INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS AWARDS
As the challenges facing our planet grow, so does the need for game-changing solutions. The Industry Solutions Awards celebrate IOT and advanced technologies that are transforming the way the world works.
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INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
These awards shine a spotlight on the most preeminent digital transformation projects across vertical industries such as manufacturing, energy, healthcare, buildings & infrastructures or connected transport.
Meet the Nominees
Best Smart Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Solution
This category recognizes companies that have made a transformation of their processes incorporating digitization and 4.0 technologies (IOT, digital twin, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, data analytics,) into their operations and management areas.
Next-Gen Manufacturing: Integrating IoT and 3D Modeling for Enhanced Operational Insight
Description
The implementation involved deploying advanced IoT sensors across the manufacturing facility, seamlessly integrating real-time operational data into a centralized 3D model in order to enhance visibility and control of the production process. This model provides a holistic view of the infrastructure and its assets, facilitating data extraction and exploitation throughout the entire process.
Results
The implementation was a game changer for the company at the business level, leading to a dynamic shift in decision-making and strategic planning. The 3D model also enabled process optimization through risk mitigation and improvement opportunities. Beyond the business impact, this solution improved sustainability and revolutionized energy efficiency, promoting a greener approach to manufacturing.
Revolutionising Industrial Maintenance Through LOCTITE® Pulse IIoT Solutions
Description
The LOCTITE®s LOCTITE Pulse (LP) is a smart solution for radically improving an MRO plant’s reliability and sustainability. Via sensors and an app, it monitors critical equipment and sends instant notifications when irregularities are detected. Manual inspections, downtime, energy costs, labour costs, repair efforts are reduced. Plant safety, productivity, sustainability are increased.
Results
Further to the value-add example above, we are building capacity and extending the LP portfolio from 2 solutions to a full set of static and rotating LP solutions, while further developing the app. The outlook is highly promising due to increasing demand and market growth in IIoT.
Tata Chemicals Limited leverages TCS Digital Twin to drive Carbonation Process Optimization at its Mithapur (India) plant.
Description
IoT-based, AI-driven Digital Twin deployed for carbonation process in Soda Ash manufacturing to reduce process variation & improve conversion efficiency. Solution predicts the conversion efficiency in real time & provides ‘advisories’ on impacting parameters to achieve Golden batch efficiency levels, disciplined adoption to recommended actions resulted in increase in conversion efficiency by 1%.
Results
With 97% adoption levels from team, the change management effected with rigorous Adoption Support from TCS, we achieved more than 1% of efficiency improvement, against the target of 0.5%, resulting in benefit of 1M USD. Efficiency increase leading to 0.5% moisture reduction at Filtration unit; this resulted in significant energy saving of 5 Gcal at dryer section, equaling to 0.15M USD pa.
Best Energy & Utilities solution
This category celebrates innovation and imagination, best practice and business excellence, customer service and collaboration in the energy and or utilities industry.
Dynamic fine-tuning of predictive water chemistry models in 69 desalination plants distributed around the world through IoT devices
Description
ACCIONA success story: “Dynamic fine-tuning of predictive models in 69 desalination plants distributed around the world” with which ACCIONA expects to save more than 70 M€ in the next 3 years through the retraining of chemical prediction models distributed on the Edge. The project, in addition to being a success for ACCIONA, represents an exponential leap in its race toward the digital transformation.
Results
ACCIONA expects to save more than $70 million in the first 3 years across its 89 desalination plants.
Autonomous Seismic Acquisition Device (ASAD) and Saudi Aramco Geophysical Robot (SAGR)
Description
Aramco has developed innovative solutions to support sustainable exploration for energy. ASAD is an innovative robotics solution that support seismic data exploration as well as shallow geohazard imaging. While SAGR leverages AI to enable efficient seismic exploration, supporting ASAD, and developing applications that will contribute in mining and hydrogen exploration.
Results
Aramco has successfully trialed SAGR and achieved unprecedented accuracy in aerial imagery. They are currently planning our first commercial field trial with 20 ASAD units. This trial is conducted as an internal product with Saudi Aramco to support the development of the technology. Aramco estimates the improvement of the field operations performance of 20%.
