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Powered by 1 Welcome Welcome to the fi nals of the second edition of Imagine Chemistry, the open innovation challenge of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals. After the success of last year’s edition and a very interesting submission period, we are extremely excited to host you here in Sweden and to get to know you and your ideas better over the coming days. You are joining us at a very exciting time for our company. Recently AkzoNobel announced the intended sale of Specialty Chemicals, and our vision for our future as an independent company is taking shape. Imagine Chemistry is a centerpiece of that vision. Imagine Chemistry is all about fi nding innovative solutions to real life chemistry challenges. As a global leader in highly demanding chemistry, as well as safety and sustainability, we have experience and exper- tise few companies can match. However, we have realized that we don’t have all the answers. That’s where Imagine Chemistry comes in. We believe that collaboration is the added ingredient we need to keep creating value for our customers and become a better company day in and day out. Through Imagine Chemistry, we are fi nding new partners with innovative ideas, complementary skills, and energy with whom we can work to fi nd solutions to the challenges we face as a business. The fi nalists here all have ideas that we believe have the potential for global impact. We can’t wait to roll up our sleeves and see how we can work together to make their ideas a reality, create shared success, and build a more sustainable future. Werner Fuhrmann CEO, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals 2 3 Index Key logistical information Key logistical information Important Key Important information 3 information contacts Key contacts 3 Event area 4 • You will be given a lanyard and a visitors badge at the Hotels/transportation/illness: Event schedule 5 beginning of the program. Wear this visibly at all times Zelina Bexander: +46709577044 during the program. • In the mornings and evenings, we will walk with the Individual progam: Challenge & challengers group to the event or dinner location. To avoid delays to Lennaert Klerk: +31621144055 the program please be on time. Departure times will be About Imagine Chemistry 9 communicated via the app. Press: Challenge areas 10 • The Imagine Chemistry event app contains information Rumyana Hristova: +31615539521 Finalist descriptions 12 about your individual program. The app is available for Submissions statistics 20 Android and iPhone via the app store. People & partners Jury members 22 Special guests & keynote speakers 24 Sponsors 25 Imagine Chemistry Partners 26 Challenge Team Leads 27 Mentors 28 Program management 30 2017 finalists on working with AkzoNobel 31 About the partnership between AkzoNobel and KPMG 33 Food & fun Dinner locations 34 About Gothenburg 34 Things to do 34 Distribution partners 35 Closing statement 36 4 5 Event area Event schedule We have organized a full Event area map Addresses program designed to help you strengthen your proposal, Ground ﬂ oor Basement Elite Park Avenue Hotel Kungsportsavenyen 36, learn from each other and 411 36 Gothenburg improve as a startup and an Chalmers Ventures entrepreneur, meet the other Vera’s Lawn, Vera Sandbergs allé 8 participants, and – most 412 96 Gothenburg importantly - have fun! Vera’s Gränd Vera’s th Lawn Tuesday May 29 Catering area During the course of the day Participants arrive and check into Elite Park Avenue Hotel 18.00 – 19.00 19.00 – 20.00 Informal welcome Dinner Outside Outside @ Space62 area area 20.00 – 21.00 6 7 Event schedule Wednesday May 30th Thursday May 31st Vera’s Lawn Participants rooms Catering area Vera’s Lawn Participants rooms Catering area 08.00 – 09.00 Welcome + Coffee and tea 08.00 – 09.00 Welcome + Coffee and tea Keynote speaker: Introduction by Johan Landfors 09.00 – 10.00 Peter Nieuwenhuizen 09.00 – 10.00 Keynote speakers: 10.00 – 11.00 Ben Dolman 10.00 – 11.00 Individual program Magnus Björnse • Expert sessions • Master classes 11.00 – 12.00 11.00 – 12.00 • Call in your experts • Individual sessions Individual program • Shoot video pitch 12.00 – 13.00 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Lunch Lunch break Lunch break 13.00 – 14.00 13.00 – 14.00 14.00 – 15.00 14.00 – 15.00 Drinks and snacks • Expert sessions 15.00 Deliver 15.00 – 16.00 • Master classes 15.00 – 16.00 fi nal proposal • Call in your experts • Individual sessions Drinks and snacks • Shoot video pitch 16.00 – 17.00 16.00 – 17.00 17.00 – 18.00 17.00 – 18.00 Boat tour 18.00 – 19.00 18.00 – 19.00 19.00 – 20.00 Dinner in 19.00 – 20.00 BBQ city center open to all stakeholders @ Mercado Mexico 20.00 – 21.00 20.00 – 21.00 and @ Market @ Långedrags Värdshus 8 9 Event About schedule Imagine Chemistry Friday June 1st At AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, we are looking for ways to create a more sustainable and liveable world through Vera’s Lawn chemistry. Together with KPMG, we launched Imagine 08.00 – 09.00 Chemistry to invite startups to work with us as equal partners to fi nd solutions to some of the most urgent challenges facing 09.00 – 10.00 Welcome + Coffee and tea our business and give them a route to market in turn. 10.00 – 11.00 For two months, startups and researchers in chemistry are invited to submit ideas related to specifi c challenge Award areas via our open collaboration platform. On the platform, our experts and participants work together to ceremony improve upon the ideas and explore potential fi ts with our business. 