Context:

Transportation systems are undergoing a fundamental transformation and are getting increasingly crowded as more and more companies keen to exploit and experiment with new business models, products and services are vying to enter the lucrative market that transport is today.

In turn, the growing number of market players and new user preferences focused on seamless travel experience present additional challenges in the form of technical integration that need to be overcome if transport is to become the engine of sustainable growth and a source of joy for many.

It is precisely these integration challenges that ECIM aims to address with its flexible cloud platform. Built on a scalable architecture, the platform facilitates the migration of web services to the cloud and provides a mechanism for aggregating them with a range of other services and datasets.

Participation requirements:

To participate in the App Challenge all interested parties need to

• address the problems described above in a creative way and demonstrate the added value of the proposed solution for a European city of their choice;
• make use of ECIM web or data services provided on the Marketplace;
• and present their ideas and demos at the hackathon.

When:

The hackathon will take place on 5th of March 2016 from 10 am to 7 pm.

Where:

Fàbrica Fabra I Coats – 20 Carrer de Sant Adrià Barcelona, Barcelona 08030 ES 

More information about the event and process & evaluation can be found on the website of the Ecim-cities.eu  http://www.ecim-cities.eu/second-ecim-app-challenge/