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Hexion Announces Innovation Challenge
The Business Wire website reported that Hexion Inc., in collaboration with Innoget, is offering an exclusive opportunity for individuals and teams to submit technical proposals based on new renewable resins and raw materials that can be used to formulate more sustainable, lower yellowing coatings. The Open Innovation challenge — “Create the
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Singapore Fintech Festival a Success
The Fintech Times reported that the Singapore Fintech Festival attracted 60,000 participants from over 160 countries. A number of open innovation challenges were reported. The Food Waste National Innovation Challenge was launched by the National Environment Agency to address the sustainable and automated
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Innovation and Infrastructure in Limerick
An article on the Ulir website about the Irish city of Limerick noted that present-day energy infrastructure is still reliant on carbon-based fuels and we now know that this must change. What replaces carbon-based fuels is the question being explored in Limerick. A collaborative operating structure supports
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Leading Innovation Educators Launch Global Program Connecting Tech Students to Professional Mentors and Opportunities
PR Newswire reported that leading educators from UC Berkeley, the IE University Venture Lab and other institutions announced the Global Venture Catalyst (GVC)™ program, a free opportunity connecting undergraduate technical students from the world’s top-ranked universities with industry educators,
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Foresight, Vestas & Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service Launch Open Innovation Challenge to Transform Wind Turbine Industry
The Foresight website announced that Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre officially launched SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Connect, an open innovation challenge for innovators across Canada to solve industry challenges from around the globe. Taking a market-driven approach, the first challenge,
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How Seeing Ideas of Others Can Harm Creativity in Open Innovation
The American Marketing Association posted an article which maintained that open innovation contests which involve seeing numerous competitive ideas of others harms, rather than stimulates, creative performance. Others’ competitive prior ideas interfere with idea generation, as new ideas need to be
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Vedanta Launches Global Corporate Innovation & Ventures program
The IndianWeb2 website announced that the Vedanta Group has launched “Vedanta Spark”, an initiative wherein the company is looking to partner with early-stage, growth stage and venture stage Digital Tech start-ups in order to tap into massive innovation and growth opportunities. Anand Laxshmivarahan
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Global Open Innovation Challenge Seeks Submissions for Reimagining Private Sector Fundraising
The European Fundraising Association reported that a group of international NGOs are seeking ideas on how to reimagine private sector fundraising and make it more sustainable for the future. The 14 international NGOs, which include Action Against Hunger, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, UNICEF and
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New Tech Needed to Boost Rice Growing Water Productivity by 75%
The PRNewswire website reported that the AgriFutures Rice Program is reaching out to innovators across Australia in search of new technologies to boost water productivity in rice growing by 75 percent within five years. With sustained drought and reduced water allocations leading to one of Australia’s
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Nisti’s Open Innovation Challenge
The Seychelles Nation website reported that following a ceremony to reward the winners of the Open Innovation Challenge, the National Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (Nisti) of Seychelles hosted a certificate ceremony for the remaining students who participated in the challenge. The
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