The collection of applications has started for the second edition of the Digital360 Awards, the initiative of the Digital360 Group which aims to enhance the culture of innovation and digital entrepreneurship in Italy by rewarding the best projects created by IT companies and startups (that have at least a customer), selected by a jury of over 60 Chief Information Officers of the most important Italian industrial groups and public bodies according to criteria of originality, replicability and benefits.
Companies and startups can submit their application by 15 April 2017 through the website www.digital360awards.it. An initial screening based on the material provided by the participants will make it possible to select the projects that can be presented to the jury on 7 June through a 5-minute pitch.
The winners will be announced on July 5 in Milan on the final day, open to the public and the press, with various institutional guests. A project will be awarded for each technological category and for each sector as well as some special prizes: for the best Digital Transformation project, for the most innovative startup and for the project with the most significant social impact.
The Digital360 Awards aim to promote the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital field in Italy. «In a country with a strong delay on the digital front, the enhancement of the best projects, presented to the CIOs of large Italian companies and the PA, represents a unique opportunity to create and disseminate a new culture - says Andrea Rangone, CEO of Digital360 and full professor of Business Strategy and E-business at the Politecnico di Milano –. Indeed, the Awards generate a virtuous mechanism for sharing the most innovative experiences between companies, suppliers, startups and institutions».
