From a universe of 125 projects, which made this edition the most participated ever, beating the record number of applications, the 9 best works were identified: 3 from the Startup category, 3 from the Academy category and 3 from the Includes category.
STARTUP
Inclusio
IPLEXMED
Neroes
ACADEMY
Adaptive Robotic Grasping Planning - A Novel Unified and Modular Grasping Pipeline Architecture
Dynamic Defense for Softwarized and Virtualized Networks
Fast and accessible fabrication methodology for organ on a chip device, towards better personalized medicine and reducing impact on animal-based research
INCLUDES by Altice Foundation
Dreamwaves
seamlessCARE Empathic
Zoomguide
The winners of each of the categories will be announced at the awards ceremony on November 29.
The 9 finalist projects will be assessed by the so-called Grand Jury, chaired by Alexandre Fonseca, Co-CEO of the Altice Group, and made up of renowned personalities in the fields of media, entrepreneurship, academia, public bodies and Portuguese industry. It should be remembered that the 2022 edition has Ireland as a guest country, represented by Enterprise Ireland also on this panel of judges:
- Alexandre Fonseca, Co-CEO, Altice Group - President of the Jury
- Ana Figueiredo, CEO, Altice Portugal
- Alberto Cisterna, Country Manager Portugal and Spain, Enterprise Ireland
- Alcino Lavrador, General Manager, Altice Labs
- Alessandro Gropelli, Deputy Director General - Strategy & Communications, ETNO
- Alexandre Meireles, Chairman of the National Board, ANJE
- Amílcar Falcão, Rector, University of Coimbra
- Ana Estelita, Director, Altice Foundation
- David Havelin, Senior Technologist, Enterprise Ireland
- Fernando Alfaiate, President, "Recovering Portugal" Mission Structure
- Gil Azevedo, Executive Director, Startup Lisboa
- Isabel Vaz, CEO, Luz Saúde
- Joana Mendonça, Chairman of the Board, ANI
With a legacy of 6 editions, the Altice International Innovation Award is intended to reward entrepreneurs and startups in the incubation phase (up to three years), doctoral students or inclusive projects aimed at providing information and communication technologies and technological accessibility solutions at the service of citizens, particularly those with special needs. It is the largest monetary prize currently awarded in Portugal in the area of technological innovation.
Representing a total prize of more than €460,000 and adding up to more than 500 applications received over the years, Altice's innovation award also has the partnership of the National Innovation Agency. For the 5th consecutive year, ANI is once again partnering with the AIIA to award the Born from Knowledge (BfK) distinction to the best finalist project "born from knowledge", which results from research and development (R&D) activities, thus valuing national scientific and technological knowledge that responds to society's challenges and contributes to the development of the economy.