Swiss ICT Award 2017: These are the nominees
On November 14, 2017, the Swiss ICT Award 2017 will be presented at the KKL in Lucerne. Five finalists in each of two categories have been nominated for the important award of the Swiss IT industry.
The finalists for the Swiss ICT Award 2017 have been determined. The jury nominated 10 finalists at the end of June. The finalists come from the regions of Zurich (3), Lake Geneva (2), Valais (2), Eastern Switzerland (2) and Central Switzerland (1).
Nominated for the Swiss ICT Award are:
- Artanim SA from Meyrin is well on its way to making a breakthrough in Hollywood with "Real Virtuality," a virtual reality platform.
- Imito AG from Zurich has developed "ImitoCam", an Instagram-like platform for doctors and hospitals, on which medical findings can be exchanged in a privacy-compliant manner.
- Eyeware Tech SA based in Martigny, has developed 3D eye-tracking software that can be used in robotics or automotive industries, smart homes, healthcare or advertising.
- Nomos Systems AG from Zurich has already been awarded a "Red Herring" this year with its universally usable IoT automation software.
- Nagra Vision SAa Kudelski Group company based in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, has launched "White Noise", a secure communications solution that is expected to be a global breakthrough.
Nominated for the Swiss ICT Newcomer Award 2017 are:
- Advertima AG from St. Gallen, developer of the AI technology "The Experience Management System (EMS)" has grown from 5 to 35 employees in the 1st year.
- Bricks & Bytes AG from Zurich has established itself as the Swiss market leader in the crowdinvesting sector within two years with "crowdhouse.ch", according to its own statements.
- Recapp IT AG from St. German VS enables multilingual automatic logging with "The app to recapp" - including Swiss and Valais German.
- Bexio AG from Rapperswil SG started with an innovative web solution for administration in small businesses in 2013 and says it now has 8,000 customers and a weighty strategic partner on board in UBS.
- WhyWait Ltd. from Zug is on the verge of establishing a global AI hub in Switzerland with the ambitious goal of developing artificial intelligence into a key industry in this country.
The winners will be selected on November 14, 2017 in Lucerne. All finalists are also eligible for the Swiss ICT Public Award, which is determined by an online vote in Swiss IT Magazine and an auditorium vote at the award ceremony. The award ceremony is an important meeting point for players from the Swiss ICT industry in research, business and politics.
Exceptional performance in the IT sector
The Swiss ICT Award has been presented since 2004 to companies that have launched an innovative IT-based product or service on the market. The projects must have been implemented in the last two years and a significant part of them must have taken place in Switzerland. In addition to the main prize, the Swiss ICT Newcomer Award and the Swiss ICT Public Award will also be presented. The award is organized by swissICT, the industry association of the Swiss ICT workplace.
Symposium: New Business Models for Digital Switzerland
The traditional swissICT Symposium will take place before the gala award ceremony, with the title theme "New business models in digital Switzerland". Hardly any industry is not affected by the digital transformation. The media is dominated by topics such as self-driving cars, which will soon be cruising around on our roads. Blockchain is supposedly turning the financial world upside down. Uber is shaking up the cab industry, Airbnb the hotel industry. How is Switzerland dealing with this change? What business models are developing in the digital world? Networking is an important part of the Swiss ICT Symposium.
