Our Challenges

Bring your solution and participate in our challenges.

Challenges

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SCOUTING

Every year d-LAB scouts the agendas and priorities of global organisations, speaks with different levels of local and national government and brings its partners together to discuss the societal challenges of our time.



SELECTION

d-LAB prepares then a short list of priority areas from which our Advisory Committee selects the three challenges to be launched in the following calendar year.



CHALLENGES

d-LAB launches 3 societal challenges every year through Calls for Proposals. Each challenge is supported by a group of three to four Ambassadors.


Open Challenge


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Improving the quality of life of the elderly through technology

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Improving the quality of life of the elderly through technology


Past Challenges


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Empowering women in the tech industry

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Empowering women in the tech industry


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Fighting cyberbullying through mobile technologies

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Fighting cyberbullying through mobile technologies

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Fighting cyberbullying through mobile technologies

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Fighting cyberbullying through mobile technologies


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Transforming the use & governance of personal health data

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Transforming the use & governance of personal health data

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Transforming the use & governance of personal health data

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Transforming the use & governance of personal health data


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Empowering people with disabilities through mobile technologies

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Empowering people with disabilities through mobile technologies

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Empowering people with disabilities through mobile technologies

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Empowering people with disabilities through mobile technologies




Why to participate


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Partnership Set Up

d-LAB will support you in bringing on board the necessary partners to implement an ambitious & visionary pilot project.

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Pilot Implementation

Pilot your solution in a real-life context & validate your proposed solution and its social impact.

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Visibility & Promotion

Gain great visibility to the pilot implementation of your proposed solution throughout our communication channels and be present at the Mobile World Congress!

Our Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is an exceptional group of external experts that support d-LAB with their experience in technology, business and social impact. The Advisory Committee supports us in the selection of the three challenges that are launched each calendar year and they also choose the winner(s) of each launched challenge.

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David Altabev

Director
City Sonar


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Boyd Cohen

Deputy Director of Research, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
EADA


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Eva Fabry

Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology
ECWT


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T. Jamaa

General Manager
GSMA


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Genís Roca

Co-Founder
RocaSalvatella


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Marc Vidal

Digital Transformation Analyst
Rehset



Our Ambassadors

Previous to the launch of each challenge, d-LAB approaches some of the most relevant organisations working in the challenge field. A group of three to four organisations are selected and invited to collaborate with us on three different areas.

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