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Geneva’s Open Innovation Festival for Science, Technology and Society, best known as\u00a0Open Geneva<\/a>, was established in 2017 with the support of the GTI, to promote citizen participation in research for the common good. In particular, Open Geneva aims to foster open innovation for people from all walks of life\u00a0in the Greater Geneva Area, as well as for the global network of humanitarian and multilateral actors represented by the International Organisations and NGOs that form a unique and vital part of the city.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″]<\/p>\n A first Open Geneva Hackathon took place in 2015, organised by the Geneva Creativity Center<\/a>\u00a0with the Centre Universitaire d’Informatique and other higher education partners Geneva, in order to promote innovation for tackling social challenges in Geneva. During the event, teams of students worked over several weekends on social and technical innovations related to energy, health and mobility. The 2016 edition of this hackathon was hosted by Citizen Cyberlab<\/a> at Campus Biotech and focused on medical technologies and global health innovation. It welcomed 50 participants from a range of professional and academic backgrounds, during a curated hackathon co-organised by The Port association and the H\u00f4pitaux Universitaires Gen\u00e8ve (HUG)<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/OpenGeneva2016.jpeg” title_text=”OpenGeneva2016″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OpenGeneva2018logo.png” title_text=”OpenGeneva2018logo” _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″]<\/p>\n 2017:\u00a0 birth of a city-wide hackathon festival\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2017, a single hackathon evolved into a festival of innovation. The bold idea was that running a range of hackathons as part of a single event, over a weekend and across a whole city, would create more attention and stimulate more participation than a series of disconnected hackathons could ever do.\u00a0 And the idea proved to be correct: with the support of the GTI and the\u00a0<\/span>Digital Strategy of the University of Geneva<\/a>, some 21 hackathons were organised, with the involvement of high schools, research centers, public administrations and private companies. Approximately 400 participants with a broad variety of skills and motivations developed over 50 innovative projects, several of which continued to develop after the event. This keen interest is a confirmation that there is a real appetite for open innovation amongst a broad population in a city like Geneva. The first Geneva Festival of Open Innovation coincided with the launch of the SDG Solution Space, a unique open innovation hub in the heart of International Geneva, supported by the GTI.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.1″]<\/p>\n In 2018, Open Geneva lasted over an entire week, with a concentration of activity on the weekend, attracting more than 800 participants to 31 hackathons, as well as 250 people who joined conferences, open door events and workshops. There were more than 300 attendees at a final Hack Show, where the some of the best results from the hackathons were showcased. In 2019, the number of hackathon participants exceeded a thousand. With these figures, Open Geneva has become one of the largest innovation events in Switzerland, which is in turn one of the most innovative countries in the world. And in 2020, confronted with a pandemic, Open Geneva made a smooth transition to an online event, tackling the challenges to societal resilience that the Covid crisis created. The success of Open Geneva is due in part to the establishment of an Open Geneva Association that represents a broad engagement by public institutions, private businesses, students and researchers as well as citizens from all walks of life and all ages. Open Geneva has gone on to inspire other large scale hackathon events, such as SDG Open Hack, a campus-wide event first launched at Tsinghua University in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″] Open Geneva Geneva’s Open Innovation Festival for Science, Technology and Society, best known as\u00a0Open Geneva, was established in 2017 with the support of the GTI, to promote citizen participation in research for the common good. In particular, Open Geneva aims to foster open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":28861,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"3.0.47\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"3.0.48\" background_size=\"initial\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" _builder_version=\"3.0.47\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"on\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.18.7\"] Open Geneva has been established to promote open innovation with a spirit of knowledge sharing for the common good. In particular, Open Geneva aims to foster open innovation for the arts, science, technology, and for society in the Greater Geneva Area.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"3.18.7\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_5\" _builder_version=\"3.18.7\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"on\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.17.2\"] During an entire week, Open Geneva attracted more than 800 participants to 31 hackathons, around 250 people to conferences, open doors, and workshops, as well as more than 300 attendees at the Hack Show, on Sunday 15th April afternoon. These figures show that the Open Innovation Festival, which was born in 2017 following 2 hackathons organized in 2015 and 2016, has already become one of the largest innovation events in Switzerland. This success is the result of a broad engagement by public and semi-public institutions, private businesses, students, researchers, concerned people active in associations, as well as kids, youths, and retired individuals. Through open innovation, all these men and women aim to contribute concretely, with the help of their communities, to the improvement of the world they live in, locally and globally.<\/span><\/p>\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"3.0.47\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"on\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.17.2\"]Pre-History<\/h4>\n
\u00a0 Open Geneva since 2018<\/h4>\n
More information: www.opengeneva.org\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n
Open Geneva<\/h1>\r\n
History<\/h4>\r\nOpen Geneva was established in 2015 by the Geneva Creativity Center<\/a> in order to promote innovation for the improvement of life quality in Geneva. During the 1st edition, several teams of students worked during 2 weekends on scientific projects, as well as social and technical innovations, related to energy, health, mobility. The 2016 edition was focused on medical technologies and brought a larger scope of participants during a curated hackathon organized by The Port<\/a> in collaboration with the Geneva University Hospitals<\/a>.\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"2_5\" _builder_version=\"3.18.7\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"on\"][et_pb_image src=\"http:\/\/0h51ctlnv.preview.infomaniak.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/afasdfhfghgh.png\" _builder_version=\"3.18.7\"][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"3.0.48\" background_size=\"initial\" background_position=\"top_left\" background_repeat=\"repeat\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"3.0.47\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"on\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.17.2\"]
Edition 2018<\/h4>\r\n
Edition 2017<\/h4>\r\nIn 2017, Open Geneva became a festival of hackathons. With the support of the Digital Strategy of the University of Geneva<\/a>, more than 21 initiatives were organized, with the involvement of schools and research centers, administrations and companies, public and private institutions. Approximately 400 participants with a broad variety of skills and motivations developed over 50 innovatives projects, among which some have continued to develop. This keen interest is a confirmation that there is a real commitment for open innovation in Geneva.\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29058"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32870,"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29058\/revisions\/32870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gt-initiative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}