Smart Cities Challenge by Philips Lighting
Imagine innovative solutions and services using lighting networks!
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COME UP WITH BRIGHT IDEAS FOR SMART CITIES USING LIGHTING NETWORKS!
You are a driven start-up ready to take part in a bright adventure to improve our cities and make them smarter, more efficient, more sustainable... among other things! You know anything there is to know about IoT, AI, sensors, light, technology, smart cities and want to propose innovative ideas and solutions that will have a real impact on our everyday life? Then this challenge is for you!
Philips Lighting invites start-ups from across the world to join this new challenge - coming up with innovative ideas and solutions to answer the following problematic:
How can we use lighting networks to improve our cities and everyday life?
This is a unique opportunity to actively be part of shaping our future and play an important role for the next generations. Finalist start-ups will have the chance to pitch their project in front of Philips Lighting Top Executives and some of their major stakeholders such as Cisco, Icade, Crédit Agricole, Caisse des Dépôts or Sense City! And the winning start-up will be rewarded with the launch of a Marketing Campaign together with Philips Lighting worth up to €20,000!
Don’t delay, and let us know how would you innovate in Smart Cities!
DID YOU KNOW...
...that in the next 10 years, over 19 billion conventional lightpoints will be replaced with LED-powered smart lighting technology thus becoming one of the greatest and biggest source to collect data! They will also offer an amazing opportunity for companies, local and regional representatives to innovate in this digital industry and to participate actively in saving energy!
...that by 2050 around 80% of the global population will live in an urban area, hence 70% more light points needed?
...that our Business Model must undertake great change to adapt to the future challenges and new tools need to be invented to meet their increasing complexity?
...that all our Outdoor and Indoor products such as roads, municipal buildings, stadiums, parkings, tertiary space (eg: hospitals, offices, shopping center, etc) are connected and will be even more connected in the short or medium term, representing a unique opportunity for data collection and offering much more than light to local authorities!
Light is everywhere, Light is life!
Taking into account all this facts, we invite you to propose brand new ideas and come up with solutions based on lighting networks! The target consists in defining a valid range of sensors, associated use case stories and service business model in the short to medium term.
We have listed below a few topics you could tackle and that have been considered as top priority topics for the coming years by Philips Lighting.
FOCUS YOUR IDEA ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
Keep in mind that your project should not only be about collecting data, it is also about what you could do with it!
YOUR MISSION
UP TO €20,000!
The winning start-up will launch an International Marketing Campaign together with Philips Lighting worth €20,000!
2-3rd
INVITATIONS TO PHILIPS LIGHTING EVENTS
Depending on their sector of industry, the second and third winning start-ups will be invited to important event to showcase their business to maybe develop partnerships with stakeholders.
GREATER VISIBILITY
Pitch in front of the Top Executives of Philips Lighting and some of their important partners and stakeholder. Finalists will enjoy privileged time during the Final Event to share and discuss your ideas with the company’s decision makers!
More information on the Jury members to come soon!