For three days in October, 2017, Impact.Engineered honored engineers and product designers, advised startup founders and amplified the role of engineering in solving global challenges. The event featured some things that may have never been seen before in this space. Engineers with the titans of business such as Tesla and Google and representatives from international aid organizations and the United Nations shared a stage with founders of fledgling startups, such as Kenya-based PayGo Energy. Engineering for Change is proud to have hosted the event with one of our founding partners, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
These snapshots capture some of the emotion and excitement of the event, and the tweets below share impressions from attendees of Impact.Engineered.
Impact.Engineered Tweeted
We need engineers to focus on social change. We are so overdue – @JHockenberry #thisishardware
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
And the winner is…
Women leading in technology & impact award goes to Linda Raftree! #impactengineered pic.twitter.com/oCYANpP7OH
— ASME IShow (@ASMEishow) October 18, 2017
Corporate Philanthropy Award: @Emp_Ppl_Award by @SiemensStiftung accepted by @Carola1512. Congratulations!
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 19, 2017
Connecting the Unconnected Award: @inveneo, @WorldPossible & @Google https://t.co/c5DjchOKpM
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
Mitchell Baker from @mozilla also takes the Women leading in Technology and Impact. #impactengineered
— ASME IShow (@ASMEishow) October 18, 2017
Hardware trailblazer by social voting goes to sign-Io!
— ASME IShow (@ASMEishow) October 18, 2017
Tips for Startups Overheard in Workshops
“Intentional culture” …a theme in today’s tips for #startups. Know who you are, don’t let investors change that – @nokero #thisishardware
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
Getting too much money too fast may be a problem. You won’t use it wisely – Maha Haji @CalWaveBerkeley #thisishardware #startuplife
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
Tip for attracting funding (#startups) – present your team honestly, including their strengths & weaknesses – Kumpff @UNDP_innovation
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
Insights
Serving the needs of 10 billion people will require both moon shots and “puddle jumps” (or mundane solutions) – Dr Prapas @TataCenterMIT
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
One day we might have @amazon drone delivery, but guess what? Tanzanian clinics already have blood deliveries by drone – @wayan_vota
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) October 18, 2017
