Most Innovative Idea Competition
WHEN
31 August 2026
Monday
9.00am Australia/Sydney
6 September 2026
Sunday
11.59pm Australia/Sydney
WHERE
Online
COST
Free admission
Can technology save democracy? Share your big idea and win!
UTS Faculty of Law is asking you to use your creative energy to reflect on how technology can help make democracy thrive. This ‘big ideas’ competition asks you to think outside the box, attend the tech and social justice week events and share your idea on social media. By sharing your idea you’ll go in the running to win the Tech and IP Research Cluster Most Innovative Idea award – a $100 visa gift card as well as all the fame and glory!
Last year we asked you what you felt about social justice and technology. This year we continue the theme by asking you how technology can save democracy!
There is much to be said as to how technology can impact negatively on democracy (misinformation, security in voting, algorithmic silos etc), but there is little said about how technology can boost democracy such as through helping citizens connect with civic and democratic participation, to enabling better transparency, digital inclusion and education. In this competition we are really looking for big ideas that help challenge the idea that technology is always negative in relation to democracy and look for ways technology can better assist building a more democratic world.
We want you to showcase those thoughts in this unique competition by sharing your idea for a way that generative AI can make the world more socially just in 20 words or less on social media.
How to Enter
- Attend events during Tech + Social Justice Week
- Craft your big idea about how Generative AI can promote social justice, in 20 words or fewer.
- Share your idea on LinkedIn or Instagram with the hashtag #utslawbigideascomp
Or
- Email your idea to us at lawbigideascomp@uts.edu.au, and we will share it on LinkedIn on your behalf, with your name credited.
Winners will be announced on the 21st September 2026.