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Hack for Earth at Expo 2020

The global online hackathon at Expo 2020 was organized by the Hack for Earth Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations. Amazon Web Services, The Nordic Council of Ministers, and Astra Zeneca as the main collaborating organizations in November, 2021. In total, Hack for Earth at Expo 2020 had 32 organisations as collaborating and/or supporting partner organizations. The seven winners concluded the very first Build for Earth 6-month acceleration program in the spring of 2022.

The winners

The 7 winners of Hack for Earth 2021
17 days of hackathon has come to an end and here are the winning solutions! These solutions will now go on to join the Build for Earth acceleration program and become real solutions for the good of society.

Water Category Category Winner

VarunaBlue

Team Members:

Christopher Roberts,
USA 🇺🇸
Gauri Ghule,
India 🇮🇳
Lucia Guazzardi,
Italy 🇮🇹
Maryna Tolochyna,
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Tessa Dronkers,
Netherlands 🇳🇱 / Italy 🇮🇹

Description:

Our initiative is to produce bioplastics from seaweed farmed off coastal India; keeping our waters safe and free of plastics while creating jobs, and supporting local female farmers. Our goal is to scale up to meet India's move away from single-use plastics next summer, and beyond that, develop bioplastics dissolvable in saline water.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth challenge category Water is Varuna Blue. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realisability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the challenge category Water is Varuna Blue. The Jury finds that Varuna Blue has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution will also empower women through the employment of female seaweed farmers, and will provide a swift response to one of the most urgent threats we face today, plastic water pollution.

Partnership Category Category Winner

Luminous Teen

Team Members:

Md Adib Raian,
Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Md Talha Jobaer,
Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Sorder Rakib Hasan,
Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Description:

Luminous Teen is a Social Enterprise intended to popularise self-paced Teen Employment and to ensure a certain degree of Financial Independence through high-school enrichment, corporate connection & internships. It is a marketplace especially designed to accelerate early-age employability, with a vision to help eliminate Child Labour by 2025.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth challenge category Partnership is Luminous Teen. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realisability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the challenge category Partnership is Luminous Teen. The Jury finds that Luminous Teen has a collaborative approach to solving the SDG:s through youth empowerment that is both innovative and sustainable"

Environment Category Category Winner

Sustainability Insights

Team Members:

Alexander Vincent Nobel,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Caique Peixoto,
Brazil 🇧🇷
Jens Östlund,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Josephine Östman,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Luisa Emme,
Ecuador 🇪🇨
Marc Biemer,
Germany 🇩🇪
Pierre Hedkvist,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Praveen Jelish,
India/Sweden 🇮🇳🇸🇪

Description:

Sustainability Insights - An App developed by Futurice developers to: Educate: Using data from the Upright Project, quantify the net environmental impact of decisions stakeholders have made so they can better understand how their behavior impacts the environment Provide Personalized Insights: Based on previous decisions, present solutions to improve the impact stakeholders have on the environment going forward Take Action: Incentivize stakeholders to commit to changes by reflecting the improved impact they will have if they change their behaviors Co-Create: Share commitments within a community to incentivize and engage users for long term positive impact

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth challenge category Environment is Sustainable Insights. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realisability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the Challenge Category Environment is Sustainability Insights. The Jury finds that Sustainability Insights has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution will also become a platform for providing guidance, education and awareness with personalized insights that enable communities to share long term positive impact.

Health Category Category Winner

Nittiv

Team Members:

Lab Casas,
Philippines 🇵🇭

Description:

Millions of jobs lost due to global pandemic Millions of families are starving due to a lack of income-generating activities Millions of marginalized communities (locals & natives) in rural areas have no opportunity!. Most countries are "still" and some are recovering. Rural communities are soon becoming urban & demanding to become sustainable This solution is a powerful intersection between 2 fast-growing industries! $ 2.6 Trillion Tourism & $ 4.5 Trillion Wellness industry and will surely create massive opportunities for employment & economic development in rural areas and urban.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth Challenge Category Health is Nittiv - Authentic nature & wellness tours with locals experts. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realizability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the Challenge Category Health is Lab Casas. The Jury finds that Lab Casas has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution, which will connect travelers to a list of local wellness operators, guides and experts, has potential to contribute to job creation and economic well being among people living in remote and rural areas as well as increased health.

Human Rights Category Category Winner

Digital Bridge 360

Team Members:

Lujain Ashraf khalil,
Egypt 🇪🇬
Mahdi Tarhini,
Lebanon 🇱🇧

Description:

The Big Challenges; WHATS ON GROUND! Human Rights are inherent to all human beings on earth. As humans we should have the same right to life, such as the right to food, education, information, work and health, but it is estimated by the United Nations report that more than half of the world’s population doesn’t have access to the internet, with Asia and Africa having the lowest rate. Why is our project important and necessary? Billions of people are missing out on the wealth of knowledge and information that — increasingly — can only be found online. More than 360 million young people are excluded from the digital age by poverty, geography or other circumstances beyond their control.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth Challenge Category Human Rights is DMoLL. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realizability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the Challenge Category Human Rights is DMoLL. The jury finds that DMoLL has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution has the potential to contribute to one of the biggest challenges we need to solve; the human right "equal access to internet connection and knowledge". The team has identified the problem that not everyone around the world has access to the internet and therefore are limited in their access to information and to participation which is their right. And they have come up with a sustainable solution, using solar panels to make both accessible. The solution contributes to solving an important problem in a sustainable way.

