Paint The Future
The AkzoNobel Startup Challenge
Calling all startups, scale-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators! The first edition of Paint the Future – the AkzoNobel startup challenge is now open and ready to discover new and revolutionary solutions that will accelerate innovation in the world of paints and coatings
The challenge connects bright minds and promising solutions from across the globe with AkzoNobel’s expertise, global scale and resources. Innovators, challenge teams, institutions and industry experts will work together to enhance the submitted ideas, forming a truly collaborative ecosystem.
Launched in partnership with KPMG, the challenge focuses on five key areas:
- Smart application
- Enhanced functionality
- Circular solutions
- Life science infusion
- Predictable performance
Register at letspaintthefuture.com to join the platform, submit solutions and contribute industry expertise as part of the community. More information about the challenge, this year’s five themes and submission process are also available in greater detail on the website.
The deadline for new submissions is March 1, 2019, and participants on the platform will continue to explore, discuss and enrich ideas until March 12, after which AkzoNobel experts will select finalists to participate in the finals event in Amsterdam May 14 to 16. Shortly thereafter, the company will begin working with winners on sustainable business opportunities.
BRIEF CHALLENGE DESCRIPTION
Smart application
How could your solution change or improve the way customers apply our products?
Enhanced functionality
What exciting new functionality can your technology offer to make coatings cleaner, more responsive or adaptive?
Circular solutions
How would your solution enable circular use of materials at any point in our value chain?
Life science infusion
How can your solution, containing bio-active technology, help bring better performance or innovative features to our coatings?
Predictable performance
How can we collect and augment data more innovatively to make predictions for real-world surface performance more accurate?
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Overview
| Program dates | May 14 - May 16, 2019 |
| Organizer | AkzoNobel |
| Website | Visit website |
| Targets |
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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| Sectors | Arts |
