Disney’s Create Tomorrowland XPRIZE Challenge
Nationwide Challenge Asks 8 to 17 Year Olds to Imagine World-Changing Technology of the Future
We couldn’t be more excited about this amazing challenge at Mom’s Lifesavers. As parents of kids who love to draw, write and capture their world on video, challenging them to see the future is a great way to get them thinking.
As parents, we can’t get enough of today’s sitcoms that take us back to family life in the 70’s and 80’s – We love sharing with the kids what life was like for us when we were their age. We can only image the developments that will take place for this next generation and what they will introduce to the world.
The XPrize Challenge 411
This awesome nationwide challenge is open to 8 to 17 year olds and asks them to image world changing technology of the future. Picture yourself in the future – what will you find? Submit your creation via video, image or as a story!
Disney Create Tomorrowland XPRIZE Challenge
Inspired by the upcoming Disney movie “Tomorrowland,” The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Citizenship, and XPRIZE announce a nationwide challenge for young innovators. Beginning April 22, 2015.
Disney’s Create Tomorrowland – XPRIZE Challenge invites kids to imagine themselves in the future and report back to the present through video, imagery or stories about one new and amazing invention or innovation they encounter, how it works, and the impact it has on the future.
Submit your entry online between April 22, 2015 and May 17, 2015 at www.xprizechallenge.org
Participants will compete in two divisions:
- Junior Division (8-12 years old)
- Senior Division (13–17 years old)
All entrants must have prior consent from their parent or legal guardian in order to participate in the challenge. Official Rules and details about the Challenge are available at online. Official registration and submission period starts April 22, 2015, and runs through May 17, 2015
Winners Announced in June 2015 & Prize
Submissions will be judged on innovation, creativity and presentation.
XPRIZE will provide a panel of judges who will evaluate and score all submissions, and six (6) winners will be chosen. Supporting XPRIZE Partners include FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), 3D Systems and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In June, six winners will have a once–in-a-lifetime mentorship experience with a leader in their area of interest. In addition, each winner will receive a $3,000 check, a3D Printer from 3D Systems, and registration for FIRST® LEGO® League for the competition season 2015-2016 in the U.S.
Why Tomorrowland?
“’Tomorrowland’ has always been a place of possibility in our parks and for the creative team behind our new film,” said Sean Bailey, President, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. “The future will be steered by the imaginations of our young people, and Disney is thrilled to work with XPRIZE to encourage and inspire the next generation of thinkers and dreamers to build the future they imagine is possible.”
“We are excited to launch the Create Tomorrowland XPRIZE Challenge, which gives young people a platform to voice and depict their creative, bold and imaginative problem-solving inventions of the future,” said Trish Halamandaris, Senior Vice President Marketing & Communications at XPRIZE. “At XPRIZE we believe that solutions to the problems facing humanity can come from anyone, anywhere and oneof these young innovators just might come up with an idea that can truly turn Tomorrowland into reality.”
Tomorrowland in Theaters May 22nd – Starring George Clooney
From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland,” a riveting mystery adventure starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney.
Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as “Tomorrowland.” What they must do there changes the world—and them—forever.
Featuring a screenplay by “Lost” writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen, “Tomorrowland” promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.
The film also stars Hugh Laurie as brilliant scientist David Nix, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key and Thomas Robinson.
“Tomorrowland” is produced by Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird and Jeffrey Chernov and directed by Brad Bird, with John Walker, Bernard Bellew, Jeff Jensen and Brigham Taylor serving as executive producers. “Tomorrowland” opens in U.S. theaters on May22, 2015.
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