it as or its role in in ecosystem acts as a facilitator to connect entrepreneur has
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with investors corporate partners multinationals and x. but and
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other organisations to happens gets to sit to scale up
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upping works through a competition framework this is how we source solutions from whatever the world
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these competitions and then as challenges and with each of us as a partner as we could we design and don't challenges
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that meet the impact objectives of the organisations to source new innovations
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the winners of these challenges america's top innovators
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and invited to join the docking innovation network
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and this is an opportunity to scale up their operations do visibility in public exposure
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a facilitated connections in introductions access to select events and capacity building sessions
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so up link is on a mission to cultivate this growing
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network of entrepreneur has and to inspire multinationals corporations and governments
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to join you on entrepreneurial movement so we can
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really build a multi multi stakeholder platform to drive change
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so where is up link today
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having launched he is a good with the world economic
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forum doubles in partnership with founding partners cells wasn't annoyed
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but make it now have a thriving ecosystems innovation in the
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last two years we've run more than thirty challenges and received
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over three thousand submissions from all corners of the world and
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to date we've recognised two hundred and thirty eight top interfaces
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with any opening innovation network which is the when is it
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the challenges on chip in as well joining relevant topic areas
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such as trees plastic action in addition and we have
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to growing communities of malta climate sector economy education and health
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we're working to build these communities out further few partnerships with corporations multinationals
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documents and other international organisations you can
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participate according to that and sustainability strategy
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scaling up the will to community it's a particular focus for twenty twenty two
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so considering black up link sits within the and how we operate within the whole innovation landscape
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but i think is the key impacts platform of the world economic forum
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which is an international organisation for public private cooperation founded in nineteen seventy one
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and with our mission to convene the there's a shape the
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global agenda and itchy impact together to form provides and that work
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and a platform of projects and initiatives which the top innovators can connected
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one example is one t. dot will which is of the global initiative to conserve agree to use
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but actually injuries all over the world and and wanted oh
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i've actually led up in challenges to solve high impact innovators
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you can collaborate with regional focus areas such as india so hello and and and yams and
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likewise with g. pap group label plastic action part shit
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i've worked with us to source innovations you continued international partnerships
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and we were the runner challenge in indonesia and we plan to do so so darn uh and other regions in southeast asia
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so looking at the impact about link these numbers illustrate the high quality and high impact of entrepreneurs
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supposed to the platform in these i think is the stuff that led by the top innovators themselves
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considering our organisational model this is illustrated best drop partnerships
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so our founding partners without falls into lloyd they are into um we've been watching that we
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can for two years and they are integral to the continuous development and design of the platform
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we have our founding partners to enable us to operate the different challenges
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and the and the funding partners will need to challenge
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to source innovations which mine but that sustainability strategy impact objectives
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we then have on what possible sequence you help us try to challenge forward whether this is the expert
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reviews all promotional activities and also supporting the top
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innovators um when the challenges enjoying the opening innovation network
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safety is on we're looking to grow a partnership network looking for partners
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who would like to sponsor and also suppose the chances that we run
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and we're also looking to build out invest in networks to
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create funding opportunity for the innovators the country that that form
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so for those of you here and interested in chatting to us
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about potential chance partnerships or investing able to focus innovators please do