Application Deadline: September 20th 2017
Nokia have launched its Open Innovation Challenge for the fifth year running, focusing now on the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart cities, mobility, safety and security, and connected industries. The challenge is being organized in partnership with private venture firm Nokia Growth Partners.
The Nokia Open Innovation Challenge, in partnership with venture firm Nokia Growth Partners, is a call for ideas, technologies, and new business models in IoT. If your product or technology is targeting markets in transportation, smart cities, safety and security, and connected industries, or if your solution enables a smart, safe and sustainable world, we are looking for you.
Nokia is shaping a new revolution in technology, where networks augment and aid our daily lives. We create the technology that connects the world and are looking to co-innovate with the ecosystem to invent disruptive technologies.
Co-innovation is an essential part of Nokia’s ambition to bring in people with creative ideas and smart solutions. The Nokia Open Innovation Challenge is calling for startups and innovators who are working on the next big ideas in IoT to improve people lives and able to demonstrate a working prototype for their idea that:
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Improves cities by solving many urban challenges
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Improves safety with technology
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Improves how we interact and experience the world around us with virtual reality and machine interactions
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Enables the next industrial revolution with LTE, robotics and sensors
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Improves health with digital technologies
Submissions will be accepted between June 8 and September 20, after which they will be assessed and the top teams will be invited to a two-day concept development workshop with Nokia experts in Helsinki in November. The final judging and the award ceremony will be held right after the workshop.
Application Procedure:
Step 1
Submit your application before September 20.
Step 2
Step 3
Concept development workshop, November 20-21
Step 4
Award ceremony, November 22
Step 5
Collaboration with Nokia
Benefits:
- Co-innovation and joint business opportunities
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Business and technology boost by accessing Nokia’s technologies, products and resources
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Access to Nokia’s global market
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Investment opportunities
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2017
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[…] The Nokia Open Innovation Challenge, in partnership with NGP Capital, is looking for new innovative products and solutions within the Industrial IoT domain. It is time to submit your greatest ideas for technology and business models which could change the world. Together with Nokia Bell Labs experts and mentors you can make a difference and potentially grow your business to new levels. Nokia once again looking for the latest innovative companies around the globe to put forward their ideas for the possibility to collaborate with Nokia Bell Labs researchers to enhance or create the first commercial implementation of their product. Nokia’s target is to find a company which could potentially be a partner for Nokia for joint innovative solutions. The journey from an early stage product to a mass market one is usually a long one but let’s give it go. After all, with Nokia’s resources and experience you might have a global business in your hands. […]