Fifth Edition Of Indorama Ventures’ ‘Circular Innovation Challenge’
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company announced its support for the ‘Circular Innovation Challenge 2023’ for the third consecutive year.
“The five-week hackathon aims to inspire and engage young people across Southeast Asia to create solutions to address sustainability challenges and the circular economy in Southeast Asia and globally,” the Thailand based company said.
“The Circular Innovation Challenge cultivates a new generation of inventors, change-makers, and emerging thought leaders in the circular economy,” the producer of speciality fibres added.
People in the age group of 16 to 30 from 11 countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam are encouraged to participate.
Participants will collaborate in intensive workshops on circular economy and design-thinking bootcamp which will apply professional frameworks and international tools, to analyse challenges and generate potential solutions.
Participants will receive mentoring from industry experts before pitching their projects to the judging panel, which will include Indorama Ventures’ representatives.
These will be scored according to impact, feasibility, uniqueness and relevance to real-world applications, with prizes totaling Baht 105,000.
