Creative Ring Challenge in Helsinki 2016
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Creative Ring ChallengeKaisa Sibelius // Forum Virium Helsinki // 5.2.2016
Horizontal Track FIWARE + Business
The aim is to help SMEs/teams to develop upscale their ideas towards a real scalable business with FIWARE open source ready-made technology components.
FIWARE is an open cloud-based infrastructure for cost-effective creation and delivery of Future Internet applications and services. These APIs are public and royalty-free, driven by the development of an open source reference implementation which accelerates the availability of commercial products and services.
More information about FIWARE General Enablers (GEs) at http://www.fi-ware.org/ and FI-Content media sector Specific Enablers (SEs) at http://mediafi.org/
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Prizes up to 50.000 €
- In Hack4FI top 5 ideas with business potential will be awarded with 25.000 € to develop further the idea (April 10.000€ + June 15.000€)- In June the best 2 teams will get
additional 25.000 € (June: 10.000€ + September 15.000€)
- All the projects will be reviewed by external reviewers
Evaluation
#1 Innovative
- novelty value of the solution/ service - the solution serves a new range of practices/solutions/perspectives
Evaluation
#2 Scalability
- possibilities to create a permanent solution/service - fuctionality of the service - revenue model
Evaluation
#3 Resources - team (more than one person)- company (when selected)- potential to develop the service also after the competition - partners/network for development- can have also other funding
Evaluation
#4 Smart, agile and user-oriented - use at least 1 FIWARE enabler
- utilize at least 1 open data set- solve user needs or problems - is related to creative industries, cultural heritage or other Hack4FI objectives
Objectives
1st phase- to create a working solution/service- revenue model - by the end of June
2nd phase - piloting of the service - business plan for next 12 months - by the end of September
- In addition to Hack4FI program Creative Ring Challenge offers development clinics:
- 21.3.Business and pitching clinics (ptc)
- 22.3.FIWARE technology clinic (online)
Development clinics
February
10.2.Hack your Heritage
submission starts
10.2. The Creative
Ring Challenge submission
starts
21.3.The business
& pitching clinics
22.3.Online
FIWARE clinic
31.3.Submission
ends
13.4.Announcing of 5 finalists
(10 k€)
June Review (15 k€)
June Announcing of 2 winners
(10 k€)
September Final review
(15 k€)
March April May June July/August September