ElIoT + Centro Integrado de Movilidad (CIM) (Integrated Mobility Centre)
Description
Repsol has deployed over its +3.200 oil stations an IoT system (ElIoT), creating the first fully connected and smart network, that provides real time information from the assets, improving operations and reducing the carbon footprint. CIM combines this information from ElIoT with other sources, to grant full assets availability, an excel customer experience, optimization of costs and efficiency.
Results
One of the results of the ELIOT+CIM is the reduction of maintenance costs by 10% by reducing travel and remote operation, anticipating breakdowns and predictive maintenance, along with the electricity costs reduction.
Best Smart Buildings & Smart Cities solution
This award recognizes the most innovative smart cities or smart buildings projects that can potentially make an impact on citizens’ or tenants’ lives and turn our buildings or cities into more sustainable and inclusive places to live or work.
Vicki LoRaWAN® Smart Radiator Thermostat rapidly retrofits any building type
Description
Vicki Smart Radiator is tailored specifically to improve energy efficiency, achieve substantial cost savings, and reduce the CO2 footprint within all types of buildings through its remote temperature control capabilities and innovative data analytics.
Results
The Vicki LoRaWAN® Smart Radiator Thermostat is saving on average 35% of the energy consumption, reducing heating costs and simplifying sustainability reporting.
GrydSense OMNOS - Industry-First Truly Integrated Solution for Spatial Intelligence, Decarbonisation and Well-being
Description
Our groundbreaking solution integrates key aspects of modern commercial property management, addressing space utilization, lighting, ambience, occupant experience, and energy management within a single, cohesive package.
Results
GrydSense delivers a 48% annual RoI, reflecting significant cost savings. It plays a pivotal role in reducing operating expenses, enhancing efficiency for sustainable operations.
The Allorado Gateway transforms 16.000 m² of office buildings into a smarter campus
Description
A private LoRa network is rolled out using the Allorado Gateway. Various LoRa sensors gather electricity meter readings. Water meters are connected over M-Bus and a connection was made to the PV installation over Modbus. All data is integrated locally into the building management system via BACnet and sent to a dashboard for easy overview. The Allorado Gateway powers this multi-protocol deployment.
Results
Benefits for the investors:
– Anomaly detection, significantly reducing inefficiencies and their cost
– Reduced risks and insurance premiums
– More frequent billing to all parties, enabled by fast, accurate measurements across the site
– Investors can maximize the building’s return-on-investment through data-driven insights
Best Healthcare solution
This category rewards an organization that successfully integrates technology into their mission to improve healthcare quality by providing better care, better outcomes, and lower costs.
SkinGuard, a mobile phone application for early detection of malignant skin lesions
Description
SkinGuard is a computer-vision smartphone-based application utilizing cutting-edge machine learning technologies to identify malignant skin lesions with an accuracy above 96%. It was fully developed and implemented by Topazium and it is intended for easy diagnosis of diseases like melanoma to help practitioners (especially GPs) identifying the disease in its early stage.
Results
SkinGuard App performance has attracted a top-5 dermatology corporation and we are negotiating a long-term partnership with them. It has also attracted different institutions asking us to develop similar solutions customized to their medical field: we have reached agreements with a multinational pharma as well as with a diagnostics laboratory in the USA for a total value of nearly 500K eur.
Maxsens (Musculoskeletal Activities Sensing System)
Description
The solution integrates advanced wearable technology with biomedical sensors and online real-time health monitoring. Maxsens monitors and analyzes dynamic biometric data in real-time using hardware and software. With AI machine learning and Image Processing, it swiftly identifies incorrect postures and neurological damages, providing personalized recommendations.
Results
MAXSENS has yielded significant results by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs associated with frequent replacements, and contributing to increased revenue through innovative solutionsGrydSense delivers a 48% annual RoI, reflecting significant cost savings. It plays a pivotal role in reducing operating expenses, enhancing efficiency for sustainable operations.
