Smart Street Lighting New York City Challenge Program
NYC: Urban Design Innovation within Air Quality and Urban Heat Island Effect
03/10/2019
Webinar: Cities as a gateway to green export for Danish SMEs
08/10/2020
Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/11/2020 - 30/11/2020
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Categories
Photo credits: The VOREA Group
ABOUT
The rapid development in NYC creates new market opportunities and the program is developed by Danish Cleantech Hub in New York and Gate 21, to give the Danish SMEs a flying start in accessing the US market. The program zooms in on a concrete local challenge and invites Danish SMEs to present innovative solutions, to how their products and/or services can solve the challenge and provides an opportunity to pitch their solution towards a panel of public and private purchasers. The local challenge has been submitted by International Nighttime Design Initiative, Long Island City Partnership and The VOREA Group.
For more information, click here.
THE CHALLENGE: Putting 12th Street on the Long Island City (LIC) Night-Map
The objective is to create this pocket of the Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) into a viable and vibrant neighborhood hub for the LIC community. Using light as a means of connectivity, 12th Street will be an “always on” neighborhood oasis with safety, function and enjoyment at its foundation. With strategic implementation of smart lighting systems, that bring people together, the Campus at 12th Street is primed to be an iconic destination for LIC and across the five boroughs.
We task the Challenge respondents to propose two Living Lab themes within their pitch: a showcase for best practice public lighting – beyond the street pole-luminaire typical and to facilitate community-based placemaking research.
READ MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE HERE AND WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THE NORDIC EDGE LAUNCH HERE.
PROGRAM
The program is divided into two parts:
- A day where we learn more about how to access the American lighting and Smart City-market, followed by a solution workshop to prepare for the pitch finale
- A day with the opportunity to pitch your solution to a panel consisting of the challenge owners and other American public and private purchasers based on NYC. Please find details about each activity below:
November 3 2020: SOLUTION WORKSHOP DAY PROGRAM @DOLL Living Lab
09.00 Breakfast
09.30 Welcome and A roadmap to NYC – understand your market + Q&A
10:30 Challenges as an accelerator for green export
11.00 The NYC challenge
11.30 Lunch
12.15 Solution hack workshop
15.00 Persuade the challenge owner – methods for preparing your solution, pitch and presentation
16.00 Q&A with US expert
17.00 Networking drinks
November 30 2020: PITCH EVENT @State of Green
14.30 Arrival at State of Green
15.00 Kick off – virtual pitch finale and introduction by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
15.10 Pitch rounds of 5-7 minutes per company including questions from the panel
16.10 Announcement of winner
16.15 Thank you by Danish Cleantech Hub and Gate 21
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
The program is developed for Danish companies that produces smart intelligent outdoor light components and producers of Smart City solutions. Register HERE.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The program is financed by the Danish Industry Foundation through the project Access Cities. Participation is FREE for Danish SME’s.
For more information, click HERE.
For information about the challenge on the Confederation of Danish Industry click HERE.
LOCATION
Location November 3rd: DOLL Living Lab
Naverland 2, 6. sal, 2600 Glostrup
Location November 30th: State of Green
Vesterbrogade 1E, 1620 Copenhagen V
CONTACT
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Mille Munksgaard, Danish Cleantech Hub, mimu@di.dk or Maja Yhde, Gate 21, maja.yhde@gate21.dk
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