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Samsung Philippines’ Solve For Tomorrow is back for another innovation-packed season and is calling for Filipino students to showcase their tech solutions to reimagine the future. With the support of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Philippine Science High School System (PSHS), Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (SEPCO) continues its commitment to shaping the country’s next-gen heroes through the initiative by once again inviting public science high school students nationwide currently in grades 8 to 10 to showcase their best innovative ideas through the Solve For Tomorrow 2024 competition where they can get a chance to win Php2M worth of cash prizes and Samsung devices for their school, teams, and teacher adviser.
Solve For Tomorrow 2024 is open to Grades 8-10 students of government-managed Science High Schools. They should form a team with a maximum of four (4) students each, and choose one faculty adviser from their respective schools. Each faculty adviser can coach up to three (3) teams. Teams formed should identify a local community or environmental sustainability problem they want to solve with technology and AI (Artificial Intelligence) and come up with a design proposal presented via a slides presentation (5 slides max with 2,500 words only) or word document (7 pages with Arial 11 font size). Once entry is finalized, they should submit the file via the Solve for Tomorrow registration form at https://www.samsung.com/ph/solve-for-tomorrow-2024/. Deadline for entries is on October 25, 2024. Entries will be evaluated based on design innovation, relevance to the community, feasibility, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) integration, sustainability, and clarity of proposal.
The entries will be judged by a panel of industry experts who will select the top 10 finalists to be announced on November 13, 2024. Finalists receive expert mentoring to improve their solutions and present their final proposals to the distinguished board of judges on December 3, 2024 to determine the top 3 winners. The Grand Prize winner will take home Php500,000 worth of Samsung devices for the school, Php100,000 cash prize for the team members, Php20,000 cash prize for the teacher, and Samsung phone and tablets for team members and their teacher. Meanwhile, the Second Prize winner will take home Php320,000 worth of Samsung devices for the school, Php70,000 cash prize for the team members, Php15,000 cash prize for the teacher, and Samsung phones and tablets for team members and their teacher. Finally, the Third Prize winner will receive Php175,000 worth of Samsung devices for the school, Php50,000 cash prize for the team members, Php10,000 cash prize for the teacher, and Samsung phones and tablets for team members and their teacher. The rest of the top 10 finalists will receive Php15,000 for their team and Php5,000 for their teacher.
Solve For Tomorrow is a program under Samsung’s global corporate social responsibility vision of "Together For Tomorrow! Enabling People" which aims to empower and support the next generation of innovators to achieve their full potential and pioneer positive social changes. Through this initiative, Samsung provides opportunities for up and coming STEM leaders to craft ideas and drive positive change in their communities through tech, encouraging them to approach problems in new ways to find innovative solutions. Since its global launch in 2010, Solve For Tomorrow has successfully provided an avenue to top students, helped over 2 million people, and reached 50 other countries. The program was first launched in the Philippines in 2023 where science high school students across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao shared sustainability solutions for their community. In 2023, Solve For Tomorrow received over 200 entries with the first-ever Grand Prize winner Team Intelllimeter creating a proposal that aims to improve energy efficiency through their smart electric management system. Meanwhile, second prize winner Project O.A.S.I.S. proposed a filtration system to remove oil and microplastics from the ocean while third placer TomPost focused on waste management for the agricultural sector by repurposing tomatoes and other agricultural waste into compost and other products.
Samsung is committed to expand its sustainability and educational programs in the Philippines with Solve for Tomorrow that is now in its 2nd year in the Philippines. SEPCO President Min Su Chu shares, “At Samsung, we are committed to empowering communities – now, and for the future. Solve For Tomorrow is a testament to this, which manifests our global CSR vision of ‘Together For Tomorrow! Enabling People'. It is our goal to always find opportunities to support providing education for future generations and we want to empower future innovators to achieve their full potential.”
