Get Ready: AI4Cities Bootcamp/Hackthon — Open Market Consultation

AI4Cities is a 3-year EU-funded project bringing together leading European cities looking for pre-commercial artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to accelerate their endeavour to reach carbon neutrality. Helsinki (Finland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris region (France), Stavanger (Norway) and Tallinn (Estonia) are the six European cities and regions that want to ask companies to provide with AI solutions for different mobility and energy challenges, that will ultimately contribute to reduce CO2 emissions and meet their climate commitments. The total funding amount to be divided among the selected suppliers throughout the whole PCP process is EUR 4.6 million. The ‘Get ready: AI4Cities Bootcamp’ will be organised as the first step or phase 0 of the PCP process to coach motivated participants to write their best applications yet for upcoming tender. Aim of the bootcamp is to coach and spar participating teams about their preliminary solution ideas and application process. During Phase 0 feedback for the tender qualifications will be collected, so participants will have a unique opportunity to impact on the contents of the following tender. In addition to the aforementioned, phase 0 has the following goals: — to map companies with innovative and state-of-the-art solutions for hosting cities problems; — to get a better understanding of the state-of-the-art and future developments in order to develop a call for proposals with the optimal scope; — to gain a broad understanding of all relevant and available users, stakeholders, technologies and possible solutions in the marketplace; — to consult with the potential companies the validity of the challenge topics and its specifications, as well as to gather feedback on the feasibility of response; — to identify remaining gaps and challenges and where R&D is still required. Companies hesitating about participating in this PCP can ask themselves following questions to guide them to right conclusion: — Are you developing or planning to develop innovative and/or state-of-the-art AI solutions related to energy or mobility? — Want to reach six big European cities as possible customers? — Want to grow your understanding of the public procurement application process and learn the best tricks? — Want to get sparring and feedback about your solution before the actual procurement? — Want to write your best public procurement application ever? Timeline 24.8. — 11.9. Application period 3.9.9 — 12 CET Info Webinar 8.9. CET 2h OMC Matchmaking Event Week 38 team selections and announcing participating teams 23.- 24.9. Co-Creation Days (1 day for each track, days TBC) December-January PCP application period December PCP matchmaking event Mid January 2021 coaching webinar.