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The EDIH DIGI-SI consortium announces a call for digital innovations to participate in the Digital Innovation Challenge Competition, where we will select the best digital innovation!
The winning digital innovation will receive active promotion both on the Slovenian market and internationally through various European partner networks of DIGI-SI. Finalists of the competition will benefit from a mentorship pitching workshop, a ticket to PODIM 2025 (Europe’s most influential tech and startup event), and a dedicated exhibition space at PODIM 2025 within the EDIH DIGI-SI showcase area.
Competition process:
- first round of evaluation – selection of up to 10 finalists;
- participation of finalists in a “pitching” workshop;
- attendance of finalists at PODIM 2025;
- second round of evaluation at the DIGI-SI Community Days conference in the fall of 2025 – selection of the winner.
Who can apply?
The call is open only to Slovenian citizens over 18 years of age with the permission of the organization they work for, who have one of the following statuses:
- SME (micro, small or medium-sized enterprise),
- start-up,
- self-employed entrepreneur.
Additional information for proposers:
- the level of technological development of the proposed digital innovation must not be lower than 6 (TRL6). More about the levels of technological development here;
- the proposed digital innovation must not be older than 5 years;
- proposers will present their digital innovation to an international commission live in English.
Proposals must be submitted via the application form no later than March 31st, 2025, by 23:59.
Only complete applications that are sent on time will be accepted. Applications received in any other way will not be considered.
So, if you have a digital innovation that you would like to share with the world, we invite you to participate!
You can find the application form HERE!
You can find the rules and conditions of participation in the competition HERE.