Future Greek Rail Hackathon
23 – 24 October 2021 | Innovathens (100 Pireaus Str., Gazi), hybrid
Future Greek Rail Hackathon is an open innovation technological action and aims to activate (community activation) the innovation ecosystem, institutions and companies to create original applications that promote the digital transformation of OSE through new and innovative social and innovative applications with social impact.
CAN YOU HACK IT?
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Registrations will be open till 24th April 2020
We invite any interested individual, team or company to participate in the competition:
By developing innovative methodologies and applications that address these issues (participants - contestants).
By proposing issues or challenges related to the digital transformation of OSE that need a solution and by developing an application to tackle them (public submission of proposals - consultation).
Supporting this effort (mentors, sponsors, supporters, public organizations, companies, collective entities).
OBJECTIVES
Creating a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Support for youth and innovative entrepreneurship, opportunities for young people, fight against unemployment.
Support for the local economy, as competitors from all over Greece will be able to participate.
Highlight smart and innovative solutions and the challenges created around railway-related applications as well as the public dealing with related issues.
Improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of institutions dealing with social issues / social actions utilizing new emerging technologies.
Interconnection with the technological innovation and entrepreneurship community of our country.
Creating an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in actions related to rail transport.
Thematic Areas of the Hackathon
The following are indicative thematic areas and examples, which will be enriched during the marathon.
Railway infrastructure and procedures
- Smart use of maps and network visualisation
- Digitisation of back office processes
- Training of executives - development of digital skills through actions of OSE
- Digital workflows
- Use of new and "smart" materials on the railway
- Mechanisms and procedures for measuring railway traffic data with modern meters and IoT technologies, big data etc
- Mechanisms and tools for monitoring civil engineering works (e.g. bridges, tunnels)
- Applications for security issues, especially in the open railway line
- Commercial use of optical fibres, telecommunications
- Digital twin modeling
Green management, environmental protection and social solidarity
- Green cities and rail transport
- Transport and communication systems with a green footprint
- Accessibility of public spaces
- Participatory planning
- Applications for the environment
- Applications and services of social interest (e.g. civil protection, environmental protection, social solidarity actions, etc.)
- Applications to support local communities in relation to OSE infrastructure, applications to promote volunteering, etc.
Passenger experience and information mechanisms
- Interconnection of information mechanisms for public and private means of transport, smart routing applications, etc
- Upgrade of journey infotainment
- Smart ticketing
- Departure / arrival optimisation
- Use of combined means of transport (smart mobility
- Booking & ticketing engine
- Sentiment mapping
- Digital assistants
Data Utilisation
- Smart routing
- Telematics data
- Weather data
- Use of any kind of open data
- Passenger data
- Creation of dashboards for decision making
Commercial Transport
- Optimisation of transport efficiency per km of freight transport connection
- Interconnection with logistics centres and update of current status
- Real-time monitoring of freight transport connections
- Connection of logistics centres and industrial areas with railway transport
TIMELINE
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September 10, 2021
Open Call & Submission of issues and problems for Challenges
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October 5, 2021
Sending Technical Specifications (via Slack)
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September 28, 2021
Open Day
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October 23-24, 2021
Future Greek Rail Hackathon
THE PROCESS
Submission of Issues and Problems
Publishing Technical Specifications
Creating Teams with remote collaborative tools
Future Greek Rail Hackathon
Pitching of ideas and solutions via video conferencing tools!
ANTIVIRUS CROWDHACKATHON 4KIDS
Along with the innovation marathon, we will be holding online creativity competitions for children and pupils, starting with a painting and crafts competition on #stayhome.
PRIZES
The total cash prizes are set at € 18,000, and will be distributed as follows:
POWERED BY
SUPPORTERS
EVALUATION COMMITTEE
Christos Kalloniatis
Associate Professor and President of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean
Yannis Charalabidis
Professor of Digital Governance Head, Digital Governance Research Center Director, Aegean University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit
Spyros Pateras
President & CEO , OSE
Konstantinos N. Dalivigkas
IT Director, ΟΣΕ
ΜΕΝΤΟΡΕΣ
Konstantinos N. Dalivigkas
IT Director, ΟΣΕ
FAQ
Future Greek Rail Hackathon, is an open innovation technological action and aims to activate (community activation) the innovation ecosystem, organizations and companies to create original applications that promote the digital transformation of OSE through new and innovative social and innovative ideas with social impact.
You can apply here.
Express your interest through the form that you will find here.
To the team and its members. See the Terms and Conditions of Crowdhackathon here.
Yes, existing and new teams can certainly participate in the competition.
#futuregreekrailhackathon, #ose, #innovation
At Future Greek Rail Hackathon can participate scientists, engineers, programmers, economists, analysts and in general anyone who has an idea on issues related to the application of new technologies and is interested in developing it. The direction of creating groups between different subjects will be strengthened, as well as collaborations with external participants, such as professionals, academics, researchers or students.
We invite any interested individual, group or company to participate in the marathon:
- by developing original methodologies and applications that address these problems (participants).
- supporting this effort (mentors, sponsors, supporters, public organizations, companies, collective bodies).
CONTACT US
- (+30) 216 900 2600
- Crowdpolicy
You can also express your interest in being a sponsor and / or sponsor, as well as a data provider.
The management team will tell you about the process.