Transforming Care: The Power of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS)
Description
CenTrak’s real-time location system (RTLS) is more than a hospital tracking system — it’s a catalyst for change. Providing healthcare leaders with actionable data, it improves efficiency, fosters a safer environment for patients and staff, and empowers caregivers. 2,000+ facilities have implemented CenTrak for asset management, clinical workflow, staff duress, infection prevention, and more.
Results
Customers have experienced staggering results. One hospital accounted for more than $10 million in benefits, achieving $970K in annual savings by automating temperature monitoring processes, $2M in equipment purchases with asset management, and $3.5M by eliminating redundant purchases and avoiding unnecessary costs. The facility also increased staff productivity valued at more than $2M annually.
Best Connected Transport & Smart Vehicles solution
The award will go to a company that has applied technology to solve transportation problems in an innovative way.
Cafler
Description
Cafler is the leading all-in marketplace platform for anything that a vehicle user needs (at-home services, insurance, parking, buy&sell, renting…), just one-click away. Working with both individualand enterprises (fleets, dealerships, OEMs).
Results
∼€15 in GMV. >€100k in MRR. Live in 3 geographies. >1.000 Enterprise Clients. 10 weeks CAC payback. 40% Margins. 96% Retention YoY.
Hello Auto Connect: Connected and Intelligent Driving
Description
Innovative intelligent telemetry solution, offered free of charge to customers. The HAC connects to the vehicle’s electronic system, collecting real-time data. Features include geolocation, DashCam to record driving, eCall system and accident detection, maintenance control, route logging, unauthorised movement detection, alerts…
Results
It has driven a significant increase in revenues, thanks to the introduction of additional services, policy customisation and improved customer retention. It has also reduced operating costs by streamlining claims and maintenance processes. This has strengthened Hello Auto’s financial position and improved its profitability.
Green Connection: IoT in Forest Management
Description
Effortech has developed ICON satellite communication devices and chose Iridium as partners for their high availability, global coverage, and low communication latency facilitated by their use of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Our devices optimize 4G cellular network connections, providing customers with more efficient global connectivity.
Results
The implementation of ICON terminals drove Effortech’s revenue growth in devices, platform, and connectivity. We enable a new recurring revenue model, like Equipment-as-a-Service, making the value delivery more tangible for our clients.
Best Cybersecurity Solutions
This award recognizes the organization that is taking measures and implementing tools to maintain security.
RIoT Secure: Advanced Secure Lifecycle Management for IoT
Description
RIoT Secure delivers an innovative IoT security solution emphasizing lifecycle management for resource-constrained devices. Our approach leverages separation of concerns, providing a hardware sandbox environment and custom security protocols to ensure robust, scalable protection while maintaining operational efficiency in constrained environments.
Results
RIoT Secure’s implementation has led to remarkable business outcomes. We’ve seen a significant increase in revenue, driven by demand for robust IoT security. Concurrently, there’s been a notable reduction in operational expenses, attributed to the efficient management and extended lifespan of IoT devices facilitated by our solution.
Infrafon Smart Badge makes ZeroTrust comfortable
Description
Infrafon invented an e-paper based Smart Badge combining SmartCard and SmartPhone features. In today´s ZeroTrust networks secure ID management is key. Our Smart badge offers MultiFactor Authentication by biometric fingerprint reader and PIN entry. Sensor data sent to any ZTNA system for trust level scoring. The device allows FIDO certified PC Access like modern car keys over UWB, BLE, NFC ..
Results
Infrafon has encountered international interest for our solution and look forward to grow quicker than expected
Muscope|Risk
Description
Muscope|Risk is a cybersecurity rating platform that conducts a comprehensive risk assessment of any company and its supply chain, from the perspective of a cybercriminal. It identifies, maps and analyses all external facing assets exposed publicly. It analyses the company financial and industry standing. And then combines both sets of data to derive a risk rating, also an economic standpoint.
