Smart Sterea Hackathon
The Youth for a Digital Region
30th June – 2nd July, at Chalkida
The Smart Sterea Hackathon is an initiative of the Region of Central Greece with the aim of creating original applications and presenting
innovative ideas for society, economy, local development and digital transformation.
Smart Sterea Hackathon will take place on June 30 – July 2, hybridly, with a physical presence
at Municipal Art Gallery “Dimitrios Mitaras” in Chalkida and remotely with videoconferencing tools.
The awarding of the teams that will be distinguished will take place at a later date,
in Lamia, at a place and time to be announced by the organization committee.
CAN YOU HACK IT?
Antivirus Crowdhackathon as Greek National Curator at Pan European Hackathon #EUvs Virus in order to overcome the crisis of COVID-19
#EUvsVirus Pan - European Hackathon 24, 25 & 26 April 2020
Registrations will be open till 24th April 2020
We invite any interested natural person, group or company to participate in the marathon:
Developing original methodologies and applications that address these problems (participants).
Supporting this effort (mentors, sponsors, supporters, public organizations, companies, collective bodies).
Goals
The Smart Sterea Hackathon has the
following main goals:
Creating a culture of innovation and partnerships.
Supporting young and innovative entrepreneurship, opportunities for young people, combating unemployment.
Supporting the regional economy, as contestants from all over Greece will be able to participate.
Highlighting smart and innovative solutions to the problems and challenges that concern both society as a whole and citizens dealing with related issues.
Improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations dealing with social issues/social actions by leveraging new emerging technologies.
Interface with the technological innovation and entrepreneurship community of our country.
Creating an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in actions with a social impact.
Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά σας καλούμε στο ενημερωτικό Open Day του Smart Sterea Hackathon
στο οποίο θα γίνει παρουσίαση των στόχων, των θεματικών ενοτήτων και της
διαδικασίας του μαραθωνίου καινοτομίας.
To Open Day θα πραγματοποιηθεί απομακρυσμένα με την χρήση εργαλείων
τηλεδιάσκεψης την Πέμπτη 27 Απριλίου 2023 στις 17:00.
Challenges
The following are indicative thematic areas and examples, which will be enriched during the marathon.
Sustainability
- Information / support and business and civil society mobilization actions for sustainable development
- Digital tools for recording actions to achieve the Global Sustainability Goals
- Creating a Digital Toolbox for Sustainable Development
- Data visualization for better understanding of the problem, utilization of open data
- Utilization of digital tools to achieve citizens' access to information and decision-making processes
- Impact of the Covid19 pandemic on the circular economy
Education
- Citizen education applications for good environmental protection practices
- Creating solutions for smart educational programs for the cyclical use of resources within companies and public bodies
- Development of experiential educational programs through digital tools
- Utilization of Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR / AR) technologies for the exchange of good practices
- Utilization of digital tools for the organization of mentoring processes between citizens, businesses and public bodies
- Creating city lab applications on 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
Entrepreneurship
- Resource reuse and waste management
- Materials, supply chain, environmental footprint of products, actions and actions
- New Business Models
- Models for organizing local markets
- Utilization of digital tools for obtaining reliable information on creating long-term value sustainable practices in organizations for the business and investment community
- Investment models to support sustainable farming practices
*The following indicative thematic units are co-formulated in accordance with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Challenges
Infrastructure in cities
- Energy
- Security
- Environment
Agri-food
- Environmental Applications
- Utilization of the agri-food sector
Environment
- Strengthening areas affected by natural disasters
- Use of renewable resources
- Citizen Awareness - Education
Tourism - Culture
- Tourism promotion - promotion
-Alternative forms of tourism
Digital Region
- Improving services provided together with citizens
- Human resource development
- Digital Transformation
- Education
- Everyday life
- Procedures
Social Policy
- Tackling inequalities
- Access services for vulnerable social groups
- Demographic challenges (e.g. ageing population remote / sparsely populated areas)
- Crisis management
Entrepreneurship and local development
- New business models
- New funding schemes (e.g. local banking networks)
- Increasing the number and quality of jobs
- Business Innovation Observatory
TIMELINE
-
25 May 2023
Open Call
-
7 June 2023
Techniques
Specifications -
30 June-2 Jule 2023
Hackathon
PRIZES
3000€
1st Prize
2000€
2nd Prize
1000€
3rd Prize
Αdditional
Special award for implementation of an application with open data
Participation in a project development of the idea lasting 3 months
Subscriptions to
cloud tools
THE PROCESS
Submission of Issues and Problems
Publishing Technical Specifications
Creating Teams with remote collaborative tools
Hackathon
Presentation of ideas and solutions physically
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.
POWERED BY
ORGANIZED BY
SUPPORTERS
EVALUATION COMMITTEE
Nikolaos Kouvakas
Associate Professor of Automatic Control in Motion and Navigation Systems at National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Thanos Kakarountas
Associate Professor and Director of Intelligent Systems Laboratory Dpt. of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics University of Thessaly
Maria Tzamtzi
Professor of Automatic Control Systems. Robotics, Automatic Control and Cyber-Physical Systems Lab. Department of Digital Industry Technologies. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Kostas Tsagkaris
Founder, Managing Director & Head of Technology, Incelligent, WINGS ICT Solutions Private Companies
Aggelos Tsakanikas
Associate Professor Economic Evaluation of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Systems at National Technical University of Athens
Christos Kalloniatis
Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean
ΜΕΝΤΟΡΕΣ
FAQ
Smart Sterea Hackathon is an initiative of the Region of Central Greece with the aim of creating original applications and presenting innovative ideas for society, economy, local development and digital transformation.
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.
#smartstereahackathon
At Smart Sterea 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
- 22213 53 999
- Region of Central Greece
- (+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.