FIWARE and Smart City App Hack are joining forces to launch an online competition for European developers or firm to create an app for a Smart City. A Smart City utilises digital technology, information, and smart solutions to improve the city’s infrastructure and citizens’ quality of life. This leads to reducing consumption of natural resources, providing a smart platform for citizens’ interactions, and better city management overall for the government officials.
Live, digital information can be analysed by the officials and solutions can then be planned accordingly based on the collected data. Reports can be generated in an instant and information can be passed to citizens to ensure their safety and well-being at any given time.
For example, capital cities’ common issues like crime and traffic jams require quick actions and solutions, in which a Smart City can manage and handle in a more efficient manner.
Apps like Waze, for example, helps in providing a platform for citizens to interact with one another in reporting traffic jams and accidents on the road. Other apps automatically push notifications to warn citizens of an upcoming bush fire or storm.
FIWARE and Smart City App Hack Online Competition Details
If you have an app, a prototype, or an idea of such an app to help your city to be a Smart City, you should join in the competition.
The enrollment period starts on the 1st of September 2015 until the 15th of October. Your app will have to respond to 1 of the 5 challenges of a Smart City: energy, mobility, collaboration, tourism and shopping.
The app will also have to take advantage of FIWARE open-source platform, which provides simple, yet powerful APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to develop Smart Applications.
The competition is open to European developers or firm with a total of 150,000€ in prize and a chance to be featured in Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (which is a big exposure). A few selected best apps will also get full support, mentoring, and funding from INCENSe and SoulFI.
Here are the prizes breakdown:
- Best FIWARE App: 5,000€
- 2nd Best FIWARE App: 3,000€
- 3rd Best FIWARE App: 1,500€
- Online Vote Winning FIWARE App: 500€
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