Results
Muscope|Risk offers a 70% reduction in cost as you don’t have to purchase individual tools to carry out the assessment. Same savings apply to man days as the platform performs everything automatically while you do something else. And, of course, if the remediation suggested, following the analysis has been implemented, you also reduce drastically the cost associated to a potential cyber attack.
AWARDS
Best Energy & Utilities Solution
Best Smart Manufacturing/ Industry 4.0 solution
Best Healthcare Solution
Best Connected Transport & Smart Vehicles solution
Best Smart Buildings & Smart Cities solution
Best Cybersecurity Solution
TIMELINE
MARCH'24
SUBMISSION
Proposal submissions will be accepted up until March 1, 2024.
March'24
REVIEW
MARCH - APRIL'24
NOMINEES' PUBLICATION
All the 3 nominees per category will be published on the official website.
MAY'24
AWARD WINNERS
The winners will be announced during the Industry Solutions Awards Ceremony May 22nd, 2024.
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SUBMISSION
1rst March 2024
Deadline for submission of the online participation form.
02
REVIEW
All proposals will be reviewed by a jury of experts to ensure that submission criteria are met.
03
ADDITIONAL REQUEST
Authors could be subject to additional information from the jury during the evalution period.
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NOTIFICATION
March 2024
All the participants will be notified of their acceptence (3 nominees per catagory) or rejectiojn.
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NOMINEE'S PUBLICATION
31st March 2024
All the 3 nominees per category will be published on their official website.
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AWARD WINNERS
May 22nd 2024
Announced during the Industry Solution Awards Ceremony at the Main Auditorium (Fira Barcelona Gran Via venue, hall 1).
INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
These awards shine a spotlight on the most preeminent digital transformation projects across vertical industries such as manufacturing, energy, healthcare, buildings & infrastructures or connected transport.
NEW AWARDS
The awards distinguish the exceptional work of IOT and digital transformation in specific fields and highlight the results that are transforming industries by creating greater efficiency, sustainability and connection to the people served.
NEW CHALLENGES
“The Industry Solutions Awards” celebrate companies that are transforming the way the world works by solving technical or business challenges using technology.
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Terms and Conditions 2024
Best Cybersecurity solution
Now more than ever, businesses worry about security processes, theft and loss of information in order to protect their assets. Solutions for dealing with security issues have been inconsistent, resulting in higher costs for companies. This award recognizes the organization that is taking measures and implementing tools to maintain security.
The products/services/projects may include but are not restricted to the following categories:
- Raising Awareness of Cybersecurity Risk.
- Maximum effect with minimum disruption.
- Ease of Adoption, Practicality, and Implementability.
- Solutions Grounded in Business Drivers.
Best Connected Transport & Smart Vehicles solution
The award will go to a company that has applied technology to solve transportation problems in an innovative way.
The products/services/projects may include but are not restricted to the following sectors: Air Transport, Automotive, Autonomous vehicles, Rail, Shipping and Cargo, Pedestrian safety, etc.
Examples of innovative projects include, but are not limited to, those that:
- Create transportation systems that can sense and respond to changes in real time.
- Increase operational efficiencies & public safety, reduce fleet down time and enable preventive maintenance of faulty and soon-to-fail parts by analyzing and reacting to data created by jet engines and sensors monitoring the surrounding environment (temperature, humidity, air pressure, etc.).
- Identify more efficient routes and improve fuel efficiency, through capacity analytics.
Best Healthcare solution
This category rewards an organization that successfully integrates technology into their mission to improve healthcare quality by providing better care, better outcomes, and lower costs.
The products/services/projects may include but are not restricted to the following sectors: Real-time patient monitoring and remote patient assistance, Telemedicine, Emergency care, Wearable devices, Real-time tracking, Contactless treatment, Diagnosis
Best Energy & Utilities solution
This category celebrates innovation and imagination, best practice and business excellence, customer service and collaboration in the energy and or utilities industry.
The products/services/projects may include but are not restricted to the following sectors: Oil & Gas, Mining, Green Energy, Circular Economy, Hydrogen, Sustainability
Best Smart Manufacturing/ Industry 4.0 solution
This category recognizes companies that have made a transformation of their processes incorporating digitization and 4.0 technologies (IOT, digital twin, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, data analytics,) into their operations and management areas.