11.00 – 12.00 This year 150 ideas were submitted to the six challenge areas and one open box idea by chemistry startups, scientists, research groups, and students from around the world. A jury made up of AkzoNobel Specialty 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Chemicals business and R&D leaders and prominent international experts then selected the most promising ideas to join the fi nals at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. During this event, fi nalists will work with AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals experts and partners in R&D, fi nance, innovation, and marketing, as well as senior management and potential investors, to further develop their solutions. The jury will review the fi nal proposals and select the winning teams. Winners will receive the customized support they need to scale up their solutions and bring them to market. 10 11 Challenge areas Sustainable small particle technologies Revolutionizing chlorate production We are a leading supplier of small particles which enhance product or process performance in a wide array of We have taken a leading role in optimizing the chlorate manufacturing process through our own research and applications. Our particles already enable significant sustainability improvements, but we see a growing need collaborations with universities and other partners. We want to take the sustainability of this process to the for new materials that offer further sustainability benefits as well as more efficient and advanced performance. next level and are looking for new methods which are more energy efficient and free of materials of concern. Wastewater-free chemical sites Sustainable liquid-to-powder technologies As a sustainability leader, we are looking for improved methods to purify our wastewater streams to decrease We produce various products in the liquid phase which are supplied to the market as a powder. The product our environmental impact. In line with our vision of truly circular chemistry, we aim to reduce the organic properties, performance, and ease of handling of these materials are highly dependent on the drying process. matter content, reuse the water, and sell the salt as a valuable raw material, thereby closing the water loop We need new approaches to keep meeting the increasing demand for more advanced product technology. in our factories. Zero footprint surfactant platforms Intelligent chemical plants Surfactants are used in a wide variety of applications. We need a flexible toolbox from which we can tune We’ve spent the past 60 years optimizing the performance of our chemical plants, making them more efficient, surfactants to meet the needs of this range of applications in a sustainable way. Our ultimate goal is to find sustainable, and safer along the way. However, to make a step change in productivity, as well as to reach the a platform that is bio-based, biodegradable, zero footprint, and suitable for many applications. ambitious safety and sustainability goals we have set for our sites, we need to incorporate new technologies. 12 13 Finalist descriptions Intelligent chemical plants Remote Asset Monitoring for AC induction motors and rotating equipment Participants: Gerben Gooijers, Simon Jagers Increased safety performance and asset Organization: Semiotic Labs availability by remote inspection Country: The Netherlands Participants: Hans Prein, James Robertson Semiotic Labs’ SAM4 is a Smart Asset Monitoring service for AC induc- Organization: Invert Robotics tion motors and rotating equipment. It detects upcoming failures, monitors Country: The Netherlands performance metrics, and signals energy savings potentials. It combines Invert Robotics has developed a suction based climbing robot that enables artifi cial intelligence, sensors, and a dashboard, offering a plug & play solu- end users to precisely and remotely perform inspection and maintenance tion for maintenance teams with zero tolerance for unplanned downtime. tasks on tanks and other equipment without the need for confi ned space entry, working at heights, or gas monitoring. Virtual training for operational excellence Participants: Ton Kuper, Marjo Nieuwenhuijse Process control, optimization, and preventative Organization: Serious VR maintenance models Country: The Netherlands for production plants Serious VR optimizes industrial operating processes by integrating virtual Participants: Stig Larsson, Jonas Lindqvist, William Mackintosh operator training and training data analytics applications.

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