{"id":12951,"date":"2020-02-20T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itq.de\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2022-02-02T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:56:28","slug":"innovative-minds-secure-the-future-of-the-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itq.de\/en\/2020\/02\/20\/innovative-minds-secure-the-future-of-the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative minds secure the future of the company"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ITQ GmbH<\/strong> is organizing the SMART GREEN ISLAND MAKEATHON<\/strong> innovation festival<\/strong> for the fifth time. From March 4-7, 2020,<\/strong> Young Talents<\/strong> and companies from all over the world will meet in Gran Canaria to network and to develop<\/strong> creative, technical projects<\/strong> together. Currently, 500 participants<\/strong> and company representatives have registered.<\/p>\n

More than 35 companies<\/strong> support this make-marathon as sponsors and submit project ideas to the participants \u2013 so-called Industry Challenges<\/strong> \u2013 that deal with the topics \u201cSmart\u201d and \u201cGreen\u201d<\/strong>. The first prototypes will be created in just four days to promote the idea of a Smart Green Island<\/strong> – i.e. a climate-neutral island of Gran Canaria – with the topics of sustainable technologies<\/strong> as well as environmental and climate protection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Makeathon, like the earlier ones, is a unique industry event with a particularly large international character: The currently 300 registered<\/strong> Young Talents <\/strong>study at over 70 different universities<\/strong> and come from 25 countries<\/strong> around the world.<\/strong> The fifth Makeathon<\/strong> will receive substantial financial support from German and Spanish Sponsors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Platinum Sponsors<\/strong> are Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG<\/a>, B&R Industrial Automation GmbH<\/a>, igus GmbH<\/a> und The MathWorks GmbH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\"\"<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\"\"<\/span>

Further Gold Sponsors<\/strong> are Honda R&D Europe<\/a>, WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co.KG<\/a>, Q-loud GmbH<\/a>, Infineon Technologies AG<\/a>, Murr Elektronik GmbH<\/a>, Sioux Group B.V.<\/a>, Fundacion Sergio Alonso<\/a>, Coca Cola<\/a>, Cabildo de Gran Canaria<\/a>, Spegc<\/a>, Gobierno de Canarias<\/a>, Ayuntamiento des Las Palmas de Gran Canaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year, the Sponsors Beckhoff<\/strong> and B&R<\/strong> are offering the Industry Challenges “Smart Green Plastic Detection”<\/strong> and “Smart Green Garbage Sorting Machine”<\/strong>. MathWorks<\/strong> awaits innovative students for the \u201cWildfire Detection\u201d<\/strong> Challenge, while igus<\/strong> wants to promote \u201cSmart Vertical Farming\u201d<\/strong>. The Young Talents can also develop their own ideas and design the first smart prototypes.<\/p>\n

In addition to technical know-how, the participants also need innovation and flexibility. That is the only way to successfully implement such projects in international teams<\/strong> with different working methods<\/strong> and cultures in an extremely short time<\/strong>. At the end of the four-day long MAKEATHON<\/strong>, the teams must also demonstrate their soft skills<\/strong> and present themselves and their prototypes to the Sponsor Jury<\/strong> and the audience.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank our Platinum\/Gold\/Silver\/Bronze<\/strong> Sponsors<\/strong> and our partners for their support.<\/p>\n

We are really looking forward to a productive and innovative MAKEATHON<\/strong> and to the new innovative smart ideas of our participants!<\/p>\n

Silver and Bronze Sponsors:<\/strong> Trumpf<\/a>,\u00a0Multivac<\/a>,\u00a0MVTec<\/a>, B\u00f6llhoff,<\/a> Optima,<\/a> Dolde Engineering<\/a>, SIGMATEK<\/a>, German Robotics<\/a>, Software Factory<\/a>, iT Engineering Software Innovations<\/a>, Hyundai, RTVC Canaria, Consejo Insular Energia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>