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Hack the Global Consumption

Develop solutions and platforms which reduce need of energy and/or reduce level of material consumption.
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About the organizations

The United Nations Technology Innovation Labs (UNTIL) are designed to move humanity forward faster by using innovative technology to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Each Lab focuses on developing technological innovations related to specific thematic areas. These thematic areas are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are central to the needs of the host country. The Labs will use AI, Blockchain, IoT and other cutting-edge technologies to develop open source solutions that will be available to all Member States. The UN Technology Innovation Labs will create a platform for collaborative problem solving and exchange of ideas between UN resources, academia, start-ups, corporates, NGOs and governments.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is one of the leading research and technology organisations in Europe. Our role is to help the society and companies grow through the means of technological innovations. We see business opportunities in the biggest global challenges like climate change and resource sufficiency or security. We believe in co-operation, where different companies, researchers and actors with different backgrounds come together. Our role in this hack is to provide mentoring as well as be a possible partner to the teams to develop their ideas further with the help of our experts, networks and research infrastructure.

Solution domains we appreciate

  • Relation to energy,
  • Consumption-related,
  • New platform economy business models,
  • New circular economy business models,
  • Solutions which utilize AI, machine learning eg. for prediction, personalization and easy transaction, trend and value analysis,
  • Blockchain for adding trust, transparency and efficiency in value networks.

Prizes for winners

  • 10 000€ in cash
  • UNTIL Finland is co-hosting the Challenge to find potential partners, who may have the possibility of co-working in the Lab and access to UN networks.
  • The winners (up to three people) will also have the opportunity to present their demos at the world-leading start-up conference Slush in December 2018. *note: startups/scaleups must be eligible applicants for Slush in order to receive the passes.

Deadline for applications: 13th November 2018

Who can create a challenge?

  • If you want to publish a challenge on the NokiaPartners - Open communities and get support from the community to solve your problems, you first need to be registered on the platform. Then you need to contact the NokiaPartners - Open communities administrator in the Community section. They will create the challenge for you. Search for “admin” in the Community section, and click on “Nokia Admin” to contact and ask for your challenge to be created.

 

How do I submit an answer/proposal?

  • To contribute to a challenge, first open the challenge page, and then click on the "start proposal" button on the right-hand-side. A new page will appear with different text fields to fill in and attachments to include. You can also link to an existing project you have previously created on the platform. Once you have finished, click on submit.
  • If you save as draft, your submission will not be completed and will not be submitted to the challenge owner.

 

What happens once I submit?

  • Once you have submitted your proposal, your ‘Challenge Submission Form’ becomes accessible by the creator or the challenge, who can see and edit your proposal. Through the challenge page, only the owner of the challenge can see the different proposals submitted against his/her challenge. It is up to the challenge owner to inform participants about decisions and potential next steps.
  • To note, when you save a submission as draft, it is not submitted to the challenge owner.

 

Who can see my proposal?

  • The owner of the challenge, the submission review committee, and the NokiaPartners - Open communities Administrator team are the only ones who can see your proposed ideas and solutions to the challenge.

 

What happens if my proposal is successful?

  • For each challenge, submission review and selection process is different and the responsibility of the challenge owner. If your project is selected, the owner of the challenge will come back to you with further guidance on the next steps.

 

What happens if it is unsuccessful?

  • For each challenge, submission review and selection process is different and the responsibility of the challenge owner. If your project is not shortlisted, the owner of the challenge will inform you using the messaging features of NokiaPartners - Open communities. Your proposed ideas will then be removed/deleted from challenge submissions.
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