Sixty-four people have registered to participate in the II Incubazul Hackathon convened by the High Technology Incubator, Incubazul. A meeting of entrepreneurs in the Blue Economy in which, through collaborative work, answers have been given to a challenge or problem of an organization in record time.
The II Incubazul Hackaton has been especially aimed at people with entrepreneurial capacity, as well as students from educational centers. Several educational centers in the province have become involved in the event with the participation of their students.
The State delegate in the Free Zone of Cádiz, Fran González, has been very satisfied with the response obtained in the call for this meeting, and after thanking the participation of the collaborating institutions and entities, has indicated that this Hackakton "invites solve important challenges, but it is also an opportunity for the future and the present for educational centers, which can already have mentoring and facilities in the Zona Franca incubator, such as a laboratory equipped with the latest technology material and machinery”.
The awards were given by the Cádiz Free Trade Zone Delegate, Fran González and Míriam Montenegro, head of innovation at Navantia.
The winners correspond to two categories.
General category.
The first prize winners correspond to the Skin Sea project, on algae-based cosmetics. With it they will be able to enter the Incubazul acceleration program and will enjoy two nights in Wakana, in Benalup Casa Viejas.
The second has corresponded to Eco Beach, on solutions to make coastal beach bars more sustainable. They will have access to the Incubazul acceleration program.
startup category.
The unique award, intended for teams from Incubazul startups, has corresponded to Archangelus Naval and is a project on safety in confined spaces. They may have a pitch at Wayra, a Telefónica open innovation hub.
Dynamics of the II Hackathon
The event has been developed over two days, the first one aimed at preparing the challenges for the teams and the second for the presentation of the resolution of the challenges before the jury.
In this second edition of the Incubazul Hackaton, each team has developed a project based on the blue economy and sustainability and has had the advice of Incubazul mentors in the business, oceanography, finance, technology and legal areas of Incubazul.
The participants have been grouped into nine teams and opted for two prizes: a sustainable experience for two people and becoming part of the project acceleration program, Incubazul. The challenges of the Hackathon have mostly revolved around topics such as sustainable coastal tourism, aquaculture and environmental health.
The teams have worked independently with the accompaniment of the mentors present, who have been giving sessions. On the second day they prepared the presentations, spoke to the jury of the II Hackaton Incubazul, who decided the winning projects based on sustainable criteria.
The II Hackathon has been organized by the Incubator for High Technology in the Blue Economy of the Cádiz Free Zone, Incubazul, in collaboration with the University Institute of Research for Sustainable Social Development of the University of Cádiz, – through the COEDPA Social Laboratory within the framework of the Youth Network ODS project, financed by the Andalusian Agency for Development Cooperation, in the call for Universities 2021. The Zaporito Integrated Center for Maritime Vocational Training also collaborates.
With Incubazul, the Cadiz Free Trade Zone implements a project that aims to be a benchmark in the Blue Economy throughout Spain and in which circumstances are conducive to attracting and promoting talent and ideas with the oceans and seas as the main focus.
Incubazul has 80% co-financing from the European FEDER Funds within the 2014-2020 Operational Program, A way of making Europe, through the INCYDE Foundation and has the support of Telefónica.
Initiatives interested in being incubated in Incubazul can access the information on Telefónica's Open Future enabled platform through the website https://www.openfuture.org/es/challenge/incubazul-de-cadiz-open-future-challenge/ and on the Incubazul website itself, www.incubazul.es.
This High Technology Incubator Project for the promotion of innovation and technology transfer to microSMEs in the blue economy sector in Andalusia “[BlueEcoIncuba x Logistical]Tech = ZONA BASE – INCUBAZUL 2.0” is 80% financed by the European Regional Development Fund within the Pluriregional Operational Program of Spain FEDER 2014-2020 OP. “A way of making Europe” within axis 3: Improving the Competitiveness of SMEs, Thematic Objective 3 Improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, and investment priority 3 Promotion of entrepreneurship, in particular, facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas, and promoting the creation of new companies, also through incubators.”