Examples of innovative projects and solutions include those that promote the development of more efficient and sustainable production processes, optimization of the product life cycle, recyclability, and reuse of waste, as well as solutions that favor decarbonization, the reduction of the carbon footprint of the final product and its production process.
The products/services/projects may include but are not limited the following: Artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial and production processes, including natural language processing technologies and machine learning, computer vision, maintenance, assistants, contactless solutions, and robotic process automation (RPA), Smart Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing technologies, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AR, Process Automation, Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing, Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics
Best Smart Buildings & Smart Cities solution
This award recognizes the most innovative smart cities or smart buildings projects that can potentially make an impact on citizens’ or tenants’ lives and turn our buildings or cities into more sustainable and inclusive places to live or work.
The products/services/projects may include but are not restricted to the following sectors: Smart Buildings and infrastructure, Construction, Warehousing, Smart cities, Crime control, Smart Lighting, Smart Parking, Transport and waste management, recycling, Smart home, Home security, Pet management, Lifestyle.
A concrete Industry 4.0 implementation - Volvo Smart Factory
NrgMonitor™ - AI-based Energy Efficiency & Health Analytics Platform
SocialProduction – sustainable & innovative products for production monitoring
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
GAME-CHANGER
OF THE YEAR
This award celebrates the career of an industry pioneer, a role model key to pioneering new ideas and actions that challenge the status quo within business and industry. This award is open to audience nomination so that our community can recognize an outstanding business leader who demonstrates inspiring, motivational, and passionate leadership to their team, company, or industry, and has a clear commitment to long-term impacts.
What
When
Where
Timeline
01
SUBMISSION
9 SEPTEMBER 2022 – 9 JANUARY, 2022
Submission of the online participation form
02
EVALUATION
10 DECEMBER – 17 DECEMBER, 2022
Jury review to ensure submition criteria is correct
03
NOTIFICATION
20 DECEMER – 30 DECEMBER 2022
All the participants will be notified of their acceptance or rejection
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ANNOUNCEMENT
1 FEBRUARY 2023
The selected Awards will be published on the website
2024 Industry Solutions Awards JURY
Santiago Romeu
Cap de la Unitat de Ciència i Analítica
Iván Monforte
Rob Van Kranenburg
Founder
Dr. AI Beydoun
President
Orlane Gimenez
Business Developer Manager
Claudio Goldbach
ABII Ecosystem Relations Manager
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2023 WINNERS
GAME CHANGER OF THE YEAR 2023
Dr Michael Grieves winner of “The game changer of the year 2023”
Chief Scientist and Executive Director Chairman of the Digital Twin Institute.
Best Connected Transport & Smart Vehicles solution
"Volvo Cars Developer Portal - From concept to reality"
Volvo
Best Healthcare solution
"Biosensing and eHealth Multiporpose Radar. Non-contact vital signs monitoring"
Advanced Algorithms for radar
Best Energy & Utilities solution
"HYBot – Hydrogen downhole sensors for hydrogen production optimization"
Saudi Aramco
Best Smart Manufacturing/ Industry 4.0 solution
"socialProduction sustainable & innovative products for production monitoring"
KraussMaffei
Best Smart Buildings & Smart cities solution
"3D Digital Twin of Utrecht Central Station, improve comfort, detect outage, improve safety"
NS
Best Cybersecurity Solution
"AIShield AI Security Solution"
AI Shield
the short list of candidates established by categories
Best business optimization solution
"Nowi, Murata and Deutsche Telekom’s Energy Autonomous NB-IoT Module"
NOWI
Autonomous NB-IoT Development Solution (ANDS) is world’s smallest Energy Harvesting NB-IoT Module. Nowi, Murata & Deutsche Telekom co-created the ANDS, combining a Murata module with Deutsche Telekom’s integrated nuSIM for connectivity and a Nowi PMIC to power the solution with ambient energy. It will drive widespread IoT growth by assisting customers to complete their projects quicker.
