Digital Economy Award: These are the winners
At the Digital Economy Award Night, more than 500 guests from the digital industry, research, business and politics celebrated the year's digital highlights. The award ceremony was held for the first time at the Hallenstadion in Zurich as part of a gala dinner. The highlight of the evening was the drone tech start-up Auterion, winner in the "Next Global Hot Thing" category.
30 promising start-ups were nominated, 3 qualified for the final. Since tonight it is clear: Auterion is the big winner in the category "Next Global Hot Thing" in front of more than 500 guests in the Hallenstadion in Zurich. The drone tech start-up builds complete operating systems (OS) and is working very successfully to establish this as the global standard for enterprise drones. Already more than 1 million drones are operated by Auterion's technology. Jury President Pascal Kaufmann, founder of AI high-flyer Starmind, recognized the winners as follows: "The combination of top Swiss know-how and entrepreneurship, the absolutely scalable open source model, and the international team of top talent from around the world ideally position Auterion to become The Next Global Hot Thing."
With over 70 entries in the categories "Digital Innovation of the Year," "Digital Transformation" and "Highest Digital Quality," top-class projects and companies were also represented in the other categories. In the newly established jury process with new jurors, the applicants were analyzed and judged more extensively this year than before.
These are the winners
- Digital Innovation of the Year: Modum.io with Modsense. Jury president Lukas Bär: "It combines innovation in a hardware and software solution and brings together the flow of information and value in the transport of critical goods. The focus today is on the transport of medical products over the last mile, for example to pharmacies, hospitals or doctors."
- Digital Transformation SME: Ex Libris. Jury president Samy Liechti: "Digitization runs through the entire company, from procurement to the point of sale. In this way, it becomes a daily experience for every employee and customer. Ex Libris started the journey years ago and has continued to pick up speed over the past year."
- Digital Transformation NPO & Government: Amnesty International Switzerland. Jury President Marc Uricher: "The will to change is evident at all levels and - very crucially - it is supported and exemplified by management. Donors and supporters generally feel that you play a central role."
- Digital Transformation Large Enterprise: Sonova. Jury President Bramwell Kaltenrieder: "In recent years, the tradition-rich company has transformed itself from a manufacturer of hearing aids that sells its products via global distribution partner networks to an integrated ecosystem operator. By consistently analyzing customer needs and their "customer journeys," the company has been able to optimally reposition its products and, above all, its services - digitized from start to finish."
- Highest Digital Quality: SBB with the NOVA platform. Jury President Marcus Dauck: "The focus is on an optimized experience in which the customer can move around very easily in his familiar environment or with the help of partners. The NOVA platform wins in the Highest Digital Quality category in particular because it is clear that quality standards were kept extraordinarily high in a digitally agile environment throughout the entire project and also in the operating phase.
Company certified for the first time
During the Digital Economy Award Night on November 21, companies and organizations were also awarded 17 certificates in four special disciplines. Gold certificates were awarded to:
- Industry 4.0: Sulzer Management AG with BLUE BOX™ IoT Advanced Analytics
- Lean, Agile & Scrum: Trivadis with Digital Blockchain Class Book
- Sourcing & Cloud: SBB with NOVA platform
- User Experience: Netcetera with pressure ulcer prevention app, FOEN with "Common Information Platform Natural Hazards (GIN)".
The following companies and organizations receive one or more silver and/or bronze certificates: Apps with love, Federal Office for the Environment, dreipol, Ergon Informatik, Greenliff & Museum of Digital Art, Inside Reality, interactive friends, Ivaris, Liip, newhome.ch, Siemens Mobility.
The Digital Economy Award is organized by the ICT industry association swissICT and the specialist publisher Netzmedien AG and was created through a merger of the Swiss ICT Award and the Swiss Digital Transformation Award. The next award ceremony will take place on November 28, 2019 at the Hallenstadion in Zurich.
