About DNV
DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries. With a strong foundation in maritime, energy, and digital industries, DNV helps organizations enhance safety, quality, efficiency, and sustainability. Leveraging deep domain expertise and advanced digital capabilities, DNV plays a key role in shaping the future of trusted assurance.
What is Third-Party Assurance?
Third-party assurance refers to independent verification and certification services provided by a neutral organization such as DNV. It ensures that systems, processes, data, and operations comply with defined standards, regulations, or performance expectations. Traditionally, this includes classification, certification, audits, and verification. Looking ahead, digitalization and data availability open new possibilities for continuous, real-time, and data-driven assurance services.
Background of This Brainstorm
The maritime and energy industries are rapidly evolving toward digital and data-driven operations. Increasing availability of operational and sensor data offers new opportunities to rethink how third-party assurance can be delivered. DNV aims to explore new assurance concepts enabled by data, analytics, and digital platforms, innovative business models for continuous assurance, and emerging needs from customers in a data-driven ecosystem.
What We Ask Participants to Do
We invite you to submit one innovative idea for a new or enhanced data-driven third-party assurance service. Your submission should clearly describe the idea or concept, explain how it works, identify the value for customers and stakeholders, and explain why this idea is suitable for third-party assurance. An application template can be downloaded here.
DNV Innovation Award
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of DNV experts. The Top 3 ideas will receive the DNV Innovation Award recognition and opportunities for further collaboration.
Submission Deadline
1 November 2026
Closing Statement
We believe the future of assurance will be continuous, digital, and data-driven. Your ideas can help define the next generation of trusted services.