Convergence Challenge 2023 : congratulations to the winning teams !

The second edition of the IMT Convergence Challenge took place from June 22 to 25, 2023 in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Students from 7 ITM schools and affiliated institutions took up the sustainable innovation challenge.

It’s a truly unique event for understanding, discovering and learning more about the issues involved in sustainable innovation. Over 3 days, thirty-nine students from Institut Mines-Telecom schools took up challenges based on genuine business cases, where they had to come up with sustainable solutions to present to a professional and academic jury.

The IMT CONVERGENCE Challenge was custom designed in 2022 by the IMT incubator network to enable engineering and management students to innovate by applying a robust sustainable approach to business issues. This challenge allows us to consider innovative approaches and new environmental and social indicators, helping us to think about sustainable business models in an uncertain, energy-conscious world of the future.

Three awards were presented at the end of the 3-day event :

Innovation Award

SINERGIE project: replacing data centers with DNA data storage. Project sponsored by Airbus.

Congratulations to :

GREEN DATA CHALLENGE project: a consulting firm that aims to develop a multi-phase strategy for an eco-friendly data center. Project submitted by Airbus.

SINERG’EN project: launching a “regional network” as part of the circular economy, by setting up a trusted partner to promote cooperative industrial initiatives. Project submitted by EDF.

Congratulations to :

Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to Campus du Numérique and Mines Saint-Étienne for hosting the event.