Major tech company, Ericsson is confident that connection will be the critical component of the future and according to Ulf Ewaldsson, the company’s Chief Technology Officer, everyone and everything will be connected in the future. He said he believes that Ericsson’s role is to drive this transformation, opening up new ways to innovate, to collaborate and to empower people, business and society.
Ewaldsson said this while speaking on the company’s Innovation Awards 2016, that gives students the opportunity to develop innovative ideas in collaboration with Ericsson experts.
He said, “Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) 2016 is a stage where the brightest minds of a new generation are empowered to innovate and contribute to the transformation of city life.”
The theme for EIA 2016 is the future of city life. By 2050, about 70 percent of the world’s population is expected to reside in urban areas and smart cities are a major opportunity to improve the lives of billions of people.
The competition, according to Ericsson is focused on ideas that use ICT to improve the quality of urban life and to ensure that tomorrow’s cities are creative, connected and sustainable places to live and work.
EIA 2016 is open to teams of two to four people. All current students are eligible to enter. After registration closes on November 30, 2015, after which 10 semi-finalists will be announced on December 18, 2015.
Accordingly, nine of the semi-finalists will be selected by an Ericsson jury, with the remaining place assigned by a public vote.