Sustainable Society Category Category Winner

Recy-Block

Team Members:

Jad Ennadif,
Morocco 🇲🇦
Samah Laalej,
Morocco 🇲🇦

Description:

Recy-Block is an innovative provider of building and housing material solutions that integrates eco-friendly practices and green technologies in its products and making housing more affordable and accessible for all. We are transforming plastic waste and especially plastic-based gear into eco-friendly construction material. We have developed a new formula based on 50% of plastic waste & masks and whole new cost effective production process, our first prototype is a Hollow recycled block (picture attached) that can be used in all the same ways as cement hollow, but offers better characteristics. Our hallow block is eco-friendly and 5 times harder and durable than concrete hollow with a 550 PSI compressive strength. We invented a durable and fast scalable solution that can benefit the planet our countries and help face the pandemic effects. By using our solution, we will not only considerably reduce the use of sand in the construction industry, but also provide a sustainable solution to the recycling of plastic waste.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth challenge category Sustainable Society is Recy-Block. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realisability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the challenge category Sustainable Society is Recy-Block. The Sustainable Society Jury finds that Recy-Block has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution will also contribute to saving our planet’s scarce resources by transforming plastic waste and plastic-based gear into eco-friendly construction material, which will be easily scalable and more cost-effective, durable, eco-friendly and faster to use than the existing solutions, also providing a new way for recycling plastic waste because it's time to stop more plastic from ending up in our oceans.

Education Category Category Winner

International Qualifications ID

Team Members:

Dunja Stevanovic,
Botswana 🇧🇼
Edvin Stertman,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Göran Carlsson,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Louise Karsten,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Maryam Al-abdaly,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Michelle Wanyang,
Kenya 🇰🇪
Peter Oviroh,
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Petronella Sjögren,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Samuel Boahen,
Ghana 🇬🇭
Sara Lindstrand,
Sweden 🇸🇪
Susanne Nilsson,
Sweden 🇸🇪

Description:

Students, professors, fellows & alumni from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) network, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Africa-Design, are teaming up to tackle Educational challenges! The general UN-EduPass module Provides all the necessary information and qualifications for the UN-EduPass. Educational Platform Training of informal (soft) skills through the Analytical skills tests and Problem solving cases. Provides (optional for the individual) information and qualifications for the UN-EduPass. Convert Grades The possibility to compare grade systems from different schools so that a student's GPA (grade point average) matches the grade system at a different school. The student's GPA is calculated by averaging the scores of all his/her classes. Schools around the world have different points for different grades hence their scores are valued differently. Communication and Opportunities Portfolio of schools with communication channels Large topic-specific tests - designed for those who have not received their competences through academia but elsewhere and want to apply for an education.

Motivation:

The winner in the Hack for Earth challenge category Education is UN-EduPass. For an outstanding solution in regards to the criteria Comprehensibility, Realisability, Innovativeness, Scalability, Solving the Sustainable Development Goals and Team, the winner in the Education challenge category is the team of students, professors, fellows & alumni from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) network, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Africa-Design with solution UN-EduPass. The Jury finds that the team behind UN-EduPass has created a solution that has the potential to create real change for our future world. The solution will increase educational opportunities for and enhance the mobility of youngsters around the globe through evaluating and translating students' qualifications and grades in accordance with a new global grading standard that will be recognized by any university or future employer anywhere in the world.

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Jury criteria

Each jury group will evaluate your solution based on these six criteria. The jury criteria are equally important in the evaluation. The jury criteria are the same for all 7 challenge categories.

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?

Team

Team structure, functionality, adaptability and potential to scale a solution successfully

  • How well is the team suited to realize the solution?
  • Has the team reflected on any additional needs in the team structure to realize the solution?
  • Are the members of this team motivated to invest time and energy to realize this solution?

Challenge Juries

Our partners

Our mentors for
Hack for Earth at Expo 2020

Partnership

Aniket Mone

Software Developer Tech Nordic Advocates

Software Development Solution Architecture Ui

Ayenan Salem Mihindeou

Climate Activist Web writer African Climate and Environment Foundation (ACEF)

Climate change Designing prototype Biodiversity

Aaron Lax

IT Administrator - System/Security Administrator B&F Engineering, Inc.

