By Marek Przytuła, marek.przytula@gmail.com
The second round of the competition was opened by Hans Hassle who won the Innovator’s Contest in Stockholm last year. His project of a revolutionary, multi-storey greenhouse was widely applauded by the public and since last Forum Plantagon the concept has developed significantly. The award helped the company promote the product and just before the Globe Forum in Gdansk first contract was signed.
Second part of the first stage of the contest was opened by Maciej Wieczorek, Mabion, which specialises in development of humanized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) technology, the newest generation of biotechnological drugs. Company’s strength is based on a new production technology, which allows to achieve far better efficiency and much lower costs than its competitors. Their first products will be used in therapy of breast cancer and lymphoma.
Krzysztof Gajdamowicz, presented a company, Visimind, specialising in 3D maps of road assets and power&energy infrastructure. The company also supplies information, models and monitors cities and buildings. Providers of energy use information on their product, transmission and possible hazzards to minimise their risks, increase quality of their service and increase safety of the installation. Maps for the models are prepared using high-tech equipment mounted on cars and helicopters.
Next contester was Janis Oslejs from MolPort, an on-line supplier of chemicals. The company copied Amazon’s business model in order to supply scientists all over the world with chemicals necessary in various research projects. Database of nearly 200 suppliers gives a perfect access to over 7 million products. The possibility to make purchases on-line smoothens research programmes and allows scientists to work on new projects instead of developing already existing products. It’s not only changing the supply chain for research departments, but most importantly, it gives the opportunity to save lives of many people in need.
The last speaker at today’s stage of the contest was Bartosz Marciniak, representing Promar, a provider of remote energy control for buildings. This system significantly lowers energy consumption. An example of Opera House in Bydgoszcz shows that efficient management of energy balance can bring savings on energy spending up to 50% of the initial value.
After the presentations there was time for the public to analyse the presentations and vote. Winners of the second part of the first stage of the contest were MolPort and Promar.
