📆 Event: How's 2021 looking?

Ditte Fiil Ravn,

Community Manager

February 9, 2021

Join four Index Alumni to discuss the takeaways and tools to create impact after a world-changing year

Last year, we checked in with some of our Index Alumni to ask the question 'How are you doing in 2020?'. Coming from diverse fields such as sustainable fishing, wearable tech, AI and edtech, we gathered to share thoughts and experiences on dealing with the challenges and opportunities of an unprecedented year.

For many of us, 2021 started in limbo, stuck in the gateway between a troublesome year and a brighter future. Moving forward, how are things looking now for impact companies? With a whole new set of learnings and experiences, how do we approach what's ahead? And what did businesses, who design to improve life, actually take with them from the big 2020 wake-up call?

We invite you to join us for the continuation of last year's webinar where we ask four new Index Alumni about their previous year, their learnings and how they're bringing them into 2021. In 'How's 2021 looking?', we bring together four guests within the fields of health, farming and fashion and hear different strategies for coping in times of uncertainty – from early-stage start-up to non-profit activism to global health leaders.

Bren Smith, Owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm and Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder at Greenwave. The Index Award 2017 Winner is an ocean farming system designed to restore ocean ecosystems, mitigate climate change and provide healthy food for communities;
Ryan Mario Yasin, Founder and CEO of Petit Pli. The Index Award 2019 Finalist producing sustainable clothing that grows alongside children. In 2020, their face masks were named one of TIME's 100 Best Inventions.
Tor Inge Garvik, Product Development Manager at Laerdal Global Health, the non-profit behind the 2013 Index Award Winner The Natalie Collection, a trio of design tools and training to lower maternal and child mortality.
Sakina Girnary, Designer at Laerdal Global Health, whose work focuses on how to leverage digital innovations and use of data to expand the various ways in which health care workers can be trained with increased efficiency, quality, and flexibility.