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2017 Global Edition
High-skilled workers brain
drain
Smog - dangerous
and costly global enemy
Up to 1% of global GDP
by 2060 (OECD)
3,3 million premature deaths
worldwide (Nature, IEA). 45 thousand
in Poland (HEAL Polska)
Economic slowdown
in congested regions
Decreased quality of life
Sources: http://bit.ly/2hmXfHt; http://go.nature.com/1iPa9xb; http://bit.ly/2hCc0ow; http://bit.ly/1tssbLr
Our invincible yet enemy - SMOG
Outdoor air pollution-caused deaths: breakdown by disease
Ischaemic heart disease
Stroke
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
Lung cancer
Acute lower respiratory infections
in children
40%
40%
11%
6% 3%
40%
40%
11%
6% 3%
Source: http://bit.ly/1jpGo4S
Yearly smog vs traffic-related deaths in Poland
2 904 traffic-related deaths 45 000
smog-related deaths
Sources: http://bit.ly/1ghCU3q, http://bit.ly/2gmOpXT
Pollution in Poland (2014)
Benzo(a)pyrene PM10
Mission and aim
Aim
Helping technological
projects in various fields
of science and business
to fight smog
Mission
Fight smog with
technology
2015 First Guerilla Opposition
That’s how it all started
5 weeks to organize a 24-hour event from scratch
Hackathon
250 participants and mentors
44 ideas for fighting smog (www.ideas.smogathon.pl)
11 projects developed during the event (www.projects.smogathon.pl)
Over 50 articles about Smogathon
Over 1000 mentions in traditional media and online
14 sponsors and 18 partners
http://www.killsmog.pl/ Simple family game which
combines fun with knowledge about where air pollution comes
from and how to fight it
Case Studies 2015
https://airly.eu/ Inexpensive outdoor air quality
sensors that, working in a network, help people live more consciously
2016 Full-Blown Battle
Schedule
Stage III Grand Finale
Stage I Application Stage II Bootcamp
80 points awarded by 70 mentors
6 best advance
20 points awarded by 10 jury members
1 winner received 100,000 PLN (≈$25,000)
Short summary
60 applications from 10 countries
30 teams from 7 countries
invited
100 participants 26 teams made it through bootcamp
10 finalists 70 mentors 10 jury members 1 winner - CITY TREE
City Tree - smog-eating moss installation with the power of 275
trees http://greencitysolutions.de/
Cortina - coal-fired boiler that reduces emission rate by 96%
http://rakoczy.pl/en/
Origins - beautiful indoor sensorshttp://originstech.com/
Clair - nanotech filters for air purification www.fotonowy.pl/
Hextio Air - air purification and deodorization efficiency increased
by 10 times https://hextio.net/
Top 5 projects of 2016
Partners
Merit partners Honorary patronage
Media patronage
2016 – partners and patronage
Media report (September - November 2016)
Reach >10M AVE ≈$300k (social media not included)
17k pageviews Over 350 press articles mentioning Smogathon
≈1M impressions 250k impressions
Check out our 2016 promo video (>35k views on Facebook, >5k views
on YouTube)
...and many, many more!
They talked about us
2017
Worldwide War on Smog
5 semifinals in 5 locations
1 x North America Berkeley, USA (02/10/2017)
2 x Asia Bangalore, India (16/10/2017) Hong Kong, China (18/10/2017)
2 x Europe London, UK (05/10/2017) Warsaw, Poland (10/10/2017)
Stage I - Semifinals
Travel, accommodation and food provided
for all teams in finals
At least 1 team selected from each location (pitch
contest) + open application
12 teams selected in total
Stage I - Semifinals
Stage II - Finals
Grand Finale Gala during Global Clean Air Summit
(27.11.2017)
Final Stage I (25-26.11.2017)
80 points awarded by experts
6 best advance
20 points awarded by jury members
1 winner receives 100,000$ ($25k cash for development + $75k for implementing in Krakow)
Application
We are looking for teams, startups and bigger companies that want to fight smog with technology, science or any kind of innovation. However, the most-wanted projects this year are in the following areas: indoor purifying outdoor purifying household power generation and storage smog as a resource new ways of smog mapping and predictions air pollution prevention
Maciej Rys Smogathon Leader +48 696 653 645 [email protected] www.smogathon.com
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