The public
will choose the winner through online voting, which runs until September 30th.
The winning project will receive a cash prize of 5 thousand euros, while the
second and third will have access to services worth 2.5 thousand euros. Public
voting is underway to award the INOVA+ 2024 Prize, in the Creative Cities
category. The initiative has the High Patronage of His Excellency the President
of the Republic and will distinguish solutions that respond to societal
challenges with an impact on territories, and fit into the S+T+ARTS concept –
with a tangible artistic dimension integrated with a technological and/or or
scientific. The great novelty of the second edition of the INOVA+ Award was the
creation of this new category aimed at public innovation projects, crossing art
and science and/or technology. On this topic, INOVA+ received applications from
municipalities, universities, parish councils, local health units, NGOs and
cultural associations. Six finalist projects were selected from among the candidates
and the public will choose the three winners. Anyone can therefore participate
in the attribution of this award, simply by voting for their favorite project,
on the INOVA+ Award
website, until September 30th.
30 thousand
euros to distinguish Scientific, Business and Public Innovation projects
The INOVA+
2024 Award includes two more categories: Business Innovation and Scientific
Innovation, whose applications are currently being evaluated by a group of
experts, to select the winners.
This panel of
judges is chaired by Eurico Neves, Chairman of INOVA+, and made up of
representatives from the partner entities of the INOVA+ 2024 Award: the
National Innovation Agency (ANI), the Portuguese Industrial Association (AIP),
the Coordinating Council of Higher Polytechnic Institutes (CCISP), the Council
of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP) and the General Directorate of
Arts (DGArtes).
In October,
the winners of all categories will be announced. In each category, the first
place winner will receive a cash prize of 5 thousand euros, while the second
and third will have access to specialized consultancy services worth 2.5
thousand euros.
FINALIST
PROJECTS – INNOVATION FOR CREATIVE CITIES
Sound Bodies,
DME/Lisbon Uncommon Project
Corpos
Sonoros is a pedagogical and community creation project that integrates art,
technology and sustainability with innovative methodologies. The participants,
coming from a historically neglected territory in the city of Lisbon (Bairro
Santos ao Rego), build musical instruments from discarded materials, explore
the sound possibilities of these instruments, and design a light and sound
performance, with guidance from guest artists .
Craft Lab
Fundão, Municipality of Fundão
The Craft Lab
promotes the use of design processes and digital manufacturing technologies, as
tools to support and value artisanal production in Fundão. The project is
divided into three laboratories: Olaria Lab, Cestaria Lab, and Embutidos Lab.
Using local raw materials and adding a component of innovation to the region's
traditions, the Craft Lab allows craft objects to be adapted to today's world
and bring generations around art.
EDUCITY,
University of Aveiro
The EDUCITY
project aims to contribute to the sustainability of the city of Aveiro,
creating an intelligent learning environment. It is supported by a mobile app
with games to be explored on walks around the city. These games are co-created
by the school, academic and general community and integrate Augmented Reality
resources, such as simulations based on data from environmental sensors, 3D
animations, informative spots, among others.
History with
Voice, Parish Council of Santo António (Lisbon)
História com
Voz aims, in a fun and historically correct way, to give a voice to the statues
of the parish of Santo António, in Lisbon. The project combines history,
technology and entertainment to offer visitors a unique experience. To receive
a “phone call” from one of the statues, simply point your cell phone camera at
the QR-Code next to the statue and let yourself be surprised by the voice of a
personality known to the Portuguese public.
Mikevh –
Ritual Purification Baths, Municipality of Coimbra
The project
consists of the museumization of the structure, discovered in 2013, in Coimbra,
which dates back to the medieval period and which was identified as a Mikevh -
structure of Jewish purification baths. This is a bold, creative and immersive
intervention of the find, using digital technologies that expand the
possibilities of artistic expression and scientific knowledge, with the aim of
creating multisensory experiences, transporting the visitor into the
exhibitions.
Viana STARTS,
Municipality of Viana do Castelo
Viana do
Castelo will use a set of innovative energy and water efficiency, low carbon
and circular economy solutions in the rehabilitation and conversion project of
the former Municipal Slaughterhouse into the Viana STARTS – Innovation Center
building, based on the principles of the New Bauhaus European. Viana STARTS
will be a creative and community laboratory for the co-production of innovative
solutions and creative content, based on the connection between Science,
Technology and Art.
More
information at https://premio.inova.business/.