Python API Javascript

Abanga Abdul-Karim Ibrahim

Student President ( High School Discovery Club) High School Discovery Club

Communicator Coding Teaching

Abhi Saxena

Management Consultant Accenture-Strategy

Technology: Solution Design and Architecting How to pitch - I have won 8 international hackathons Industry expertise

Environment

Abhishek Roy

Lead Data Scientist Cargill

AI in Smart Manufacturing MLOps Food Industry

Adaeze Zita Edokwe

Senior Program Manager Seedstars

Business Model Canvas Design thinking Pitching to investors

Sustainable Society

Adam Grønlykke Mollerup

Co-founder, director Frisk fra Gården

Value chain tracability Green marketing vs greenwashing Sustainable food systems

Adam Sturesson

System Manager Sida

Sida's data The IATI standard International aid data

Ali Ayoub

Vice president لأuardians of nature

Management, communication, strategic planning, design thinking Environmental conservation, human rights activist Project manager, industry expert (participated in five hackathons previously)

Allen Selima Hossain

Senior Consultant I Ambassador Seedstar Freelancer

Pitch deck Problem solution Market Creativity for all types of startups Competency Market Research

Ameen Raad Hadeed

Strategy and Innovation Consultant Independent consultant - Former Takween Accelerator

Business Strategy Startup fundraising

Amen

Consultant within Hydroponics Private

Agriculture

Amélie Ebongué

Global Head of Brand & Social Marketing, Bestselling Author & Multicultural Strategist NA

Social media ecosystem Disrupting the ownership economy in digital area Sustainable digital solutions

Ana Clara Gobbes Faria

Content Analyst Informa Markets

Content Marketing 2030 Agenda Journalistic Writing

Sustainable Society

Andreas Sundberg

Strategic Business Developer Södertälje Municipality

Smart society Internet of Things Open data

Anna Baecklund

Head of Data Science

Data Science Banking Sector Retail Sector

Environment

Anna Klasson

Business Developer Sandbacka Science Park

Product development Steel industry Hydrogen as a part of clean energy transition

Anne Björkman

Acting Manager Digital Media/Project Manager Digital Media Södertälje Municipality

Communications Change Drive business value

Ashutosh deosthali

Tech Manager HSBC

digital solutions for medical purpose Digital solutions for clean environment digital solutions for self development

Ashwini Kumar

Technology Lead in Amazon Alexa Amazon

Cloud, AWS, Alexa, Data security Software Engineering, APIs, Java, Architecture Diagrams, Credit Cards and financial services DynamoDb, Serverless technologies, Streaming services

Avinash Deshpande

Licensed Certified ICF Coach / AssoDirector BakerTilly JFC Qatat

Communication , Connections , Creativity , Collaboration Startup Pitching Personal Growth as a CXO

Babu Ram Shankar

Associate Director AstraZeneca

Sustainability, CSR Smart Factory, Digital Transformation Lifesciences, Pharma Industry

Bamidele Isaac Itunu

Academic/SDG Advocate SDSN IRP 2022 Ex-Mentor

Quality Education Systems Thinking, Designs and Modeling Social Entrepreneurship

Education

Barbara Carolina Pineda Truyol

Psychologist The Change Lab

Innovation Business Learning Process

Bayoh

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER ORANGE SIERRA LEONE

UI/UX DESIGN- FIGMA,ADOBEXD AND SKETCH FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT-REACT,BOOTSTRAP,TAILWIND, DATABASE AND BACKEND- MYSQL,MONGODB, POSTGRES, PHP,DATASCIENCE

Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi

Projects and partnerships assistant Ecolotrip

Tech4Agric Youth4Climate Tech4Climate

Benoit de Chateauvieux

Startup Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services

Software development Cloud computing Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML)

Camilla Fransson

climate specialist infrastructure AFRY Transportation

Climate calculations in Infrastructure Climate mitigation from Infrastructure climate as one parameter when making decisions

Education

Catalina Ramirez Yunge

Profesora de Enseña Chile, programa de liderazgo colectivo Centro Educacional de Huechuraba

Gestión de Personas Manejo de aula y relaciones en comunidad educativa Gestión del cambio

Catalina Valenzuela

CEO Innovus

Digital Transformation Mainstream Gender/DEI Theory of change

Christoffer Jonsson

Project manager Hitachi Energy

Design Thinking and UX Corporate Startup Engagement Sustainable Power Transition

Christopher Odu

IT Consultant Ecweb Technology

Digital Transformation Internet Governance Policies Blockchain

Human Rights

Claire Thomas

Head of Global Compliance Investigations & Education, Engagement & Policy AstraZeneca

Employment Rights Investigations Ethics

Sustainable Society

Claudia Berenice Muciño García

Master of Science in Advanced Sustainable Design Tecnológico de Monterrey

Sustainable and green cities Sustainable design and circularity Participatory community based development

Dakou Dossiya

Green entrepreneur Green Energies For Eternal Wonderland GEFE2

African agriculture Low-cost irrigation systems Cloud solutions for a digital and ecological agriculture

Dan Phala

Software Developer

Blockchain development Software engineering Software Marketing and Selling

Dania Mahmudi

Högskolan Kristianstad

Hackathon runner-up Presentation technique Design

Daniel Chow

Digital Innovations Head AstraZeneca

Product Development Ideation/Innovations Digital Trends

Sustainable Society

Daniel Wengelin

Head of DevOps Saab AB

Resilient IT systems vs antagonistic threats Cooperation business - government - academia - the triple-helix DevOps in industry

Sustainable Society

Darren Dunn

Technical Outsourcing Manager AstraZeneca

Organic Chemistry & analytical science. Pharmaceutical manufacturing in China & Europe Health & wellbeing at work & home Sustainable & environmentally green travel and housing/living

Deepak Ghule

Agriculturist Natural farming Self employed

natural farming water management soil management

Dhyey Bhatpuria

Researcher International Water Management Institute

Geospatial Data Water solutions Environmental Data

Diala J. Daoud

Accelerator Program Specialist TASMU Accelerator

Sales and business development GCC market expansion PR, communications, and social media for startups

Donkor Paul Jnr.