"Smart CO2 downhole monitoring for sustainable reservoir operations"
Saudi Aramco
We have developed a smart AI driven sensor optimization framework for CO2 downhole monitoring. The framework integrates multiple IR composition data in real-time utilizing wireless technology, and determines CO2 concentrations in the wellbore. These concentrations are then utilized to optimize the control valves to minimize CO2 output while maintaining production.
"AI framework for FracBot sensors selection Optimization"
EXPEC ARC, Saudi Aramco
An advanced AI framework is developed to enhance FracBot sensor selection for fracture completion and water injection monitoring. FracBot sensors are wireless micro-sensor
Best connectivity solution
"Telli Health and Eseye make medical IoT healthcare globally accessible to all"
Telli Health
Telli Health is the leader in medical IoT remote patient monitoring devices, providing user-friendly, reliable, and accurate cellular-enabled blood pressure monitors, glucometers, oximeters and thermometers that patients and providers can trust. By partnering with IoT connectivity specialist, Eseye, Telli Health achieved a world-first by launching successful eUICC-certified IoT devices on Verizon.
" HOLOGRAM Hyper"
Hologram
Hologram Hyper bridges access across multiple regional providers, matching the right profile for each region. Within a single platform, companies can scale their network across different markets seamlessly. There’s no SIM card juggling, multiple carrier agreements to manage, and no need to integrate with various cellular management platforms.
"Connecting global fleets of environmental monitoring devices with the EMnify IoT Supernetwork "
EMnify
The EMnify IoT Supernetwork is the largest globally distributed mobile cloud core network of its kind, supporting local network access (2G – 5G, LTE-M, NB-IoT) in over 195 countries
Best customer solution
"iMIND – Sustainable IoT solutions for the smart-city and their citizens "
METRICA 6
iMIND is an all-in-one smart-city/smart-home solution that applies IoT technologies for water-saving, air quality monitoring, micromobility charging and parking, people counting and smart parking. iMIND is a combination of IoT devices and digital tools (platform and app) that improve business/administrations processes and consumer satisfaction and awareness. Solutions are currently from TRL4-9.
"Parking Violation Monitoring "
Cicicom Ltd
Cicicom has created an end-to-end IoT enforcement solution that automates area inspections and violations. The system consists of sensors that reliably detect parking occupancy and identify the vehicle using a special tag. Violations for various parking categories, such as disabled, resident, restricted, or time-based are monitored via a web/mobile application, greatly reducing inspection time.
"TCS Smart store "
Tata Consultancy Services
TCS Smart Store is an AI-based image and video analytics solution that leverages sensor fusion-based infrastructure and contextual algorithms to provide real-time alerts and analytics. The solution enables smart and self-aware store operations and elevates in-store customer experience. Use cases include retail shrinkage, AI-driven stock replenishment, and AI-based sales improvement.
Best security solution
"IoT security in EV charging: Securing critical EV charging infrastructure with EMnify Cloud Connect "
EMnify
EMnify Cloud Connect allows devices and applications to communicate within a closed, private networking environment to ensure data security. EV (Electric Vehicle) businesses can establish a secure, private network between chargers and the management backend. Communication is not visible externally to prevent unwanted control signals to the chargers.
"CSL Router with Dual SIM – Providing a Managed, Cyber Secure and Resilient Connectivity Solution for Critical Communications "
CSL
The CSL Router is a critical communication solution that sends data via two network-diverse 4G Roaming SIMs, providing an encrypted connection to the internet on sites where wired broadband is unavailable, impractical or slow. Our 4G back-up option upgrades an existing broadband service to a private network, providing a reliable failover business solution if your wired broadband goes down.
"The world's first fully integrated real time monitoring security service for the energy sector "
Hitachi Energy
The Industrial Security Center’s innovative service integrates three world-class processes security operators, allowing for real-time response for critical infrastructures. The 24/7 expertise from Hitachi Energy, Telekom Security and Securitas enables critical infrastructures in the utility and industrial sector to tackle security challenges while enhancing compliance with changing regulations.