This year we have several features exclusive for our startups. One of these are the corporate challenges. To take part in a challenge your startup has to be accepted as a participant of Startupnight. Afterwards you can apply for a challenge.
E.ON´s Corporate Challenges
Intelligent Building Solutions: Energy-efficiency meets people-centric offices
E.ON today is a trusted partner for B2B customers when it comes to energy management of retail and production facilities as well as whole city quarters. One sector that receives growing attention within E.ON are commercial office buildings. Office users have increasing expectations towards their office spaces regarding health, productivity and people-centricity.
In this challenge startups are invited to present innovative solutions for the corporate real estate market that deal with the following question:
- How can we help commercial building customers to better manage energy in their existing building as well as health & well-being of building occupants?
The challenge will be firstly introduced by E.ON experts. It will be followed by a short workshop, aiming to help startups to come up with new business cases or adopt existing ones with help of internal E.ON experts. The challenge will finish with a pitching round, where startups will have a chance to present their business cases to a high level E.ON jury.
The challenge offers startups an opportunity to meet representatives of E.ON´s innovation team that develop a solution portfolio for the future office. The most promising startups might be offered an opportunity to participate in customer pilot projects and potentially build a strategic cooperation with E.ON.
Application for the challenges will open, when the participating startups are selected.
Intelligent Automation: From Process Mining to Robotic Process Automation
Intelligent automation is E.ON´s framework to apply process mining, cognitive AI services and robotics to their core processes in order to increase automation, quality and reduces costs.
During this corporate challenge E.ON will be looking for modular tech/AI components, whose solutions can easily be added to E.ON´s own intelligent automation platform. These components can range from innovative process mining UIs and visualizations, process analytics features to modular RPA.
The challenge will be firstly introduced by E.ON´s AI experts. It will be followed by a short workshop, aiming to help startups to come up with new business cases or adopt existing ones with help of internal E.ON mentors. The challenge will finish with a pitching round, where startups will have a chance to present their business cases to a high level E.ON jury.
The challenge offers startups an opportunity to meet representatives of E.ON´s AI team and make their first step towards long-term cooperation.
Application for the challenges will open, when the participating startups are selected.
