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Dream Tank Presents: Reverse Pandemic InterGEN Collective Impact Summit
June 5, 2020 @ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Preparing future entrepreneurs with a multi-generational, cross-sector interactive summit.
What if there was a way to locate and target the new up-and-coming CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders of the Future, who are essentially “recession-proof” based on character and persistence alone?
Dream Tank is a manifestation of dreams realized. It creates social, academic, and entrepreneurial change and is constantly propelled by the youth. It scouts for the best, brightest, and most fantastic youth who are true innovators of the future.
Our Mission: Dream Tank will lead the most effective Headquarters for innovation and problem solving in the world.
What Will Occur: Youth-driven innovation to make a collective impact to address the global pandemic and its effects; and to create new solutions for a better world. A one day summit to inspire and launch social impact innovations that came from the Reverse Pandemic youth-led design challenge / hackathon. 15-17 innovations will be presented, and will enter into the “Dream Tank” where UN agencies, venture funds, impact investors, NGOs, corporations and more will attend cross generational activation workshops to equip these ventures with a diverse board to launch their dreams into reality.
Why Now: After the pandemic hit, Dream Tank formed a Coronavirus Next Generation Rapid Response Team with youth who wished to be Dream Makers during this critical time. The Response team, currently ages 11 to 29, have activated youth globally to spread love-hope-awareness and health during this time. They did this by helping people in their communities, created a #GoBigFromHome and #1BillionYouthMovement, as well as enabling the implementation of youth ideas.
The Global Pandemic of 2020 has touched the lives of many. We’ve seen heroes, nurses, doctors, and conversely, a whole lot of disappointment. Current market volatility shows us time and time again that the economy fluctuates to oblivion, that businesses fail, and people tend to give up and retreat. This is not what we want our future to be. This is not the kind of environment we want to perpetuate to our children, youth, and adults alike. It is our duty to thrive in this world and to create a greater future for all.
Operations and Social Media: Lauren Anderson – lauren@dreamtank.co
Press inquiries: Rachel Kadoshima – press@dreamtank.co
Partnership + Funding inquiries: Max Jordan – max@dreamtank.co
Program/Agenda inquiries: Stan Keith – stan@dreamtank.co
Executive Director + Council Chair: Heidi Cuppari – heidi@dreamtank.co
Council Coordinator – Parya Aghasafari – parya@dreamtank.co (reach out if you’d like to join the council)
Dream Tank Board Chair – Jeff Hoffman – jeff@dreamtank.co
Dream Tank Founding Council
Council members are supernodes of innovation and are standing by Dream Tank’s side to change the world and innovate the future by igniting the leadership, innovation and natural compassion of youth and make their biggest dreams become a reality. Council members are inviting their “mountain mover” relationships to ignite rapid collaboration for major advancements for humanity during this troubling time.
Celina Aponte
Jennifer Bonine
Alice Bromage
Yu-kai Chou
Linda Clemons
Nicola Corzine
Matt Duncan
Christina Farinacci-Roberts
Emerson Gale
Salim Ismail
Álvaro Guirao López
Max Mead
Sari Miller
Valeh Nazemoff
Domenic Nigro
Marcelo Russo
Navroop Sahdev
Priya Samant
Neil Sahota
Christy Szoke
Angelicque Tucker Blackmon
Chris Traub
Jennifer Wines
Tanya Wright
Anthony Zolezzi
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