{"id":93086,"date":"2023-12-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=93086"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:45:30","slug":"wege-prize-names-core-judges-with-diverse-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/wege-prize-names-core-judges-with-diverse-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Wege Prize Names Core Judges with Diverse Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 10 core judges bring an international scope of diverse perspectives in design, sustainability, academics, and economics, amping up criteria for the teams continued advancement in the acclaimed competition.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As Wege Prize<\/a> 2024 advances into the second phase of its worldwide student competition for circular innovation, judging of the select 31 remaining teams\u2019 sustainable solutions escalates as the contest\u2019s global team of core judges steps into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking a lead from Wege Prize\u2019s largely regional panel of 10 preliminary judges that narrowed the competitor field by nearly half from its 58 original participants, the 10 core judges bring an international scope of diverse perspectives in design, sustainability, academics, and economics, amping up criteria for the teams continued advancement in the acclaimed competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than a decade, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University (KCAD), which organizes Wege Prize, has attracted and inspired talented college students around the globe to collaboratively design innovative solutions that combat the world\u2019s \u201cwicked problems\u201d \u2014 everything from hunger and pollution to poverty and climate change \u2014 by creating innovative, real-world concepts that can support the future circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core judges for Wege Prize 2024, which has drawn a record number of competing teams, reunite the distinguished experts who were joined in 2023 by B. K. (Braj) Singh<\/strong>, an advisor on solutions to global challenges in agriculture production, natural resource management, and human capacity enhancement. In 2023 the panel also brought on Deonna Anderson<\/strong>, editorial director of Next City <\/em>who previously worked with the Wege Prize team to interview the finalist presenters in 2021 and 2022, which are on the Wege Prize YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounding out the core judge\u2019s elite roster are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n