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Digital Places 2024: Innovation projects for a better future in rural areas
Discover the innovative projects of the "Digital Places 2024" competition! In Berlin, 18 outstanding finalists were announced that improve digital life in rural areas. Read more about the inspiring ideas in the categories of education, health, culture, mobility and administration that have the potential for change. Be there when the winners are awarded in Berlin on November 6th!
Digital Places 2024: Innovation projects for a better future in rural areas
Berlin/Düsseldorf, September 17, 2024 - An exciting competition unfolds: 18 innovative projects have won the leap into the finale of the "Digital Places 2024" competition, which is excited excited! For the third time, the German fiber is looking for groundbreaking solutions together with "Germany - Land of Ideas" that revolutionize digital life in our rural areas. Here are the best ideas in the spotlight, through which everyday life in the country is finally to be catapulted into the digital future - this is a unique opportunity for the rural quality of life!
over 150 strong applications - and only the top three per category made it! The finalists shine in five challenging categories, from education to health to smart mobility. These extraordinary projects show how creative and future -oriented Germany thinks!
The best ideas at a glance
In the category of education, there are currently no finalists, but the projects in the other categories are impressive:
category health
- First aid alarm app Corhelper, Umlaut Telehealthcare GmbH from North Rhine-Westphalia
- rescue chain 5G, Landratsamt Ostalbkreis Kdör, Baden-Württemberg
- Teledoc in rural areas, district of Euskirchen Kdör, North Rhine-Westphalia
Category Culture & Social Affairs
- DLRG Trainer app, DLRG e.V., Lower Saxony
- Museum Virtual, Museum Virtuell GmbH, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Bring-Together-Your match for a new home, Patchwork Communities GmbH, Saxony
Mobility & infrastructure category
- Bäko-Autopos, Bäko-Central eG, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Shuttle Model Region Upper Franconia (SMO), Nuts One GmbH, Berlin
- DAVIPLAN-Service Date tool, Gertrz Gutsche Rümenapp-Urban Development and Mobility GbR, Hamburg
category Smarte municipality
- Digital village Spiegelau, municipality of Spiegelau Kdör, Bavaria
- Digitalstadt-AHAUS, TOBIT Laboratories AG, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Zuske (the future of sector coupling at the municipal level), Karlsruhe Institute for Technology/Institute for Technology Assessment and System Analysis (ITAS), Baden-Württemberg
category administration
- Kompass Kalletal, Kalletal Kdör municipality, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Digital villages of Lower Saxony, Digital Opportunities Foundation, Berlin
- Digital Citizens Service Lisa, district of Uckermark Kdör, Brandenburg
The ceremonial award ceremony, in which the winners are crowned in each category, will take place on November 6th in Berlin - an event that should not be missed!
The future in view
But that's not all! The partners of the competition plan exciting offers to give the final projects additional tailwind. The cooperation with top -class partners such as Alexander von Humboldt Institute and Microsoft shows how serious it is to advance digitization in Germany.
"We are committed to a modern fiber optic frastructure and want to promote the innovative power of rural regions," explains Andreas Pfisterer, CEO of Deutsche Glasfaser . "The quality of the submissions shows the immense creative potential that is in Germany!"
Philipp Mehne, Managing Director of "Germany - Land of Ideas", adds: "These projects are lighthouses of the digital future for rural regions! Congratulations to all nominated! They impressively show us how the digital transformation is in full."
stay tuned! The revolution in digital life in the country is imminent - and it will be exciting!