# Innovation Challenges

Discovering breakthrough solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges


### Overview

UpLink Innovation Challenges are global competitions designed to source high-impact, early-stage innovations addressing critical challenges across key systems and industries. They are designed in collaboration with a network of visionary partners committed to resilient and sustainable economic growth and anchored in the work of World Economic Forum’s public-private initiatives.


## NewUpLink Innovation Challenge Series- Spring 2026

The UpLink Innovation Challenge Series – Spring 2026 brought together multiple challenges across priority systems and industries, addressing specific problem statements with clear pathways for adoption and scale.It called for early-stage ventures that deliver measurable impact alongside clear business value, strengthen resilience and drive long-term system transformation. Selected ventures will gain access to a global ecosystem of partners, investors and industry leaders, unlocking new pathways to scale. The Spring Series is now closed and submissions are under review.

[Explore](https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink-innovation-challenge-series-spring-2026)


### Previous Innovation Challenges

Challenges spanning thematic systems, industries and place-based ecosystems, with the support of funding partners and in collaboration with World Economic Forum initiatives. These challenges addressed specific problem statements, enabling the discovery and acceleration of high-impact solutions aligned with real-world needs.


### Yes/Boston

[Explore](https://uplink.weforum.org/place-based-innovation-yes-boston)


### Yes/Bengaluru

[Explore](https://uplink.weforum.org/place-based-innovation-yes-bengaluru)


### Water Resilience

[Explore](https://initiatives.weforum.org/api/communities/v1/public/initiatives/site/page-redirect?initiative_id=23ded092-7310-4cd0-92d4-e579a0dedff7&page_id=8de29fd6-4a37-408e-bb57-cbf731308f16)


### Quantum for Society

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### Innovating for Asia’s Demographic Future

[Explore](https://uplink.weforum.org/systems-industries-longevity-innovating-for-asias-demographic-future)


### Traceability for Circularity

[Explore](https://initiatives.weforum.org/api/communities/v1/public/initiatives/site/page-redirect?initiative_id=23ded092-7310-4cd0-92d4-e579a0dedff7&page_id=49f5b9c7-d99d-4bd3-b141-f6ee663e102a)


### Biodiversity

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### Prospering in Longevity

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### Accredited Innovation Challenges

Designed and delivered by organizations leveraging UpLink’s proven methodology and suite of tools, these challenges source innovative solutions aligned with their strategic priorities.


### Aramco LAB7 challenge

[Explore](https://initiatives.weforum.org/api/communities/v1/public/initiatives/site/page-redirect?initiative_id=23ded092-7310-4cd0-92d4-e579a0dedff7&page_id=e94af169-a518-4253-8914-96abb7041067)


### Interested in partnering?

[Contact us](https://initiatives.weforum.org/api/communities/v1/public/initiatives/site/page-redirect?initiative_id=23ded092-7310-4cd0-92d4-e579a0dedff7&page_id=5beecddd-b856-45b2-8629-28eca17bb14f)