An energy supplier is looking for technologies and methodologies which can be applied to energised links (on-line) allowing precise localization of cable joints on the medium voltage underground links of the electrical power distribution network.

Our aim is to determine precisely where the joints are on the underground link of the electrical power distribution network. The imprecise and incomplete cartographic information about the position of cable joints has to be verified or completed.

This is a two-part problem. Both theoretical solutions and practical demonstrations are valued and separately rewarded if accepted. But practical submissions will only be considered if the solver has also submitted a theoretical solution.

A company is looking for the use of a non-toxic polymer as embedding compound to coat a mixture of ion-exchange resin beads.

We are looking for new incentives, which differ from more-traditional financial or ecological ones, to motivate users to lower their energy consumption.

A global organization is looking for a transparent material whose refractive index can be continuously modified by electromagnetic means.

An electric power company is looking for new ways to evaluate the reduction of electrical power consumption due to the implementation of a demand response scheme.

A food company is seeking a bake stable, non-sweet, intermediate water activity filling that is able to maintain a smooth creamy texture for a period of at least six months.

We are looking for alternatives to triglycerides to structure oil in food emulsions, without relying on ingredients that structure the water phase in case of the emulsion.

Fronteiras Minerações, a Brazilian mining company specialized in high quality kaolin, is looking for ideas to improve various key steps of their extraction and processing workflow.

To cut CO₂ emissions to zero and stop climate change we need to find clean sources of energy that are 50% cheaper than today's cost of energy. The world's energy portfolio should not include coal or natural gas. Carbon capture, storage technology, solar and wind are too expensive on a large scale. We need help finding a way to generate and distribute electricity worldwide using today's technology with a total cost of $0.02 kilowatt-hour or less.

We are looking for a recipe able to produce biodegradable and environmentally sound plastic in the home, using ingredients/materials which are readily obtainable in the urban environment.