“The Digital Gate”

 Aiming at exploring and promoting digital innovation and young entrepreneurship in the air-transport and tourism sector, the Athens International Airport, in cooperation with the Economic University of Athens and the scientific support of the Laboratory of Electronic Commerce and Business, launches a competition under the title:

The Digital Gate:  Airport Innovation Challenge – Transforming the Airport Environment

The aim of the programme is to allow young people to develop their capabilities regarding the design of innovative services and contribute to the development of applications and new digital business activities, with a possible implementation in a real airport environment.

Aiming to develop into an annual statute, the competition «The Digital Gate: Airport Innovation Challenge - Transforming the Airport Environment», calls contestants to offer creative solutions to challenges faced by the wider airport community, such as:

• Facilitation and improvement of the travel experience for the members of the airport community (passengers, employees, visitors, companies, etc.).
• Services personalisation and Recommender systems
• Dynamic choice of the most suitable communication means
• Effective use of social media (Social Networking)
• Adaptation of location-based services

Groups that qualify to the final stage of the contest will be fully assisted in the development of their ideas, in the framework of the Support Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the Economic University of Athens, with the provision of all technological tools provided by the major IT&T companies supporting the programme. The Athens International Airport will finally select which proposals will be implemented in a real airport environment.

More information on how to enter the contest, frequently asked questions, and the list of sponsor companies, at: http://thedigitalgate.gr