Computer hardware Computer Software Meaning and importance of ICT legislations

Health

Dr Eva Daskalakis

Scientific Project Manager Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

Life Science | Medicine & Health | Academic Research | Europe Pharma | Regulatory | Digital | Medicines Science Policy | Open Science | Advocacy | Research Funding

Dr. Bijendra Kumar

Assistant Professor Bakhtiyarpur College of Engineering, Patna

Natural Resource Management Biodiversity Energy

Health

Dr. Jacob Rosenholm

Health Thorndyke and Ball

Health

Dr. Jennifer Jackson

Government Affairs Manager, Middle East and Africa AstraZeneca

Medical Education and Scientific Communication Healthcare and Policy Shaping Evidence Generation

Sustainable Society

Dr. Maha Aly

Digital Capabilities Manager UK Global Bank

Emotional Challenges in Entrepreneurship Customer /User Experience /User Interface Design Digital Products Development /Lean Startup

Dr. Ripal Ranpara

Director and Academician Excellence ICT Solutions pvt ltd and Atmiya University

Artificial intelligence and Smart automation Machine learning Deep learning Cyber security

Dr. Sanjay Joshi

Content Marketing Leader

B2B Content Strategy Thought Leadership Marketing Search Engine Optimization for Content Marketing

Dr. Vidya Nitin Patil

Professor AISSMS College of Engineering, PUNE MAHARASHTRA INDIA

Innovations, Design thinking Problem solution, out of the box thinking

Durlabh Ashok

Founding Director Youth Embassy

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Technolony and Innvoation Writing, Author of 3 books, Columnist, Journalism

Edgaras Kriukonis

Consultant Sunrise Valley science and technology park

Creating value proposition Business model canvas Digital transformation

Ege Palaz

Comms Manager Chromia Innovation Lab

Project Management Design Solutions Communication

Elisha Caleb

Founder & CEO Agrotech Plus Ltd

Climate Smart Agriculture Green Energy Climate Change

Environment

Elisseos Mavratzotis

CEO Innoveli Solutions

Cloud computing Modeling & Simulation E-learning

Elizabeth Mwende Mwendwa

Agricultural Engineer Africa Climate and Environment Foundation

Design for water harvesting structures, and Irrigation Climate Smart Agriculture for enhanced agri-food systems. Sustainable Land Management

Emile destin Ibara doniama

DBA|Blockchain Expert!IT Manager|Datascientist Mucodec|Rainforest Defense Foundation|Blockchain council

Blockchain technology AI Climate change

Eva Grønbjerg Christensen

Founder & CSR Consultant Sustainify

Corporate social responsibility & SDG rating of listed companies Sustainability, CSR & the SDGs Data, research & sustainable investing

Ewelina Jaskulska

Architect and Researcher Molekuly , Architektoniczki, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation

Gender Equality in urban development The role of local communities in urban development degrowth

Flor Esquivel Balcazar

Engineer in Environmental Technology Ecologistas en Acción

Industry, Waste management, Water, Hazardous Substances, Emissions Circular Economy emissions

Fadli

Waste management innovation specialist Proterra

Waste management WASH Agriculture

Environment

Francesco Falcioni

Biocatalysis Leader AstraZeneca

Sustainable chemical manufacturing Circular bioeconomy Reducing emissions

Fredrik Hellman

Climate Resilience Lead AstraZeneca

Reduction of green house gas emissions Adapting to climate change Safety and Health at the work place

Health

Fredrik Livheim

Research and Content startegist 29k, Researcher Karolinska Institutet. PhD Non-profit Foundation

Psychology Inner Development Goals (IDGs) Psychology via digital Soultions

Environment

George Maalouf

Test Automation Engineer

Computer engineering specialized in test and test automation Software testing and Robotic process automation Leadership in smaller groups

Ghaleb Al Ahdab

Government Affairs Associate Director AstraZeneca

Skills Industry Government Landscape

Sustainable Society

Golnaz Mirheidari

Urban planner

Mobility Strategic planning Urban design

Environment

Hanna Bramfeldt

Project Manager Sandbacka Science Park

Hydrogen-based energy systems product development Materials Research & Development

Environment

Hans Emtenäs

Director Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Green Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Development Developing People

