A look back at the 10h edition of One Night to Innovate
École nationale des ponts et chaussées organized on the night of December 5 to 6, the 10th edition of One Night to Innovate together with international partners Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Italy), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) & the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), from the EELISA European Alliance.
Nearly 200 French and foreign students registered to this event from: the School, partners institutions of the European university EELISA (BME, ITU, UPB, FAU, ZHAW, SSSA), business schools (HEC, Excelia business school), IP Paris (École polytechnique, Ensae Paris, Télécom Paris) or other engineering schools in Paris region and others institutions outside Europe. Whether they were interested in setting up their own business, already had a project in mind or just wanted to team up in favor of innovation and entrepreneurship, this initiative was a great opportunity to kick-start their ideas.
After a presentation from entrepreneurs about the entrepreneurial spirit, the students took part in a project launch workshop, the first step in a collaborative project under the guidance of experienced professionals.
At the end, 87 students from École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris Region and co-organizing institutions, partners from the EELISA European University alliance (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Universitatea POLITEHNICA din București) worked all night to work around the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals to identify a problem by group after choosing the issue they wanted to develop. Each project had to address at least one of these 17 goals.
Surrounded by experts ready to supervise and advise them: young start-up creators, senior experts, academic representatives and employees from partner companies (L’Oréal and Vinci). The projects are presented in the early morning between 7am and 9:30am in front of a jury composed of the School’s management, alumni who have become entrepreneurs, recognized professionals and academic representatives from the EELISA European University. 15 high-quality projects have been submitted to the jury.
THE 2024 WINNERS
The first prize was awarded to the team that won a check for €2,100 from the Fondation des Ponts. The other prizes (€1,000) were awarded by Fondation Singular Planet, Léonard / VINCI and L’Oréal, all three partners of the event.
Prizes have been awarded to the best teams by partner companies in the following categories:
- Innovation Award by Fondation des Ponts was awarded to the project: Blue seed: AI-driven approach combining drone monitoring and meteorological data
The team was composed of 7 students, including 6 from the School: Ahmadou Aidara (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Louis Almairac (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Guillaume Bussinet (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Bastien Colleau (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Adélie Gantois (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), Boris Guerrero Samame (École nationale des ponts et chaussées) and Clara Mihailescu (ENSAE Paris). They were followed by two experts, Paul Maurens and Arthur Morillon, Alumni of the School and co-founders of Wander.
- Ecological Transition Prize by SingularPlanet foundation was awarded to the projects (ex-aequo) :
* Mor Water: leveraging moringa’s superpower for water natural purification.
The team was composed of 6 students: Wajahat Abbas Jafri (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Daniela Moran (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Janice Sairus (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Muhammad Shoaib (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Fatima Tanvir (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), Jana Kaiser (ZHAW School of Engineering). They were advised by their coach Edem Yigan, Founder & CEO of Youree.
* Neptune: internal water filtration and selection system to reduce water consumption in the home.
The team was made up of 5 students from the School: Adrien Colas, Eliott Delhaye, Victor Droissart, Ferdinand Fleury-David et Archibald Simon et ils étaient coachés par Alexander Weiss, Researcher & PhD Candidate (FAU – Erlangen Nürnberg) and they were coached by Alexander Weiss, Researcher and PhD Candidate (FAU – Erlangen Nürnberg).
- Inclusion / Diversity Award by L'Oréal was awarded to dAIgnosi: an AI-enhanced medical analysis platform to generate diagnoses
The team, was made up of 6 students including 1 from the School: Kenza Difallah (Télécom Paris/Sciences Po), Shivam Kohli (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Jules Michaud (HEC Paris), Inès Rochdi (HEC Paris), Émilien Stoll (HEC Paris) et Damien Ramzi (École nationale des ponts et chaussées). They were supported by Thibault Duchemin, Alumni (École nationale des ponts et chaussées) and Founder & CEO of Ava.
- Low-carbon industry Award by VINCI was awarded to Mat bridge: marketplace where construction companies sell their construction waste materials to local small businesses who are in need for cheaper materials
The team made up of 6 students including 1 from the School: Andras Gerber (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) and Simon Helbing (ZHAW School of Engineering). They were accompanied by Mathieu Arquier, Academic Director of Executive Master DIGITwins (École nationale des ponts et chaussées). They were guided by Mathieu Arquier, Academic Director of Executive Master DIGITwins (École nationale des ponts et chaussées).
The topics such as natural water purification, innovative medical or online sales platforms, or even optimization of water use have been the source of many clever, innovate projects for this 10th edition of One night to innovate. It showed us once again the application of future engineers to find solutions to improve daily life.
The School thanks all those who contributed to the organization of this night as well as the coaches, jury, alumni, d.school, Genius Ponts, La Fondation des Ponts, the Singular Planet Foundation, and the partner companies L'Oréal and Vinci.