The 'Gravity Challenge' takes place in France, Luxembourg, Great Britain, the USA, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Australia, Japan, and, for the first time, in Germany. Regarding the intention behind the competition, Egbert Ways, Consulting Partner at Deloitte:
“Open networks and diverse ways of thinking are a fundamental prerequisite for innovative solutions.”
With the 'Gravity Challenge', Deloitte is now bringing a globally networked innovation platform to Germany, which has successfully promoted new approaches in other countries.
'Gravity Challenge' promotes "exchange between innovators, science and companies"
Teams that qualify for the competition will receive for the duration of the Competition Access to data from space technology. Among the challenges the participants face are finding technology-based solutions to correctly identify agricultural areas in satellite images, improving internet connectivity in passenger aircraft, and optimizing inner-city traffic flow. A jury selects five teams for each challenge to develop the solutions.
“With the Gravity Challenge, we not only present the applicant teams with some of the most exciting challenges of our time, but we also promote the exchange between innovators, science and companies,”
so ways.
"Many of the approaches being discussed here over the next nine months may still sound like pie in the sky. But given the challenges of a global economy, we would be well advised to promote innovative and sustainable ideas early on in all sectors and areas of life."
