
Collaborators
Enabled through strong partnerships
Challenge partners
The ‘Young Academics’ track is anchored in challenges that are proposed by external public, private and non-profit organizations.







University partners
Student teams are selected and supported with academic supervision from leading international universities.
YE Mentors

Ingrid Haug
Innovation consultant
DTU Skylab

Peter Freiesleben
Partner at Petmic

Jørgen Bek Weiss Hansen
Partner, Attorney, at Lassen Ricard

Peter Arbs
Chairman, Board member, Investor, Business & Project-owner, Business Adviser, Start-up mentor
at INSCALE A/S, Brevis Insurance broker A/S, EASY SBC, CBS, DTU

Marco Donolato
Head of Technology Strategy

Marta Fuster Losa
Innovation Project Manager to IT, OT, Data and Robotics
YA Supervisors

Sibongile Linda-Ngcobo
Founder and CEO of Ilambu Global Sustainable Initiatives and Development (Ilambu Global)
Supervisor Mentor to University Students (Young Academics) in South Africa on DTU- NG[_]ACTION Programs

Andres Ibañez Gutierrez
Profesor de Arquitectura y Urbanismo,
National University of Colombia (UNAL)

Dr. Thomas O. Mbuya
Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Nairobi

Ethirajulu Nandakumar
CEO,
ICCW – IIT Madras
FDK Msumba
Assistant Lecturer,
University of Dar Es Salaam

Dr. -Ing. Alexander B. Marful
Senior Lecturer – Dept. of Architecture,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST)

Gloria Pérez Salazar
Professor,
Tecnologico de Monterrey

Davies Segera
Senior Lecturer – Electrical Engineering,
University of Nairobi

Enrique Diaz de Leon Lopez
Profesor – Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial,
Tecnologico de Monterrey

Eunjung KIM
Associate Professor – School of Computing,
Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST)