THB Innovative Business Ideas Award

Brandenburg Prize for Innovation: Honoring good ideas at THB

Brandenburg/H. Economic success, innovations of the region and the latest scientific knowledge are the factors that traditionally meet on the Technology Transfer Day at the Technical University of Brandenburg, when business representatives meet scientists at Odemax.

This time, presentations of successful transportation projects and new business ideas focused specifically on the needs of small and medium-sized businesses and challenges related to sustainability issues. “Today we are looking at all kinds of resources – from human resources to possible uses of new technologies to materials for everyday objects.

At the same time, the stage belongs to new motives to confront waste of resources. So, our Technology Transfer Day is by no means a waste of time,” Diana Rosenthal, Head of the Center for Enterprise and Transfer at Brandenburg University of Technology encouraged those present to talk to each other.

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Because: “We continue to listen to the needs of the economy here on site in order to be able to support businesses in the best possible way to promote regional development,” says Rosenthal. After receiving guests by the President of the THB, Andreas Wilms, and the Mayor of Brandenburg an der Havel, Stephen Schiller, the evening was led by a THB employee, Johannes Posen.

The program included, for example, the joint presentation of individually developed applications for human resource work by the Managing Director of Autohaus Mothor GmbH, Daniel Priebs, and the human resource management expert, Katharina Frosch, as well as the mobile computing specialist Martin Schaffoner. Successful cooperation projects in the fields of digitization and online marketing were also presented. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the BraIn – Brandenburg Innovation Award, where ten spunky teams made smart short presentations on stage.

Among other things, the public was amazed by the idea of ​​a regional e-commerce platform for African products, with which student Denis I Fotso Noughe wants to enable interested parties to easily order typical African foods and dishes. The house and therefore the shops in the area can support. On the other hand, Muriel Choupo’s “Happy Student Foods” project is dedicated to food waste and lack of money. Using the app, students can purchase groceries at a reduced cost, which would otherwise be thrown away by grocery stores.

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Waste is also a focus for Paavo Günther, who, together with Schnäuz, Wüsch und Börp, reuse textile scraps, sort and process the textiles into high-quality cloth bags, tea towels and serving dishes. Other applicants have dealt, for example, with cloud-based welding simulators, with hiring innovative staff for craft work, with an application for various streaming services or with tracking and influencing dreams.

Ultimately, the two projects “Composite Vision” in the “Startup” category and “DripCheck” in the “Innovation” category won the race, both of which brought the main prize of €3,000 to the public vote. It is a trailer that can check a beverage for knockout drop materials and AI-based material testing method as a comprehensive and time-saving way to check composite materials. The cash prizes have been sponsored by several regional companies for many years. This year, THB was able to welcome new sponsors with Blue Mind Consulting GmbH, The Alternative Board and others.

The next technology transfer day is March 21, 2024

There was enough time between the elements of the official program to network and also to visit a small project exhibition and the Open Workshop platform. The next Technology Transfer Day will take place on March 21, 2024. More information about the event as well as the “BraIn – Brandenburg Innovation Award” and the opportunity to connect with interested companies can be found here: www.th-brandenburg.de/ttt.