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2025 Start-up Innovation Challenge

Agenda at a Glance

Date
Strategic Summit
Sustainable Fuels Europe
Start-up Innovation Challenge
Cocktail Party
H2Innovate Next
Tuesday, 17 June
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09:00AM - 17:40PM
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Wednesday, 18 June
09:00AM - 18:30PM
09:00AM - 17:40PM
10:30AM - 12:00AM
18:30PM - 20:00PM
14:30PM - 18:00PM
Thursday, 19 June
09:00AM - 17:40PM
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09:00AM - 17:30PM
Startup Challenge Hub

Start-up Innovation Challenge: 
Empowering the Next Wave of Hydrogen Pioneers

Start-up Innovation Challenge Partner:

As the hydrogen industry accelerates toward a transformative future, innovation stands as the driving force behind its evolution. The "Start-up Innovation Challenge" session offers an exclusive platform for pioneering startups to showcase their cutting-edge solutions and technologies to a global audience of industry leaders and decision-makers. This interactive hub is designed to foster meaningful connections, offering startups invaluable insights, feedback, and opportunities for collaboration with some of the brightest minds in the hydrogen sector.

The "Start-up Innovation Challenge" is where ambition meets opportunity. It promises an inspiring exchange of ideas, insights, and breakthroughs that will shape the future of hydrogen. Join us to witness the next generation of hydrogen pioneers driving the industry forward.

Date: 18 June 2025

Time: 10:30-12:30 (120mins)

Venue: Hall 4, IFEMA Madrid, Spain

Admission: Free Entrance for all sponsors, speakers, delegates, and visitors

2025 Event Theme: Igniting Hydrogen's Future: Empowering Startups, Catalyzing Collaboration, and Driving Breakthroughs

Event Overview: The "Start-up Challenge Hub" is a dynamic session that spotlights global start-ups, offering a unique stage to present groundbreaking solutions.

Eligibility: The event is open to all startups that should typically be in the early to growth stages of development and must operate in the hydrogen sector, focusing on innovations, technologies, or solutions related to hydrogen production, storage, distribution, or utilization.

Timeline:

Pre-Registration: 06 January 2025 - 07 April 2025

Project/Idea Submission: 08 April 2025 - 16 May 2025

Pre-selection: 16 May 2025 - 20 May 2025

Stage Presentation: 18 June 2025

1. Pre-Registration:

  • Teams are required to pre-register before 07 April 2025, for validation by the organizer.

2. Portfolio/Idea Submission:

  • Submission Deadline: 16 May 2025

  • Requirements: Concise portfolio or idea document (up to 3 pages) with text, design, schematics, and illustrations.

3. Pre-selection:

  • Evaluation Criteria: Innovation, feasibility, market potential, and scalability.

  • Organizer's Review: Internal team review to pre-select top entries based on the specified criteria.

  • Shortlisted Participants Notification: 20 May 2025

4. On-Site Presentation:

  • Form: Shortlisted participants should attend for an on-site presentation.

  • Presentation: Participants present their innovations for 15-20 mins followed by a Q&A session by our advisory board members.

  • Evaluation: Panel of live judges assesses presentations in real-time.

  • Scoring Criteria: Clarity, innovation, market fit, scalability, and responses to judges' queries.

  • Winner Declaration: Winners are announced based on cumulative scores from the on-site presentation round.

These rules are designed to ensure a fair and transparent competition that fosters innovation in the field of sustainable energy. We encourage all eligible participants to take part in this exciting opportunity to contribute to the advancement of hydrogen integration in the European region's energy system.

2025 Start-up Innovation Challenge Advisory Board

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Opening Times

17 June 2025

Sustainable Fuels Europe Day 1: 9:00 - 17:40

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18 June 2025

Strategic Summit Day 1: 09:00 - 18:30

Sustainable Fuels Europe Day 2: 9:00 - 17:40

Start-up Challenge Hub: 10:30 - 12:00

H2Innovate Next Summit Day 1: 14:30 - 18:00

Sustainability & Diversity Night: 18:30 - 20:00

Exhibition Day 1: 09:00 - 18:30

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 19 June 2025

Strategic Summit Day 2: 09:00 - 17:40

H2Innovate Next Summit Day 2: 09:00 - 17:30
Exhibition Day 2: 09:00 - 17:40

Contact Us

Programme & Speakers Enquires

Kathy Xi

kathy@leader-associates.com

Partnership & Media Enquiries

Echo Lee 

echo@leader-associates.com

Exhibition & Sponsors Inquires

che@leader-associates.com

Global H2 Events

18 - 19 June 2025
IFEMA Madrid, Spain

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