Hari Krishna Nibanupudi

Resilience and Climate Change Adviser WFP

Climate Change Adaptation Sustainable Development-SDGs Business Sustainability

Harri Larsson

CEO Cparta Cyber Defense

Leadership Entrepreneurship Cybersecurity

Water

Harsh Sheth

Business transformation and corporate sustainability expert Apeability/wwf

Corporate engagement Unique business modeling/financial modeling/pricing Digital platforms/rapid gotomarket

Heba Al Masri

Head of Innovation Programs Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

sportstech marketing goal setting

Honorata Grzesikowska

Masterplanner, Urban Designer, Architect Urbanitarian

smart cities, urbanization, self sufficiency climate change biodiversity

Inês Boski

Product Manager/Policy Design & Innovation Consultant Schibsted/ i to I

Software Product and Project Management Rapid prototyping User Research

Environment

Irene Bramke

Environmental Risk Assessment Scientist AstraZeneca

Man-made chemicals (pharmaceuticals, pesticides) in the environment Sustainability challenges in the pharma industry Soil carbon retention

Isago Mangwane

Co-founder SoftEnergy

Renewable Energy Agritech Quantum Computing

Jan Ainali

Codebase Steward Foundation for Public Code

Open Source Open Data SDGs

Jenny Lindblad

International Pitch Coach Jenny Lindblad

Investor pitch Communications Sales

Environment

Jenny Stenström

IT Lead AstraZeneca

Digital transformation Pharmaceutical industry Innovation

John Venier

Director of the 4A ALLIANCE A ALLIANCE

Climate éducation centres, sdgs clubs, mentoring Accelerators and incubators, funding from Europe and United nations Circular economy, NAP, NDC

Jorge Alejandro Díaz Monsalves

Industrial civil engineer Consultora Clustering Ltda

Innovastion Entrepreneurship Local industries

Jose Diaz Mendoza

Innovation & solutions advisor OECD/OPSI - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

Public sector innovation AI and service design for government Solutions and pitch design

Julia Sanguinetti

R&D Advisor Mycobites

Food Sustainability (food technology, food waste, plant-based foods, etc) Data Analytics Research and development

Environment

Karan Jerath

Project Manager

Product Development and Beta Testing Growth/Scale Strategy Business Development and Hiring

Katariina Komulainen

CEO Ambitious Africa

Internationalization and SME strategy Employee engagement and motivation Efficient Time-management

Kirilka Angelova

Executive Director Alumni Association TUES

Presentation skills Entrepreneurship Project management

Health

Kristofer Vernmark

Chief Behavioral Officer, Lic. psychologist and PhD Hack for Earth Foundation

Psychological design - using research on human behavior to create real change in digital solutions Digital health - using technology to increase psychological wellbeing Team effectiveness - how to work together as an effective hackathon team

Health

Lakshmikanth Karur Rajamani

Data Scientist and Cloud Consultant Tata Consultancy Services

Sustainable solutions for Healthcare Data for social goodness Artificial Intelligence for Humans

Lanré Osibona

Tech Entrepreneur/ Founder Foresight Group

Skills & Experience Tech Ecosystem Venture Capital

Lone Jensen

Startup & Sustainability enthusiast

Ideation, problem definition & a clear vision Business impact & measurement Pitching

Health

Louise Gottlind

Business strategist in digitalization Södertälje Municipality

Sales Usability Health and social care

Health

Louiza Chitour

Co-founder/ COO Wovid Diaries

Digital Health Fundraising Go-to-market Strategy

Ludovico Dejak

Project Manager on Innovation & Sustainability CEIPES: International Center for Promotion of Education and Development

Circular Economy Strategies: regeneration in cities innovation ecosystem 360° Impact Strategies: Organisational Design, Benefit Corporation and B Corp Design Thinking: from an idea to a disruptive business plan

Environment

Magnus Blomberg

Senior Director, Sweden Biologics Programme & Strategy Global Biologics Operations

Passionate about behavior change to drive climate action Building bridges between people/countries to tackle our biggest challenges Equitable access to patient centric health care

Maija Luukka

Co-Founder Ambitious Africa

Business Idea Development Pitch decks & pitching Customer experience/ journey

Maila Reeves

Chief commercial office Solice

Strategy Sales Investment / fundraising

Manpreet Singh

LANGUAGE RESEARCHER RC

Action LANGUAGE Belief

Maria Bueno

Professor Ibmec/Yduqs

Human rights Development Social businesses

Maria Julia Torres

Digital Transformation Analyst Greenpeace International

Digital Transformation SDGs, Small Island Development States, International Development, Policies Youth Entrepreneurship in the African continent (focus on the PALOPs), Design Thinking

Mariam Umarji

Finance Expert MB Consulting

Finance Conservation & Biodiversity Aid and Development

Marjan Mohsenin

Senior Director, Strategic Relations Singularity University

How to eloquently "sell" your big idea. How to present yourself, speak clearly and be "like-able", on stage and on zoom. How to do business development for your company or project.

