Next month from October 20-23rd, PopTech’s annual conference will take place in Maine. If you haven’t encountered PopTech before, it’s is a non-profit organization that aims to help scale and accelerate entrepreneurial projects that hold strong potential to positively impact the world.
In the run up to the conference, PopTech has announced its list of Social Innovation Fellows, who they describe as “high potential change agents… working on highly disruptive innovations.” The fellowship consists of full-funding for a 5 day program that offers training in areas like branding, media relations, social media, design for impact and organizational development, as well as the opportunity to make an elevator pitch on stage at the PopTech conference.
Participants following the social enterprise model include Rush Bartlett from LyoGo, a company that has created a safer, relatively easy to use drug delivery system that obviates the need for refrigeration, which the storing of drugs that are unstable in solution form would otherwise need.
Another fellow, Ryan Smith of Micromidas, is aiming to find a single solution for the issues of sewage and plastic waste, through a microbial process that converts sewage into biodegradable plastics.
Also participating in PopTech, Laura Stachel is the co-founder of WE CARE Solar, a company that works on providing health workers in the developing world with access to reliable lighting, blood bank refrigeration and mobile communications through low-cost solar electricity. Their products include a photovoltaic system to power lights, blood banks, surgical equipment and mobile phones, as well as a portable solar electricity system that fits in a suitcase.
For a full list of PopTech’s social innovation fellows for 2010, click here.
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