Unlocking the potential of open data through EU Datathon 2020
If you want to showcase the potential of open data in today’s society, and also claim your share of the total prize amounting to EUR 100 000, now’s the time to submit your proposal for the EU Datathon 2020 competition. The contest is open worldwide to anyone, including teams consisting of individuals (up to four people), one or more companies, and other legal entities. The EU Datathon involves creating innovative applications and interactive visualisations that offer suitable approaches and solutions to an identified need or problem through the use of open and public data. According to the competition rules(opens in new window), the outcome “should be a new, original mobile or web application, visualisation or demonstration of applying data science by linking datasets for generating new insights.” A major objective of the competition is to offer “opportunities for a concrete business model, a social enterprise, or a reusability concept for the open data community.”
Thematic challenges
The four challenges covered by the fourth EU Datathon are the following: Challenge 1: ‘A European Green Deal’(opens in new window) Challenge 2: ‘An economy that works for people’(opens in new window) Challenge 3: ‘A new push for European democracy’(opens in new window) Challenge 4: ‘A Europe fit for the digital age’(opens in new window) Applicants have until 3 May to submit their project descriptions(opens in new window). Twelve winning teams (i.e. three teams per challenge) will be shortlisted and announced on 29 May. The competition is taking place within the annual European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels, an event that attracts over 9 000 participants from all over the world. The shortlisted teams will be invited to develop their applications and present them on 13-14 October during the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities. The winners will be announced at the end of the final conference that includes presentations and live demonstrations of the apps by the teams, followed by a Q&A with the audience. The winning entry in each challenge will receive EUR 12 000 in prize money, with EUR 8 000 and EUR 5 000 in cash prizes for those coming in second and third, respectively. The EU Datathon 2020 is organised by the Publications Office of the EU, in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy. The winning applications will be featured in the Applications(opens in new window) section of the EU Open Data Portal, the central access point to open data made available by EU institutions, agencies and bodies. Finalists from previous EU Datathons can only participate with a new project in this year’s competition. Teams from Austria, Greece and Italy were the winners of the EU Datathon 2019. For more information, please see: EU Datathon website(opens in new window)
Countries
Belgium