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  • Hackathon #2 in Dijon: Hack2Horizon2023, 48 hours of innovation for the resilient, low-carbon city

Student-led innovations at HacktoHorizon2023 and Dijon celebrate a successful festival of the ecological and digital transition.

On the weekend of 17 November, as part of the Festival of Ecological and Digital Transition, more than 50 students from schools in the Dijon metropolitan area had the opportunity to take part in #HacktoHorizon2023 at ESIREM – Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs Numérique et Matériaux.

Two days to develop innovations to achieve the energy transition objectives and the transformation of the smart, low-carbon city of the RESPONSE project.

The projects that received the highest evaluations and won the prizes were:

  • Grand Prize RESPONSE for participants in the Carbon Scale challenge: “Development of a tool to help assess and reduce carbon impact”
  • Innovation Prize for participants in the Dijon Métropole challenge: “Application for simulating a positive-energy district (example of the Fontaine d’Ouche district)”
  • Jury’s Favourite Award for participants in the Dièze challenge: “Considering the characteristics of the student population on the Dijon metropolitan campus, how can we encourage them to sort their waste?”
Participants at the Hackathon #2 in Dijon.
Participants at the Hackathon #2 in Dijon.
Participants at the Hackathon #2 in Dijon.