Applications are open to participate in the Talent Tour organised by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the Invitalia National Development Agency. The "AI & Robotics for Climate Change" Challenge will be organised in four Italian cities in collaboration with major universities. Start-ups and young talents may offer a personal and original contribution to the environmental cause by participating in the challenge for new robotic solutions for the sustainable market of Industry 4.0. Invitalia has organised a follow-up course for the project, which will also participate in the 14th edition of RomeCup. Register on romecup.org.
Palermo, Pisa, Turin and Rome are the four cities selected for the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Invitalia Talent Tour. There will be four hackathons open to start-uppers, professionals, students and researchers, but a single challenge: exploiting the potential of artificial intelligence and robotics to fight climate change.
Registration is open to both individuals and team at romecup.org/hackathon for prototype projects with a business model. Selected participants will have 8 hours to develop innovative ideas that reduce the environmental impact of the economy and raise awareness on the responsible behavior of citizens-consumers, based on the principles of eco-sustainability and inclusion.
The first appointment, which will be held in Palermo on January 30, has been organised at the Consorzio Arca in collaboration with the University of Palermo. The second appointment will be on February 14 at the University of Pisa; the third on March 10 with a hackathon at t I3P, the Enterprise Incubator at the Turin. Polytechnic. Then, the winners will meet for the final challenge in Rome on April 21-24 at RomeCup 2020. The winning teams will receive a prize in cash and a follow-up course with Invitalia to develop their business idea.
“This project is particularly dear to us as it moulds the entrepreneurial spirit of the younger generation with the potential of new technology and the great challenges that await us: environment and sustainability. Indeed, for many years, our programmes have not only aimed to promtoe the diffusion of digital skills, but also to train responsible new generations that are aware of their social role,” explains Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
"Invitalia is at work on all phases of the innovative Italian ecosystem. We have contributed to the creation of over 6000 new enterprises, including ca. 1000 innovative start-ups and via a partnership with Elite Borsa Italiana we are helping 100 to scale-up," points out Marco De Guzzis, Development, Market and Services Manager at Invitalia. "Particular attention is reserved to identifying new talent and this is why we are proud of supporting the Talent Tour that opens new opportunities for start-uppers thanks to the tutoring of the best presented ideas.”
