On February 27th 2014, The Royal Society of Edinburgh played host to the launch of this year's Converge Challenge. Now in it's fifth year, Scotland's premier business competition brings together the most ambitious and creative thinkers from academia, research and business with the top prize of £60,000. The programme is open to staff and students at all Scottish Universities and Research Institutes, and works with any industry sector, product or service-based business at any stage of development.