Martijn van Praagh

R&D manager Environment Afry

Environmental pollutants Environmental risks Sustainable resource management

Maya Moukbel

Head of Innovation Ericsson AB

Innovation Entrepreneurship Technology

Mbuyu Bilga Omari

Technical Coordinator Consumer Power Initiative Accenture-Strategy Spectrum Analytics

Cybersecurity Digital Transformation Information Technology

Md. Safaet Hossain

Associate Professor & Head, Departmnet of Computer Science and Engineering City University

Smart Cities Fourth Industrial Revolution Sustainable Digital Solutions

Memevegni Mahouty Arthur

Business creation advisor Cepi-Developpement

Starting a business Innovation Innovation

Milena Kraeva

Innovation Consultant

Target Market Validation Prototype / Product Development Pitch Deck

Minda Sakadi

Expert comptable Association WOULLA

Culture maraîchère Transformation des Produits locaux Commercialisation

Misha Nicholas

SDG Communicator USCRI

Agriculture Climate Change Climate tech

Mohamed Rabie Mohamed Sayed

Managing Business Consultancy Services HyperThink Systems

Business Model Canvas, Business Plans Formulation & Value Propositions. Rehearse the presentation and provide feedback to improve it. Investment and Rising Fund

Sustainable Society

Mohamed Samy

Head of Digital Services Ericsson

Innovation in telco and business models Business development and preparing for your first pitch Leadership and motivation

Morenike Ayodele

Marketing, PR, Corporate Communications and Customer Experience Manager Broadspectrum Limited

Leveraging Storytelling in marketing & PR to drive visibility Content Creation and Digital Marketing Fintech + Agritech + Circular Economy

Moses Baffour Kyei

Association for Community Empowerment Solutions( ACESWorld)

SDGs business climate change

Mourir Kabbara

Senior Manager, Cities and Local Government PwC

Business model Ideation and conceptualisation Go to market strategy

Sustainable Society

Murphy Alex

Leadership Advisor To Lead The Way

Sustainable Leadership Team Management Change management

Mwijukye rodgers

Director Ecomak Recyclers Limited

Climate change Biodiversity Smart Cities

Sustainable Society

Nadia Paleari

Brand Consultant and Cultural Diplomacy Advisor SDSN Youth

Innovative Project Management Food sustainability Brand and Digital Marketing

Environment

Natasa Kurucki

Policy Officer European Commission

Creating a business and your own startup, where to start, how to get contacts, what are the most important steps to get on your feet? Pitching in front of investors, venture capitals, and angels. Business models, plans, and partnerships. Innovation - way forward, how, where, and when?

Naval Vaswani

Founder & CEO Cure Foundation Pakistan

Vocational Learning and development Business Development Microfinance

Health

Noha Radwan

Transformation and happiness coach, trainer

Wellebieng at workplace Personal transformation Growth mindset and change

Olga Kokshagina

Innovation consultant and researcher Percept.studio

Innovation Product-market fit Digital

Olle Lundin

Founder Swedish JobTech

Innovation and change management Labor market Project management

Pauliina Meskanen

Founder Survivaltech.club

Health

Pelle Axelsson

Digital Innovation Lead AstraZeneca

Digital Health/eHealth Healthcare Healthtech innovation

Priscilla Okechukwu

Coding Head, Orange Digital Centre Orange Digital Centre Sierra Leone

Design Thinking Machine Learning Business Intelligence

Priyanka Chakraborty

Student, Author, Writer Save & Plant Trees!, Learn Together!

Public Speaking, Podcasting, Storytelling Educating and Mentoring Writing, Author of 3 books, Columnist, Journalism

Education

Rachael Kalaba

Founder Zambia Women Institute of Leadership and Learning (ZamWiLL)

Access to education Girl Child Education Technology and Education

Education

Rasak Akorede

Activists for Sustainable Development Goal Global Citizen

skills Area of knowledge Industry

Rasmus Haggkvist

Marketing Consultant Schoolmentors AB

Social media marketing Blockchain solutions (no-code) Idea validation and assessment

Richard Okoe

President Community Development Challenge

Biodiversity Engaging smallholder farmers Business development

Human Rights

Ricieri Vidal Marchi

Lawyer, Ph.D Candidate University of Milan

Business and Human Rights Circular Economy Law and Sustainability

Education

Rita Nassif

Co-founder and Fundraising Director Wovid Diaries

Digital Education Critical thinking and problem solving for language learning and teaching Fundraising

Environment

Rob Tiffany

Vice President and Head of IoT Strategy Ericsson

Utilizing Internet of Things technologies to meet the Sustainable Development Goals Precision Agriculture Software architecture and development

Saif Haque

IT Infrastructure Program Manager Allianz Technology

Business Strategy for AI App Development Cloud Technologies

Sandeep Ghule

DGM Product Planning, Strategy Mahindra & Mahindra

Mass transport Solutions like buses Product Strategy Automobile Industry

Sandra Greisman

Group Manager Urban development and Mobility AFRY

Retail/F&B business Liveable cities/consumer behaviour Real Estate development

Sara Karim

Teaching Assistant International Islamic University Chittagong

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Astronomy

Sarah Lund

Director of international collaborations and strategic sustainability initiatives Klimatorium

