Partnering with Alibaba Cloud & Intel, will leverage Cloud and AI technologies
to enhance spectator experience at urban sports events
Tokyo, 04 September 2019 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
(Tokyo 2020) today launched its "TOKYO 2020 Open Innovation Challenge", a technology competition
aimed at creating an innovative spectator experience and encouraging as many people as possible to
become involved in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Participants are invited to develop and submit prototypes of any type of technology application leveraging
the very latest Cloud and AI technologies, including mobile, web-based or robot applications. The aim is
to enhance the future spectator experience for sporting events and highlight Tokyo 2020’s commitment to
innovation.
This "Open Innovation Challenge" will focus on the spectator experience at basketball (3x3), BMX
freestyle, skateboarding and sport climbing events – the new, youth-focused urban sports making their
first appearance in the Olympic Programme at the Games.
Alibaba Cloud and Intel are partnering with Tokyo 2020 to organise the Challenge. Alibaba Cloud will
provide cloud computing services; Intel will lend a variety of assets including the Intel® Neural Compute
Stick 2 and the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit. Tokyo 2020, Alibaba Cloud and Intel will jointly
review and select as winners those who develop the most innovative and creative applications.
Challenge Outline
Title: TOKYO 2020 Open Innovation Challenge
Organiser: Tokyo 2020, Alibaba Cloud, Intel
Participants: Individuals or groups from Japan or overseas (those under the respective age of
consent in their country or region must obtain the approval of a parent or legal
guardian)
Conditions: No commercial sponsorship or promotion is permitted
Theme: Improving the urban sports spectator experience (making it easier, more fun and
more interesting)
Schedule:
Application period: 4 September 2019 to 13 October 2019
First examination: 14 October 2019 to 1 November (document screening)
Result announcement: 2 November 2019
Training session: 9 November (in Japanese only; for English see "Training")
Final examination: 22 February 2020 (presentation)
Training: Developers or groups who pass the first screening will be invited to take part in a
training programme to learn about the Alibaba Cloud environment and Intel AI
products. The training will take place in Tokyo, and the programme will be in a
lecture format conducted in Japanese. An English training document will be
organised for those who do not speak Japanese.
Award: Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize and 2020 Special Prize.
How to apply: https://tokyo2020.org/en/get-involved/event/oic/
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