Main partners

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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.

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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)