Challenge Digital Journey 2024 : Registration is open!
Dear SME top managers,
Is your company ready to go digital?
Submit your most innovative idea for digitalizing your operations by Monday, September 9, 2024. By participating, you could win up to CHF100k worth of cutting-edge digital technology development and transfer time. Our experts will craft a tailor-made solution that is perfect for your business needs. Don’t miss this fast-track chance to boost your company’s digital game!
Applications open on May 29, 2024, and must be received no later than September 9, 2024.
What happens next?
We will do a pre-selection to check that:
✔️ Your company fits the participation criteria.
✔️ Your company's expectations align with CSEM's skills portfolio
The selected applications will then be sent to the jury. Our jury of experts will choose 5 finalists. The winner will then be announced on November 14, 2024 as part of our Business Day at the Kursaal in Bern.
Jury
Chaired by Bahaa Roustom, Vice President Marketing & Business Development at CSEM.
- Silvio Bonaccio, Head of Technology Transfer, ETH Zürich
- Anthony Corbaz, Director of Members and Regions at digitalswitzerland
- Ursula Oesterle, Vice President for Innovation, EPFL
- Raphaël Rollier, Head of Innovation and Product Management, Swisstopo
- Adam Gontarz, Head of Digitalization, Innovation, and Technology Division at Swissmem
- Christian Wasserfallen, National Councillor
Entry requirements
Your company must:
✔️ Be based in Switzerland
✔️ Have a maximum of 250 employees
✔️ Offer a product or service that generates revenue
✔️ Have been founded before June 1, 2019
Your digitization proposal must align with one of our 8 selected technologies.
Click below to access the list of selected technologies (please note: you will also receive the application submission link simultaneously):
From left to right: Bahaa Roustom - VP Marketing & Business Development (CSEM), Ahmed Azouz - R&D Project Manager (Socorex), Julien Ruchet - Chief Executive Producer (Socorex) and Alexandre Pauchard, CEO CSEM
Your challenges are our wins!
Last year, CSEM crowned Socorex the Digital Journey champions.
This SME is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of high-precision dosing instruments for liquid handling in laboratories and animal health injections. With our award, they are now benefitting from technological support and digital expertise valued at 100,000 Swiss francs for the development of a new solution with a strong environmental impact.
How did Socorex impress the judges? Read Socorex news here!
We take pride in reinvesting the knowledge accumulated by our experts both locally and nationally.
The Digital Journey competition is just one way we are tackling today’s challenges, pushing for a more competitive and innovative Swiss economy.