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New edition of the Antena TrenLab Awards

The first edition of the Antena TrenLab Awards was born in 2022 as part of the collaboration between Renfe, Mataró City Council and the TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation to promote territorial innovation in the field of sustainable mobility, linked to the railway sector. 

Each year, 3 entrepreneurial projects will be chosen to enter the 6-month acceleration program, which includes the possibility of testing the solution in the Mataró-Maresme region. You can see the winners of the last editions and the details of the program. here.

Challenges and prize allocation

With a global endowment of €75.000, four annual awards will be offered to entrepreneurial projects that provide ideas and solutions to improve mobility, especially at the local level.  

The selected projects will be innovative, technological, and sustainable proposals of new mobility services or those which have a positive impact on existing ones, including the transportation of both passengers and goods. 

Submit your application to the Antena TrenLab awards.

Information on data protection: 

Data Controller: TECNOCAMPUS MATARÓ-MARESME FOUNDATION, RENFE OPERADORA, EPE and MATARÓ TOWNSHIP. Purpose: The personal data provided will be used to carry out the activities that are the subject of this call for awards in the terms to be determined, as well as to manage authorizations for image rights when applicable. 

Legitimation: The basis that legitimizes the processing of personal data is the fulfillment of a mission carried out in the public interest, pursuant to article 6.1.f) of the RGPD. Regarding image authorizations, express consent pursuant to Article 6.1.a) of the RGPD. 

Conservation: The data will not be kept longer than necessary for which they have been requested, unless there is a legal obligation. Recipients: The data may be transferred to third parties that are directly related to the purpose of the treatment. The data will not be transferred to other third parties, except by legal obligation or with the express consent of the interested party. 

Rights: Participants may exercise their rights of access, rectification and deletion (Right to be forgotten), data limitation, data portability and opposition by sending a letter or email to the following addresses: -General Secretariat of the TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme Foundation (Avenida d'Ernest Lluch, 32. 08302 Mataró) or email to the email address; rgpd@tecnocampus.cat-Legal Advice of Renfe Operadora by sending an email to the address; derechos.renfeepe@renfe.es or by post by writing to Renfe Operadora EPE, Avenida Pio XII, 110 Caracola 3 – 28036 Madrid.-Citizen Service Office of the Mataró City Council at Espai Mataró Connecta (Plaça de la Muralla, 21 08301 Mataró) or through the electronic office.

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The 3 challenges you can apply for:  

All the awards are designed to address operational and current challenges of Renfe and Rodalies de Catalunya. 

Green Experience

 

Green Experience

Prize: €25.000

Innovative technological solutions and materials are sought that promote more sustainable mobility throughout the user's journey: from leaving home until arriving at their destination. The aim is to evolve towards a system that reduces environmental impact, improves the quality of the environment for the user and encourages the reuse of resources, especially involving the local business fabric of Maresme.

Goals:

Improve environmental conditions in stations and trains by promoting circular economy models through the reuse and valorization of materials such as textiles or plastics. Likewise, the aim is to reduce waste generation by optimizing its management with efficient and intelligent systems, and incorporate innovative materials with low ecological impact throughout the user's journey.

Onboard Experience

 

Onboard Experience

Prize: €25.000

Technological solutions are sought that allow the experience on board the train to be improved, focusing on space management and coexistence between users. The aim is to evolve the train into a multifunctional and accessible environment, capable of responding to different traveler profiles and contexts of use.

Goals:

Adapt the space of the carriage flexibly for work, rest or family uses, optimizing comfort, connectivity and environmental conditions of noise or lighting. It also seeks to reduce conflicts between passengers through space segmentation and occupancy control, connecting the on-board experience with the journey environment.

Mobility for all

 

Including Mobility Intelligence  

Prize: €25.000

Technological solutions are sought that promote accessible and inclusive mobility for everyone, regardless of the person's situation, condition or abilities. The goal is to design a railway experience that eliminates barriers of all kinds, allowing any user to understand, anticipate and use the system with autonomy, safety and confidence.

Goals:

Reduce barriers to understanding, orientation and use of the system, simplifying processes such as purchasing tickets, interpreting signage and accessing real-time information. Facilitate navigation within stations and trains, helping users understand what to do at each moment of the journey and simplifying access and preferred spaces. Reduce situations of stress or overstimulation, through solutions that improve the sensory environment (noise, lighting, information saturation) and make the experience more predictable and controllable. 
 

Available Services for the winners during the Programme

  • Tailor-made Acceleration plan for 6 months.

  • Access to a network of professional mentors composed of experts from the organising entities, who will support their project development 

  • Access to the TecnoCampus Technology Park and their own working space at the TecnoCampus Antena TrenLab centre to develop their business projects within a maximum stay of six months.

  • A chance to try out the solution in the city of Mataró.

  • Ad hoc analysis of different financing and internationalization sources for their project

  • Support for the dissemination of the project in the media, conferences and congresses

Available benefits for the winners at the end of the programme

Preferential access to the spaces and services of the TecnoCampus Technology Park 

Link to Cluster InMove by Railgurp that will allow its positioning in the mobility sector, during the year following the end of the program. 

Requirements for participation

Project

Any SME or Micro-SME with an innovative, technological, and sustainable project that has a minimum viable product and meets the challenges described 

Acceleration programme

Winners will make the commitment to attend the Acceleration Programme. It will be face-to-face at the Antena TrenLab centre in Mataró (Barcelona) 

Area of ​​influence

Winners will have the predisposition to test their solution mainly in Mataró and its area of influence  

Evaluation criteria for applications

Bases of the Antena TrenLab Awards

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)

Yes, as long as the head office or subsidiary is in Spain, you can participate in the acceleration program at the Antena TrenLab headquarters and you are willing to develop your solution mainly in Mataró and its area of ​​influence.
During the 6 month programme, we will try to concentrate all face-to-face sessions within the same week each month.

For all awards you need a degree of maturity of the technological solution and have a proof of concept (TRL level 3 minimum).  

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