

SOL/People-Planet-Food Hackathon
1. Description of the Challenge
SOL/People-Planet-Food Hackathon
- Avebe: GenAI for Avebe Innovation
- Lamb Weston B.V.: How to assess the effect of pumping Batter in our factories and simulate this on lab scale?
- Fugro: Scaling Nature-Based Solutions: From Pilots to Full-Scale Impact
- Mijzo: Empowering communities through everyday help
- SportCity: Moving people
- Boon Food Group: Cracking the Protein Puzzle: How to Reach 50/50 by 2030
- De Graaf Bakeries: Sustainable employment through inclusion
- Youz: Administrative excellence
- Elite: Reduce water consumption in production
- Beaphar: Rethinking wellbeing at work: how to reduce both physical and mental absenteeism?
The program is filled with elements designed to inspire you:
9.30 Walk in
10.00 Welcome + keynote speaker
10.30 DISC-training
11:30 Problem definition by the company
12:00 Brainstorm
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Feedback on the first ideas
14:30 Prioritise, validate, research the solution together with experts from the industry
16:30 Present the ultimate solution to the company
17:00 Step on the box with your solution
17:30 Drinks & bites
18:30 End of event
2. Expected Outcome
An innovative solution to the challenges posed by the University Challenge partners.
This is the perfect opportunity for you to come together with organisations and students in the field of high tech systems and engineering. Be inspired by industry experts, work on real business challenges, and connect with these companies for the next step in your career.
About Soapbox
Soapbox knows what moves young people and we use these insights to develop impactful campaigns. We do this together with companies, schools, universities and government institutions.
We listen, learn, analyze and create concepts. We do this every day with a team of around 30 enthusiastic colleagues. Our close-knit team works from our offices in Maastricht, Amsterdam and Cape Town. Together we can do a lot. We are proud of what we make and do it with great pleasure.
