Grand Challenges & Hackathons --- Much needed approach Aura! Two examples that come to mind: Grand Challenges such as those by Gates Foundation or national governments, as well as more recent mechanism of hackathons. In both cases, specific problems (statements) are identified (ideally) by policymakers and experts, and then they rope in both established and amateur researchers/technologists to come up with innovative solutions.

Source author: Vid Nukala Vid.Nukala@gmail.com