The Global Innovation Race offers a high-impact innovation and entrepreneurship program with exclusive Silicon Valley immersion and guidance from Stanford instructors and industry innovators.
The Digital Media Academy (DMA) Global Innovation Race (GIR) is an 11-day innovation accelerator program designed for high school students aged 13-17. Participants engage in hands-on innovation challenges, applying design thinking, social thinking, and entrepreneurial thinking to address real-world problems. The program emphasizes AI exploration, hands-on prototyping, and startup-style problem solving, guided by Stanford instructors and industry innovators. Students will develop creative confidence, build real prototypes, and evaluate market potential and social/ethical impact of their solutions. The curriculum is project-based, allowing students to rapidly iterate ideas with feedback from global peers and industry professionals. The program also includes exclusive Silicon Valley immersion experiences, such as visiting tech companies, the Computer History Museum, and two world-class universities.
A typical day involves engaging in time-bound innovation challenges, collaborating in cross-cultural teams, and receiving feedback from global peers and industry professionals as students prototype solutions.
This program is ideal for ambitious teens aged 13-17 who are interested in technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and solving real-world problems with AI.
Multiple Locations (Stanford University / UC Berkeley Campus)
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