Deadline: August 15, 2017
Do you have an innovation that can
change the quality of air that we
breathe? Enter for the Smogathon
Global Edition Competition 2017.
Smogathon is an initiative aiming to fight the air pollution
through technology. Their idea is to get
start-ups from all over the world to
compete in order to find the best
solutions to solve the problem of
smog.
Over 92% of the world’s population inhales unhealthy air and over seven million people worldwide die prematurely every year because of smog. This needs to stop and Smogathon here to help! What is Smogathon 2017 Global Edition looking for?
Over 92% of the world’s population inhales unhealthy air and over seven million people worldwide die prematurely every year because of smog. This needs to stop and Smogathon here to help! What is Smogathon 2017 Global Edition looking for?
The most
desirable projects are in the following
areas:
• Indoor air purifying
• Outdoor air purifying
• Household heat & power
generation and storage
• Smog as a resource
• New ways of smog mapping and predicting
• Air pollution prevention
Background
Smogathon started in Fall of 2015 when the city, Krakow, was covered in
heavy smog and loaded with air
pollutants. Back then Smogathon was
a multidisciplinary 24-hour hackathon.
During that hackathon, diverse teams of scientists, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, sociologists, marketers, as well as other students and professionals, worked to create specific, practical and implementable solutions to fight air pollution. Ideas developed by the teams were judged by a jury and presented to the authorities of the city.
250 participants and mentors created 13 teams that proposed 44 ideas and worked on 11 projects.
Eight finalists were nominated to pitch their projects and five of them took awards home.
During that hackathon, diverse teams of scientists, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, sociologists, marketers, as well as other students and professionals, worked to create specific, practical and implementable solutions to fight air pollution. Ideas developed by the teams were judged by a jury and presented to the authorities of the city.
250 participants and mentors created 13 teams that proposed 44 ideas and worked on 11 projects.
Eight finalists were nominated to pitch their projects and five of them took awards home.
Prize
The best project will receive a prize of '$25,000' in cash for project development and a contract worth $75,000 for
implementation of the project in Krakow.
Eligibility
• Open to teams, startups, and
companies who want to fight
smog with technology, science
or any other kind of
innovation;
• You need to operate under
any kind of internationally
recognized legal entity.
Click HERE to apply.
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