Get in the Ring UAE – UNITING WATER ENERGY FOOD

Part of the Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour, Get in the Ring United Arab Emirates aim to identify the best startups and scaleups in the UAE to test, scale and prove their solutions with leading industry partners and impact investors via 1-on-1 dealmaking meetings. With 10 billion expected inhabitants by 2050, the goal is to provide a global podium to water, energy, and food solutions that are able to meet this growing demand and shape a better future for all.

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Application deadline: 17 Sep 2021

Event date: 29 Sep 2021

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Our dealmaking partners

David Auriau

Managing Director Creek Capital Limited

David Bullin

Water Networks Manager TAQA

Rene Matthies

Chief Finance Officer Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC)

Basma Ammari

Sr. Consultant - Strategy and Government Innovation Prime Minister's Office

Anas Bataw

Managing Director Center of Excellence in Smart Construction

Carlos Gasco Travesedo

Energy Policy Chairman Advisor Department of Energy. Abu Dhabi

Marcin Lapa

Vice President EMEA Smart Energy Water LLC

Salah Makkouk

Head Of Innovation Chapter Emirates

Samir Moftah

Director of Research & Development and Quality & Food Safety Danone

Hatem Badran

Sr. Technical Advisor-Snacks Givaudan Gulf Trading LLC

Daxita Rajcoomar

Chief Sustainability Officer ENGIE

Tina Siegismund

Head of Marketing and Innovation Global Food Industries

How you benefit

STIMULATING BORDERLESS INNOVATION

Stamping its passport in five leading regions in the world, the Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour aims to unearth the most promising startups and scaleups transforming the water, energy, and food domains. Selected businesses gain invaluable access to the experts network of Get in the Ring and Expo2020 Dubai. Sometimes, one meeting is all it takes to foster a game-changing collaboration!

GLOBAL EXPOSURE FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Applicants have the chance to test and prove their solutions with partners and be recognized as a leading impact business on an international stage, at Expo2020 Dubai, in front of thousands of investors, corporates, and governments. Winning solutions will be displayed on our website and communicated across our marketing channels to our global network.

UNITING WATER ENERGY FOOD

We focus on solutions that contribute to solving global challenges in water, energy and food – on a social and humanitarian level – to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The key to accelerating these solutions lies in connecting them to collaboration opportunities with local and national governments, corporates and NGOs. And the perfect occasion to foster these collaborations is approaching fast – Expo2020 Dubai.

Innovate together

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Food
Water
Energy

Food

Growing, processing, packaging, distributing, consuming and disposing. While the means are many, the end is one - to use innovation to end global hunger.

According to the World Food Programme, 135 million people suffered from hunger in early 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic could now double that number, putting an additional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger by the end of the year.

We’re looking for innovations that can accomplish Zero Hunger (SDG 2) and help eradicate all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Solutions focused on Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the disparity that irresponsible food habits has created globally.

GROWING
Sustainable alternative input of raw materials and growing processes
- Aeroponics
- Alternative pest repeller
- Alternative proteins (e.g. insects)
- Aquaponics
- Hydroponics
- Indigenous seeds
- Natural crop protection
- Sustainable irrigation
- Vertical farming
FOOD PROCESSING
Making the production process more sustainable and less polluting
- Cleaning
- Crop harvesting
- Cultivating
- Grading
- Pre-preparation
- Sorting
PACKAGING & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring the processing & distribution of food becomes more sustainable
- Alternative food packaging
- Biodegradable food packaging
- Emission reduction in logistics & shipping
- Local sourcing
- Preservatives
- Transportation
- Warehouse storage
FOOD CONSUMPTION
Solving the polluting effects of food consumption
- Certifications / registration
- Humane
- Locally sourced
- Sustainably sourced/harvested/organic
- Veg(etari)an
- Wild sourcing (fish)
FOOD WASTE
Dealing with food waste across the value chain
- Composting
- Non-synthetic
- Recyclable
- Waste reduction
- Waste tracking

Hargol Foodtech

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2017

Sustainable grasshopper production

eAgrar

Winner Get in the Ring Croatia 2019

Monitoring crops and microclimate conditions to predict onset diseases

eFishery

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2014

IoT feeding machines for aquaculture

Cellugy

Winner Get in the Ring Denmark 2019

Bio-cellulose material to replace plastic packaging

Wakuli

Direct to customer sustainable sourced coffee bean service

FreshStrips

Winner Get in the Ring Netherlands 2016

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Mimica

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Energy

How can energy storage, distribution, generation and consumption be disrupted to accelerate the global switch to clean energy?

Renewable energy constitutes 17% of total energy consumption. While this is progress, we need to capitalize on their potential and further scale sustainable energy implementation.

We’re pursuing Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) solutions that are making production cleaner, greener and more efficient. Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the damage that irresponsible energy consumption has done to our Planet.

STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring energy is delivered to the consumer in a sustainable and efficient way
- Battery technologies
- Carrier
- Grid management
- Pipeline adaptation
- Safe and effective transportation methods
ENERGY GENERATION
Making the process of energy generation more sustainable
- Efficient Processing
  - Catalyzation
  - CO2 capturing
  - CO2 utilization
  - Heat capture
  - Kynetic
- Renewable sources
  - Chemicals
  - Geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and wave energy
  - Hydrogen
  - Biomass
  - Heat
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Efficient energy that is utilized by the end-consumer at the right time
- Electric & Hydrogen mobility
- Energy saving
- Insights into energy use
- More efficient public energy use
- Self sufficient buildings
- Smart grids

Brill Power

Winner Shell New Energy Challenge 2017

Intelligent control system to extend the lifetime of batteries while maintaining high performance

NanoSUN

Winner Shell New energy challenge 2019

Accelerate the transition to hydrogen mobility through safe hydrogen storage

Opus 12

Finalist Sustainable Industry Challenge 2019

Convert CO₂ into profitable chemicals, such as plastics and transportation fuels

Hiiroc

Finalist Shell New Energy Challenge 2020

Low-cost, zero-emission Hydrogen production through a unique plasma process

Wellsun

Finalist Strukton Sustainable Buildings challenge 2019

Highly efficient transparent glass solar panels for energy production, solar shading

Maxem

Finalist Achmea comfortable living challenge

Measures all energy flows in your home and makes adjustments where necessary

Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Final

The Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour finds its conclusion at the final event held at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The tour has 5 stops and allows you to explore the most impactful businesses in the regions of UAE, APAC, MENA, The Netherlands and Jordan. The winners of these events are invited to the Expo 2020 to scale their solutions internationally and get global exposure on the stage of the final, in front of thousands of investors, corporates, governments and extrepreneurs!

The Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour is initiated by DutchDubai and Unknown Group. Both organizations align on a shared ambition of growing impact entrepreneurship across the world and strengthen the global impact ecosystem.

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