Communications and design Water climate adaptation and mitigation Power to x

Shahzad Asghar

Head of Data Analysis Group UNHCR

Big Data AI GIS

Sherif Abdelhadi

Business Development Expert Dvcircles

Business modeling and business development Financial planning and analysis Go to market strategy

Education

Sima Valizadeh

Business plan and Tecknolgy startegist Sandbacka Science Park

Smart Manufacturing; digital transformation, Adopt sustainable production methods. Distributed, Reused and recycled through dditive Manufacturing /3D Printing technology Sustainable Development/industry: economic growth & production and sharing technology, science and innovation

Education

Simarjit Kaur

IELTS teacher Self

Language Partnership Reading

Sofia Herrström

Statistician SIDA

Development finance data OECD/DAC development finance standard Climate finance reporting

Stacy Douglas

Education Consultant

Skills related to leadership development Education industry Training and learning

Susanne-Kikki Israelsson

Founder/Business and Innovation Transformer NEWaste AB

Business development Design Development Innovation processes

Swetha Jegannathan

Medical Devices Regulatory Solutioning Freyr Solutions

Digital health and Lifesciences Sustainability and eco friendly ideation Food and Agriculture

Sylvain Djérambété

National Director International Environmental Student Coalition - Chad

Environmental Education Sustainable Manufacturing Climate Change

Tahani AlHajri

Coach/Incubation Specialist Qatar Development Bank

Problem mapping Customer Validation & Segmentation Pitch Deck Creation

Tatjana Karpenja

Project manager Sustainability & Digitalisation RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN

Sustainability strategy & assessment Circular economy & business models Successful pitch

Tebogo Mogaleemang

Organisation Lead Spectrum Analytics

Data Innovation - including AI. Data Management & Data Fabrics Sustainable Community Impact

Tejashree Dewoolkar

Consultant- Sustainability and CSR Developmatrix

Sustainable cities- System thinking facilitation and Innovation, Program design and sustainable product development, zero waste design Climate change- Risk assessment, Business strategy, ESG rating of Business Diversity and Inclusion, water and conscious energy consumption : product development

Thomas Bisballe

Cofounder Pozzle Planet

Consumer app development, game design Blockchain/web3 Digital and social impact driven business models

Tinos Noe Anago

CEO NerdX Digital

Expérience knowledge Skills

Vedant Kulkarni

Author - The Agenda World Economic Forum

Burning problems in the agriculture industry in Global South Innovations required to curb global food insecurity Renewable (solar) Energy grids and storage needs and current international energy policy

Vijay Kumar Thurram

United Nations Local Pathways Fellow Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Smart Cities Natural Resources Management Transport

Viktoria Skarler

Section head Malmoe city

Digital organization and communication Systematic quality steering and e-governance Project management and IT-project management

Yahya Mohamed Mao

Head of Business Development & Marketing Swiss GRC

Strategic Marketing Business Development PR & Communications

Yasmine Al Moghrabi

Regional Youth Leader in Road safety / Ph.D in Transportation Engineering

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Road Safety Management, Traffic Engineering Sustainable Development Goals Pitching the Investors

Our challenges for
Hack for Earth at Expo 2020

We have seven challenge categories connected to the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For each one of the seven challenge categories there are five specific challenges. They are the foundation of the hackathon competition.
The challenges in Hack for Earth are firmly anchored in citizen driven innovation. To create the challenges we have analyzed 1K+ dreams from 60+ countries from the global Dream for Earth campaign (read more about Dream for Earth here), and combined the result with the expertise & knowledge from our partner community (read more about our partners here). Finally, the Board of the Hack for Earth Foundation decided on the final five challenges in each category. 

What are SDGs?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Addressing the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, justice and more. Read more at globalgoals.org.

Water Category

Billions of people today are lacking access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene which lead to deadly diseases and complications - that could have been prevented. Our oceans are suffering from how we treat our planet and dead zones are continuing to spread even though we know that the oceans play a crucial role to us as human beings and to the whole ecosystem.

The challenges for Water Category category are:

1. How can we define the average, fair, and over usage of water consumption relevant to location and communities and region and map it to water distribution? 2. How can we improve an individual's knowledge on their water footprint to help them make better purchase decisions? 3. How can we define which type of plants are suitable to specific climate and location and quantity of water needed, when designing green spaces in cities? 4. How can we keep our oceans/natural water resources safe and clean from plastics, both for us and biodiversity? 5. How can we manage, control, and monitor overfishing and what types of fish is or is not suitable for the fishing season?

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

6. Clean water & sanitation 14. Life below water

Partnership Category

Compassion and a strong moral compass is essential to every democratic society. Looking at the world, development seems to be going in the wrong direction. In many places institutions are threatened, people are exposed to violence, organized crime is flourishing, child abuse and unequal access to justice is common. Creating partnerships worldwide is more than ever crucial to this world and us human beings. With Covid-19 still tormenting the world, we need to collaborate worldwide in supporting developing countries as well as sharing knowledge, giving and sharing access to technology, science and innovation. All this in order to make the change and find the solutions we need, to the challenges we are facing.

