Globe Forum Tour

Photos from Globe Forum Tour 2011 in Eskilstuna

Winners in Eskilstuna:

(Qualifying to appear at Globe Forum World Conference in Stockholm, 2011) 

Business idea

Clean water is becoming a large scarcity in the entire world, especially in the developing world. This innovation transforms highly polluted water in lakes, ponds, mines, sevage systems into drinking water in a matter of seconds. More then 500 cubicmeter highly polluted water per hour can be transformed into drinking water in different product sizes, giving more then 1 million people 10 liters of clean drinking water every day. The sludge that comes out of the system can be used to build building materials, such as bricks. The aim is to spread this mobile water re-cycling system into more countries around the world.

Business idea
IBC Robotics AB shall develop and sell a product, IBA 2009, for automated cleaning in maintenance of freight containers using dry ice and robotics, with a focus on process efficiency, reduced environmental impact and ease of use. High investments, operating costs for ships and port equipment’s and increased global trade, enforce improvements of terminal operations. This includes internal logistics with one key being automation of in-yard transportation, stacking and support processes such as cleaning. The window of opportunity is now and IBA 2009, creating a new market, will meet the expectations. Our initial market is 60 million containers involved in transportation of food. All container-cleaning involves manual handling with high-pressure water and solvents, or simply a broom. There is no company that offers automated cleaning today.

Background
Globe Forum Tour is a local follow-up to the "City Challenge" project which was launched at the Eurocities meeting in Stockholm 2009 where the then Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Maud Olofsson, in co-operation with GF announced a challenge posed to all cities in EU to become more sustainable.

Purpose
Globe Forum Tour has been developed with the intent to find local/regional innovators and to build a local ongoing process with the aim of promoting and developing a better platform for innovations linked to sustainable development. Another important factor is to create more business opportunities at the local level and uplift local innovations. Globe Forum Tour will visit 6 cities in Sweden before summer 2011. At each Tour Stop we arrange a local "Innovators contest" where 8-10 selected innovators present their innovations on stage. Two winners will be selected and they will directly qualify for the grand finale at Globe Forum World Conference in Stockholm 11-12 May 2011, where they compete in free participation in Globe Forum's Facilitator program, worth 100 000 SEK.

Globe Forum Tour Eskilstuna
Globe Forum is a great format for bringing people with innovative ideas together. At Globe Forum Eskilstuna, innovators and researchers from Sörmland showcase smart and sustainable solutions.

The tour stop in Eskilstuna will feature great presentations, insightful discussions and open innovation workshops all geared towards taking action. A special focus is set on challenges worth solving on three levels: Human, City and World. These challenges will be discussed by a wide range of people: innovators, researchers, politicians, designers, environmentalists and entrepreneurs.

Munktell Science Park is coordinator of this tour stop, and they team up with Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna Municipality and businesses from the region. Globe Forum Tour - Eskilstuna is part of the project "More innovations – in Sörmland".

For more information about Globe Forum Tour in Eskilstuna contact:

Olle Dierks
olle@munktellsciencepark.se
or telephone 070-670 80 06