HP Innovation Journal Issue 07: Summer 2017 | Page 26

Chandrakant Patel and Mei Jiang from HP discussing the future of innovation
30% of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor
team was comprised of females including key
leadership positions.
Teams were also rewarded for off-track
work with prizes for communications, design,
technical innovation, safety, and perseverance.
And perseverance went well beyond the task
at hand with teams using crowdfunding to pay
for their trips, going to extremes to
get to regional venues and over-
coming various travel difficulties.
The passion and pride the Shell
Eco-marathon students display
around these events is amazing.
low-carbon future as part of the Make the
Future festival.
In the Americas region, HP Chief Engineer
Chandrakant Patel and HP Innovation Journal
Editor-In-Chief Mei Jiang joined Shell Eco-
Marathon organizers, Pam Rosen and Norman
Koch, on a panel to discuss the impact events
like this have on future innovation.
A festival of innovation
This year’s Shell Eco-marathon
was a featured element of the
Make the Future festivals of ideas
and innovation. These festivals
were held in the host cities of
Singapore, Detroit, and London.
Festival goers w