The challenges for Partnership Category category are:

1. How might we engage youths around the world to co-create solutions to some of the world’s complex challenges? 2. How can we break cultural, technological, and organizational borders for partnerships to solve complex global challenges? 3. How might we help establish trust between organizations to build effective global partnerships? 4. How can we use storytelling to build concrete collaborations for global goals? 5. How might we bridge the digital divide to build unity and remove boundaries?

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

16. Peace, justice and strong institutions 17. Partnerships for the goals

Environment Category

Global warming and disastrous weather conditions are all over the news constantly, and these ominous climate changes are undeniably caused by mankind. It doesn't matter where in the world you are living, we can all see that the disturbing changes in our climate are increasing too rapidly. The oceans drive global systems that make earth habitable for us humans but still there is a continuous deterioration of the oceans, having an adversarial effect on the ecosystems and biodiversity. Life below water is suffering as well as life on land.

The challenges for Environment Category category are:

1. What are the enablers to accelerating the sustainable and just transition towards affordable and clean energy? 2. What are the opportunities to reduce fossil fuels? 3. What can be done at the community/individual level to leverage green technology to prevent extreme climate situations and raise climate action 4. How to accelerate the reduction of water consumption and safeguarding the quality of water (land/ocean)? 5. How to incentivize stakeholders to build a supportive environment to co-create solutions for the climate?

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

7. Affordable and clean energy 13. Climate Action 14. Life below water 15. Life on land

Health Category

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to a sustainable development for the people on this planet, and it is also a human right according to the United Nations. Still, this is not something that all people on earth can take for granted. Not everyone can even be sure that they will have access to something as basic as food, and even more people than before are suffering from acute hunger. The people of the world, suffering from hunger, need a change, today.

The challenges for Health Category category are:

1. How can we improve healthcare system preparedness for future incidents? 2. How do we empower nurses and community leaders to raise awareness about health (female health, nutrition, vaccination) in rural areas? 3. How can we have/access true, evidence-based information to address health challenges and inform policymaking? 4. How can public-private partnerships help country health systems to deliver medicines in a locally affordable context? 5. How can we preserve student’s mental well-being while studying? (this includes positive associations with failure, innovation)

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

2. Zero hunger 3. Good health and well-being,

Human Rights Category

Human Rights are inherent to all human beings on earth. As humans we should have the same right to life, such as the right to food, education, work, health and liberty. But still, this is not the case for everyone. There is, unfortunately, a large variety of inequalities that both have a negative effect on an individual level, on society and for the world.

The challenges for Human Rights Category category are:

1. How can we ensure that children in schools have access to healthy and environmentally friendly produced food? 2. How do we ensure equal access to information through the internet? 3. How do we tackle climate change effects as a global challenge leaving no one behind? 4. How to provide everyone with the opportunity to be creative and inspired to imagine a better future? 5. How can we ensure equal rights for women and girls and fight discrimination?

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

1. No poverty 2. Zero hunger 10. Reduced inequalities

Sustainable Society Category

More than half the world’s population is living in cities and the number is expected to rise even higher in the years to come. On the one hand, the cities contribute to economic growth and progress but on the other hand cities are also accountable for leaving devastating footprints on our planet. Technology and innovation are keys at the forefront in finding sustainable solutions for our cities, and at the same time the digital divide is still growing. It remains a fact that many people on our planet lack affordable access to the Internet. Also, economic growth and decent jobs are not something available to everyone. Our planet is suffering due to our consumption and production and leaving many behind - and our common future is depending on a change.

The challenges for Sustainable Society Category category are:

1. How can smart societies accelerate the transformation to sustainable societies? 2. How can sustainable infrastructure support societies and make housing more affordable and accessible for all? 3. How can we make ethical and fair data available for all to develop sustainable societies? 4. How can we make our cities greener? 5. How can we build resilience in communities' infrastructure to adapt to climate change?

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

8. Decent work & economic growth 9. Industry, innovation & infrastructure 11. Sustainable cities & communities 12. Responsible consumption & production

Education Category

Education is a basic key to success in our lives, but it is also the very foundation on which we can build a brighter future for our planet. Still, groups of people don’t have access to basic education, like reading and writing. Many, and often girls, are excluded or not permitted to go to school. Negative effects arise from children and youth not having access to education, both on an individual level but also on a socioeconomic level. Gender equality is a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world, along with absence from discrimination based on religion, sexual preference, political views, ethnicity, age and background.

The challenges for Education Category category are:

1. How can we create an educational model that is accessible across the globe for all and that fosters agency to solve global challenges? 2. Bravery in education for teachers and learners. How can we support teachers to update their curriculum to meet the demands of the future? 3. How can we assure financing and availability for up-skilling, re-skilling for life-long learning for all? 4. How can tech help educational institutions to combat disinformation? 5. “Educational passport”. How can we assure that qualifications get evaluated in a standardized way internationally? (Alternative educational systems and forms of learning, informal ways, outside of classroom skills, soft skills, etc)

We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:

4. Quality education 5. Gender equality 10. Reduced inequalities

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