Creative Ring Challenge in Helsinki is looking for the best FIWARE solutions in Hack4FI

Artikkelikuva: Creative Ring Challenge in Helsinki is looking for the best FIWARE solutions in Hack4FI

Use FIWARE technology and win up to 50 000 € to develop your solution.

The Creative Ring Challenge is a horizontal track of FIWARE technologies as a part of the Hack4FI – Hack your Heritage hackathon 5.-7.2.2016 in Aalto Design Factory in Helsinki. The Creative Ring Challenge is powered by CreatiFI accelerator project. If your solution uses FIWARE technology and has business potential, you can be awarded up to 50 000 € to develop your solution.

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 at http://www.fi-ware.org/ and
FIWARE media sector specific enablers at http://mediafi.org/
If you haven’t ever before heard about FIWARE you can start here: http://www.creatifi.eu/short-recap-of-fiware-technologies/

TIMETABLE

5. -7.2. – Hack4FI – Hack your Heritage hackathon event, Aalto Design Factory, Hämeentie 135, Helsinki
Registrate by 28th January Registration link

5.-18.3. – 6 weeks of developing period*

tbc – Business and pitching clinics (tbc)

tbc – FIWARE technology clinic (tbc)

18.3. – Deadline to submit the challenge work

5.4. (tbc) –  25.000 € awards for the five most promising solutions in Hack4Fi gala. Extra 25.000 € awards for the top 2 solutions are selected in June.

*) Please note, you can participate in competition even if you are not able to join the hackathon weekend.

In this hack track CreatiFI helps SMEs and teams to develop their ideas towards a real scalable business with FIWARE open source ready-made technology components. CreatiFI is FIWARE technology accelerator project funded by EU. The target of to support innovative startups and SMEs in service and product development in creative industries.

This funding is available for companies and teams working in the creative industries sector.

More info about
Hack4FI
Contact Kaisa Sibelius, kaisa.sibelius(at)forumvirium.fi, +358 40 5701317

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