In light of the need for continuous innovation, Rotterdam connects talent and leading companies. On April the 20th from 17.30 - 20.00 the final of the Rotterdam 100 will take place.

Final | Get in the Ring Next Economy

The Final includes a Get In The Ring pitch competition, a keynote from mayor Aboutaleb and an intermezzo by a captain of industry. There will be an audience of 200 students, entrepreneurs and professionals. The main event of the evening will be the pitch competition in which 6 talent teams present the case solutions they developed before a jury of captains of industry (see cases below). They are competing to become Rotterdam's Most Excellent and to receive the endorsement of mayor Aboutaleb and former prime minister Jan-Peter Balkenende.

Rotterdam 100

The Rotterdam100 is a talent competition in which the most excellent students and young professionals work with leading companies and create innovative solutions for challenging business cases which are focused around the Next Economy. The 6 teams with the most promising case solutions develop them with leading companies and pitch them in the Final before a jury of prominent captains of industry.

Program

17.30 Walk-in

18.00 Opening & Introduction of the Jury members

Get in The Ring Pitch Battle 1

18.30 Intermezzo | Captains of Industry

18.45 Get in The Ring Pitch Battle 2

Get in The Ring Pitch Battle 3

19.15 Q&A Finalists

19.30 Keynote Ahmed Aboutaleb | Mayor Of Rotterdam

19.45 Closing Award Ceremony & Networking Drinks

ABN AMRO - Bank in 2025 - [Bank of the Future]

What effect will increased automatisation and digitalisation have on banks, and what does this mean for staff, customers and consumer confidence?

CGI/City of Rotterdam - Traffic Nightmare as Opportunity - [Big Data and Traffic]

The Maas Tunnel - one of the most important traffic arteries of Rotterdam - will be closed for maintenance operations. The municipality of Rotterdam wants to find out whether big data can transform this potential traffic nightmare into new opportunities for the city of Rotterdam.

ENGIE - Run(ning) in Circles! - [Circular Economy]

How can ENGIE help Rotterdam, cornerstone of the Dutch economy and industry, in the transition to a circular economy?

SOUNDIES - David and Goliath - [Product Development and Marketing]

Soundies started with a light, not-to-be-cooled product format which is gaining more and more popularity: food bars. What strategy would help Soundies in accomplishing its mission?

KPN - No Pain no Gain - [Internet of Things]

The Internet of Things offers unprecedented opportunities for reaching consumers and intelligent solutions for satisfying existing needs. KPN wants to use the Internet of Things to make the transition from business to business, to business to consumer.

Port of Rotterdam - Swiss cheese the Next Opportunity - [Vacant spaces in the port]

The surface area of the port of Rotterdam is gigantic, but throughout the Port there are islands of unused space and empty buildings. The Port of Rotterdam is looking for a plan to utilize this space.

Interested in the solutions? Come to the final and witness the creation of the Next Economy.