Deadline: 2 April 2024
Applications are now open for the Enabling Digital Innovation in Culture, Tourism, Media & Entertainment Challenge.
Every year, for four adrenaline-filled days, VivaTech brings together in Paris the greatest business leaders, startups, investors, researchers and innovators to ignite positive change in business and for society.
The 8th edition will take place on May 22-25, 2024, in Paris, at Expo Porte de Versailles.
The Challenge
Creative and cultural industries such as Culture, Tourism, Media and Entertainment are facing the challenge of competing for attention and time in a world where content is increasingly ubiquitous.
How can tech also enable these industries to rise up in the digital era? They’re open to solutions that use digital technology to:
- Improve, personalize, or create completely new user / visitor experience
- Facilitate and optimize content production, storage, and valorization
- Fully use data to improve operations
Digital InPulse 2024 French start-ups applying to this Challenge may be selected to participate in the Digital InPulse contest held by Huawei France. Digital InPulse is a program which promotes the excellence of French start-ups and aims to support their international development by offering them a Learning Trip to China.
Expected Solutions
Solutions that use digital technologies such as AI, Cloud, Blockchain and more to improve or transform the industries of Culture, Tourism, Media and Entertainment (including Gaming, Music, Film, etc.).
This can include (not limited to):
- AI-based cultural mediation tools
- ArtTech solutions for content digitalization
- Automatic content classification & Dynamic search
- Content production tools (e.g. 3D modeling, rendering, AR/VR, etc.)
- Digital media solutions (e.g. digital twins for more personalized content)
- Online gaming solutions
- Energy-efficiency optimization solutions
Scope: Arts, Culture, Tourism, Travel, Entertainment, Gaming, Film, Music, Multimedia, Software, SaaS, AI, etc.
Benefits
- Pitch at VivaTech
- Top start-ups will be invited to pitch on Huawei’s stand at VivaTech
- Get two free passes for VivaTech 2024
- Connect with Huawei experts
- Shortlisted start-ups will get the opportunity to connect with Huawei experts
- Participate in the Digital InPulse Program
- Top French start-ups will be selected to pitch in the Digital InPulse program, with a chance to win up to 30,000€ and a learning trip to China
Selection Criteria
- Value Proposition: The solution should be relevant to the Challenge
- Market potential: The proposal should have a strong business model & market potential
- Innovation: The proposal should have strong differentiation factor
- Project maturity: Solution should be deployed or ready to deploy
- Note: They will prefer French start-ups able to participate in the Digital InPulse program.
For more information, visit VIVA TECHNOLOGY.
