SEKEE has announced a major innovation competition with the aim of creating pilot applications that will utilize satellite data from space sensors and will facilitate the lives of citizens in the wider region of Attica.
The competition is held in the context of the participation of SEKE in the European project LDA, in the first phase of which 9 companies responded and evaluated, presenting innovative proposals that bring space data to the daily life of citizens.
The final presentation of the distinguished applications and the announcement of the awards will take place at an open event on Wednesday 4/30/14 at 16.00 at the innovation node “InnovAthens” in the area of Technopolis (see the < id=”t3″>map).
At the event, organizations of the innovation ecosystem, organizations and agencies from municipalities in the wider region of Attica, as well as user communities, who will have the opportunity to be informed and evaluate the applications, will be invited and at the same time to propose ways of utilization and/or new services that they judge Useful for the target audience.
The Association of Mobile Application Companies of Greece (SEKEE) represents a dynamic extroverted industry with more than 80 high-tech companies that create added value applications and services to new mobile devices. Their activities range from the development of applications aimed at end users as well as services to telecommunications providers, to the provision of innovative communication, content and application services, mobile marketing, etc.
SEKEE comes to stimulate the innovative activity through the close cooperation between businesses and organizations active in the field of mobile applications, with the aim of their business development and recognition at a global level.
The vision of SEKEE is to unite the forces of the pioneering and innovative Greek companies in the field of mobile applications, with the aim of the extroverted development of the sector that will bring about an economic boom for the country and the diffusion of specialized know-how.
TECHNOLOGI of the Municipality of Athens developed the innovation hub “INNOVATHENS” in collaboration with the Associations of Innovative and Extroverted Businesses: SEKEE (Applications on Mobile Devices), ENEVI (Microelectronics), HBio (Bio-Medical Technology), EBIDITE (Aerospace), ELLAK (Free Software/Open Source Software) and EENE (New Businesses/Startups), the Innovative Bodies of the Research and Academic Community, with the which plans actions that will be hosted at the innovation hub in the next two years. INNOVATHENS will function as a support point for entrepreneurship and innovation in the center of Athens, in a space with 600,000 visitors a year and with special symbolism in relation to industrial development and culture. Cooperation with business associations, collective bodies and with the research and academic community, is a critical success factor in the implementation of the project.
Cooperating agencies:
ESET: National Research Network & technology
EAA: National Observatory of Athens
EKHA: National Land Registry & Mapping AE
SEKEE: Association of Mobile Application Companies of Greece
ATLANTIS: Atlantis Consulting SA
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