We were delighted to be invited by the Australian National University (ANU) on July 18th 2014, to judge the Fourth Annual International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Global Cross-Disciplinary Tournament (GXT), a student driven event that promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural teamwork. The tournament brings teams of undergraduate students from across the world, to produce innovative (and implementable) solutions for issues the world will face in the future. The topic for 2014 was ‘The Future of the Body’, and IGOR had much to offer this topic.
We were fascinated to hear the solutions offered by some of the worlds brightest students from the ANU, the University of Cambridge, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Oxford, Peking University, the National University of Singapore and the University of Tokyo.
The five teams offered five unique perspectives, embracing the challenge of projecting their vision out to 2044, the innovation and viability of the ideas were stimulating; we heard brilliant solutions for the growing issue of academic doping, website enabled solutions for mental health in the workplace, diffusion of 3D printing technology for health solutions in developing countries, and bold solutions for mental rehabilitation in criminal sentencing. The one that really captured IGOR’s imagination was the development of smart technologies to enable independent living in our aging western populations.
IGOR would welcome any one of the 25 participants of the fourth IARU GXT to spend some more time with IGOR, and we look forward to hearing the highlights of these outstanding young men and women’s career over the next 30 years.
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