Purpose and contents

With this initiative and through its support of an event of excellence such as Taobuk, TIM wishes to promote and enhance the artistic and historical-archaeological heritage of Sicily to ensure that the various forms of culture can be experienced in new and more engaging ways through technology.

Innovation and connectivity have, in fact, been at the heart of the Group's history for nearly one hundred years, and thanks to the potential of next-generation networks and the services they enable, it is able to bring citizens, businesses and Public Administration ever closer to the world of art and culture, offering more inclusive and immersive solutions.

TIM and Taobuk together again, then, to stimulate the ecosystem of young startups and innovative companies on the themes of digital and in particular the new models of fruition that this can enable with respect to the worlds of culture, entertainment and archaeology.

Submitted proposals may cover the following area:

• Culture and Tourism in the Digital Era:
  Innovative and sustainable solutions that promote access to culture, archaeology, and turism, and protect copyright, leveraging new technologies (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, NFT) and new ways of enjoying destinations and places of artistic and cultural interest with a view to enhancing the overall customer experience (example the metaverse).

Eligibility Criteria

Recipients of the Challenge are national and / or international startups and SMEs that meet the following eligibility criteria:

• must have been established for at least 6 months;
• introducing an innovative digital project that leverages on the company’s own digital products or services and that has a level of technological readiness greater than 3 as defined in accordance with the previsions contained in the Technology Readiness Level Annex (“Exhibit 1”).

Submitted proposals should be completed with data and information about the Company as indicated in the regulations in the appropriate section (Appendix 3).

Proposals evaluation and Award

The challenge will remain open from May 12 to June 5, 2022.
For any technical or organizational necessity, the Organization reserves the right to change the start and closing date of the challenge, informing the Applicants.
The proposals will be evaluated by a jury composed of Taobuk and TIM managers and possible outside experts who will identify the best projects.

The Jury will evaluate the Proposals submitted by the Candidates at its sole and unquestionable discretion, according to the evaluation criteria set out in the Rules and Regulations.

Applicants must accept the of the Rules and Regulations of the Challenge and the related information, by checking the specific section on the website and declaring that they have read the privacy policy.

On June 13, the Company that will be announced as the winner of a TaoTIM Award (Targa) to be collected in Taormina, on the evening of June 18 at the Teatro Antico, during the Taobùk Awards gala. Transfer and accommodation expenses in Taormina will be covered by Taobùk (for a delegate of the winning company).

TIM also reserves the right to include the Proposal in its innovation ecosystem where there is significant adherence of the selected Applicants' Proposal to TIM's industrial strategy.

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