Jury & Criteria

Jury criteria

The jury will evaluate your solution based on these six criteria. The jury criteria are equally important, except Diversity which the jury will put extra focus on. The jury criteria are the same for all 8 challenge categories.

The jury will be announced at a later date.

Diversity – Diversity in teams is an important factor to achieve a high level of innovation

  • How diverse is your team?
  • Is there a good balance regarding gender, skills, competence, background and age?

Comprehensibility – Comprehensibility of the solution proposal’s value proposition and main use case

  • Is it easy to understand the solution?
  • Is it easy to understand how the solution works and how it will be implemented to solve the challenge? 
  • How well detailed is the description of the solution? 
  • Does it include an understanding of the key stakeholders and ecosystems that are relevant to the realisation of the solution?
  • Will the end users of the solution understand it too, or do they need special skills to take part of it or use it?


Realisability – Realisability of the solution from its current idea stage to implemented solution, used by its intended users in its problem context

  • How realistic is the time plan?
  • Does the solution have access to all the needed data (if applicable)? 
  • How well are potential risks calculated for?
  • How soon can the solution be available to the intended users?
  • Is the technology mature enough (if applicable)?
  • Can a minimum viable product be created within 3 months?
  • Can a proof of concept be created within 6 months?


Innovativeness – Innovativeness of the idea behind the solution, as well as the intended technology to be used in an implementation of the solution (if applicable). 

  • In what way is this solution innovative?
  • Are there existing or similar solutions?
  • How does the solution differ from any existing solutions?


Scalability – Scalability of the solution if it is implemented and realized.

  • How many are experiencing the problem that this solution is intended to solve (if applicable)?
  • How well does this solution scale?


Solving the SDGs – Does this solution correlate to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and how well does it solve the challenge it is intended to address.

  • How well does the solution correlate to the SDGs?
  • In what respect does the solution solve one or more of the SDGs? 
  • How many in the solutions target audience would experience an improvement and how extensive would that improvement be?


Head Jury of Hack for Earth at COP28

Cristina Romanelli
LinkedIn
Programme Officer, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Health
World Health Organization
Ekow Nelson
LinkedIn
Global Customer Unit Head for e& at Ericsson General Manager, Ericsson UAE
Ericsson
Herland Cerveaux
LinkedIn
Chief Operations Officer
OceanHub Africa
Kadir S. Gungor
LinkedIn
Chairman
Sustainable Impact Capital & Holding
Sabri Albreiki
LinkedIn
Chief Technology Officer
e& International

Jury of Hack for Earth at COP28

Abosede Olabimtan
LinkedIn
MMEA Head of Sourcing, South and East Africa
Ericsson Kenya Limited
Alexander Nobel
LinkedIn
Software Developer
Amber Buschmann
LinkedIn
PMIEF Grants Specialist
PMI Educational Foundation
Amna Usman Chaudhry
LinkedIn
Financial Economist and Frontier Tech Strategist
Amogh Banta
LinkedIn
Technical Specialist
UNICEF
Andrew Whitmire
LinkedIn
Manager, Grants & Partnerships
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation
Ayub Osman
LinkedIn
Head of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility,
Ericsson
Caroline Berns
LinkedIn
Compliance Officer - Leadership & Culture
Ericsson
Caroline Nyambura Muthee
LinkedIn
Commercial Director, Africa & Deputy MD, Ericsson Kenya LTD
Ericsson
Dana Khairallah
LinkedIn
Gather Reporter
JA Worldwide
Dr. Dina Barbian
LinkedIn
CEO and Founder
eco2050 - Institute for Sustainability GmbH
Emmalyn Green
LinkedIn
Learning Design Developer
JA Worldwide
Esther Paez
LinkedIn
Director Sustainability
e&
Fredrik Lindén
LinkedIn
Coordinator
MyData Sweden
Goji Abel Williams
LinkedIn
Resource Person
Young African Innovators' Hub
Hannes Helander
LinkedIn
Project Lead
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Services
Iván Perdomo
LinkedIn
Software Development Mentor
UNICEF Office of Innovation
Joseph Adedeji
LinkedIn
Student
Covenant University
Kanika Joshi
LinkedIn
Impact and Sustainable Development Lead
Open Data Institute
Lucia Bode Guazzardi
LinkedIn
Student
Aalborg
Madison Marks
LinkedIn
Portfolio Manager
UNICEF
Malik Wahaj Arshad
LinkedIn
CTO - Pakistan Accounts
Ericsson
Melchizedek Victor
LinkedIn
Founder
Young African Innovators' Hub
Michael Ojo
LinkedIn
Graduate Researcher
Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand
Milena Kraeva
LinkedIn
Founder & CEO
Nexus Impact Ventures
Nassima Sadar-Gravier
LinkedIn
CEO
AfroClimate Foundation
Navila Amin
LinkedIn
Director, DEI, Culture and Engagement
e&
Omkar Khot
LinkedIn
Hack for Earth winner 2021
Hack for Earth foundation
O’Neall Massamba
LinkedIn
Transport Specialist
World Bank
Riddhi Padariya
LinkedIn
Sr. Advanced Automation Engineer
Tesla
Robert Willborg
LinkedIn
Chief Security Officer
OneMore Secure
Shadi Ezzeddine
LinkedIn
SD Group Sustainability
e&
Sylvain Djérambété
LinkedIn
National Director
International Student Environmental Coalition-Chad