Today is your last chance to register for our From Lab to Market Challenge Award Event. So make sure to register and grab your ticket now! Why participate? 👇 There are many reasons why so few chemists consider setting up a company. Academic research continues to be strongly publication-driven and is somewhat disconnected from the ‘real world’. Inventions tend to arise out of scientific curiosity and not as a response to real-life customer problems. Entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial mindset are a real rarity for scientists in fields like chemistry and biology. It is therefore hardly surprising that starting a business seems abstract, distant and sometimes unrealistic in the eyes of many natural scientists… But not for the scientists who submitted their ideas to our From Lab to Market Challenge! 😎 At our Grand Award Event on June 10 at Henkel Inspiration Center in Düsseldorf, scientists will showcase their innovative chemistry-driven ideas poised to revolutionize the chemical industry. Among the pioneering concepts are CYNiO's safer isocyanate synthesis method, DecerNEXT's data-driven experimentation approach, AlgaCore's eco-friendly textile fibers from algae, and HyphaGrowth's mycomaterial insulation from agricultural waste. HABER Solutions offers software for sustainable chemical reactor optimization, SeCaRa presents a groundbreaking plastic sorting and recycling method, and NAvOil introduces microbial oils as sustainable alternatives to traditional vegetable oils. Power2Polymers specializes in PFAS-free chemical building blocks, GasStreamResources enhances chlorine production efficiency, and PlastiQuant provides innovative nanoplastic detection solutions. Finally, Breakomers aims to revolutionize plastic recycling with renewable and easily separable plastics. Get ready for a glimpse into the future of sustainable chemistry! Besides the presentations and award ceremony of our eleven participating teams, you will hear an inspirational talk from team Simplyfined, one of last year´s successful participants and you will also listen to an exciting panel discussion with Karl D Collins, Adilson Arli Da Silva Filho, Arianna Savini and Johannes Velling. And on top of that, all guests who are interested are welcome to join a guided tour of Henkel Inspiration Center. Thanks to all chemstars partners and sponsors to make this possible! Henkel Evonik Evonik Venture Capital Bayer | Crop Science Bayer Crop Science | Innovation Ecosystem Braskem Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG Covestro VCI NRW Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Industrie, Klimaschutz und Energie des Landes NRW RAG-Stiftung KOALA Startup Network NRW.BANK CHEManager ZENIT GmbH EXIST - Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft Get your ticket here 👇
René Hanke
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Looking forward to this! 🙌
Viel Erfolg und vor allem viel Spaß an alle Teilnehmer! Wirklich ein tolles Event❤️
Looking forward to all the pitches and guests 🙌🏼 See you there!