During this stage the participants acquire the knowledge necessary to conceive, design, implement and operate solutions that are technologically feasible, economically viable, desirable and environmentally sustainable.
The teams with the best solutions will then be invited to the finals where they will be given a chance to pitch to academics, and industrial experts as well as investors.
The preliminary stage of the competition was held from July to September 2015 a total of 65 teams from 151 countries worked on providing solutions to address these grand challenges.
The finals were held from the 14th to 16 November in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the College of Petroleum and Engineering, Kuwait University.
[3] Innovation partner - General Electric Sponsors - KFAS, Zain, The National Fund, Boubyan Bank, BP Supported by - Global Engineering Deans Council Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Global Challenges Alliance Archived 2016-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Asia School of Business, Open Learning.