Registration is open for the 2019 edition of 24 Hours of Innovation

The 13^th edition of 24 Hours of Innovation, organised by the Izarbel engineering school, will take place on 15 and 16 March 2019 at Ficoba Irun. The call for participation has been launched for this cross-border edition on the theme ‘Advanced Manufacturing’.

This event has been organised since 2007 by ESTIA and invites teams of students and professionals to take up a technological and creative challenge in 24 hours. The challenges involve the design or development of products and services presented by companies, laboratories or designers. The teams with the best solutions are awarded at the end of the event.

Thanks to its originality, this 24-hour challenge which was initially held at the Izarbel Technology Park has grown and spread to other countries. More than 60 editions have thus been organised in France and worldwide, attracting almost 25,000 participants, 300 companies and 230 schools and universities in over 40 different countries. The 2019 edition of 24 Hours of Innovation will take place on 15 and 16 March 2019 at the Ficoba exhibition centre in Irun, for a special cross-border edition devoted to ‘Advanced Manufacturing’.

This theme addresses the integration, use and transfer of future advanced procedures in industry and business, such as additive manufacturing, augmented reality, composite materials or automated procedures. This focus on future industry and the 4.0 factory also aims to promote innovative projects, technology transfer and new partnerships between entities in the cross-border regions of Nouvelle Aquitaine/Euskadi Navarre and France/Spain/Andorra.

The call for participation in this 13^th edition has just been launched by the organisers who are inviting:

• Students, designers and innovators to join a team by registering online before 1 March 2019 (limited to 400 participants) at: https://24h.estia.fr/fr/participer/inscription

• Companies, start-up founders, laboratories, entrepreneurs, inventors and organisations to submit a project before 20 February, which will be unveiled and presented during the 24 Hours of Innovation: https://24h.estia.fr/fr/participer/appels-a-projets

• Consultants, coaches, teachers or researchers to assist the teams and meet the companies taking part: https://24h.estia.fr/index.php/fr/participer/coach

• Companies, institutions or organisations wishing to partner the event through donations for funding, services or prizes: https://24h.estia.fr/index.php/fr/participer/sponsor

24 Hours of Innovation website: http://24h.estia.fr