Idea Transform

Innovation, ideas and technology now have the ability to make a difference

Idea Transform aims to inspire projects that can deliver long-term change across the globe. Our 2012 event brought together 100 people with ideas and those with the skills to help them develop projects in areas such as education, health, finance, community and the environment.

Click on the buttons above to find out more on our second weekend event, to be held in Cambridge between 15-17 March 2013.

  1. Sim-Prints wins first Idea Transform Weekend with innovative healthcare biometrics project

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    / 23 April, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Over 100 people work on projects to change the world at Cambridge event Cambridge, 23 April 2012: Sim-Prints took the overall prize at the first Idea Transform weekend for its mobile phone-based biometrics project which allows healthcare workers to collect and check patient information in the developing world. Aimed at supporting and accelerating projects that benefit and improve society, over 100 people attended the intensive weekend event, held in Cambridge between 20-22 April 2012, including speakers, mentors and judges representing...

  2. Experimath

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    / 22 April, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Idea Transform aims to inspire and support meaningful projects. Developers, entrepreneurs, business people, marketers, creative artists and students all came along for a weekend of turning life changing ideas into action. Experimath is one of the wonderful projects that was worked on at the weekend. Here’s what the team had to say: What makes your project unique? Experimath is an exciting and novel web-based resource to facilitate children’s understanding and learning of maths, through a large range of hands-on experiments that ...

  3. Thanks to RIM/BlackBerry for more raffle prizes and judging support!

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    / 22 April, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Not only do we have a wonderful Kindle 3G to give away in our charity raffle, thanks to our partners Red Gate Software, but we also have a BlackBerry PlayBook 16Gb tablet which has been kindly donated by Research in Motion (RIM) as part of its support for Idea Transform As well as the PlayBook giveaway, Stephen O’Brien, BlackBerry’s Director for Digital and Social Marketing for EMEA is both judging and mentoring at the inaugural Idea Transform weekend at the...

  4. ARM supports Idea Transform

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    / 22 April, 2012 / Leave a comment
    In a further boost to Idea Transform, we’re delighted to announce the support of ARM for the inaugural weekend event, which is currently underway at the Cambridge Judge Business School. ARM is now an official partner for the event on 20-22 April 2012, providing major sponsorship and support to Idea Transform’s weekend to change the world, helping meaningful entrepreneurs and the startup community. ARM Holdings is the world’s leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier and as such is at the...

  5. Tweet a mentor!

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    / 20 April, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A number of our team of fantastic mentors will be participating in “tweet a mentor” from Friday to Sunday. Include the hashtag #tweetamentor in your question, and they will do their best to answer you, point you in the right direction or suggest a better question.   It’s the mentors’ job to help Idea Transform participants get from a bright idea to a project that can change the world. No pressure, then! You get advice from some of the most...
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