At TM Forum, we are pleased to announce the winners of our second Hackathon. Internet of Parks (IoP) was awarded the grand prize for its integrated, automatized cleaning solution for public spaces and green areas in Nice, France. The city of Nice served a dual purpose, as not only the host of our annual flagship conference, TM Forum Live!, but it is also ranked as the fourth smart city in the world.

IoP’s automated robots can pick up trash from any of the area’s trash cans, automatically order new trash bags and notify operators when they have broken down, all from a central command interface. The solution was built on an integrated platform using TM Forum’s Trouble Tickets, Product Catalog and Product Ordering APIs, as well as Ericsson’s Connected Car API and IBM Bluemix.  View the app here.

The IoP project team includes Rich Zajac, Magnus Peterson-Paaske, Alex Kern and Bjorn Glavind, who were all inspired by Nice’s characterization as “The Green City of the Mediterranean,” where prioritizing green and clean public spaces has emerged as an effective municipal strategy for increasing health, property value, air quality and community spirit. The team received the top prize worth over €15,000, including €5,000 in cash.

The theme of the 2015 TM Forum Hackathon was “Smart Citizens in a Smart City,” showcasing the partnering opportunities between innovative new startups and established players in the industry to create smart global energy solutions. This Hackathon brought together enterprise developers, designers and technologists to create and deliver meaningful solutions and innovative applications. The Hackathon also drew distinguished public figures including Christian Tordo, deputy major of Nice, and Rudy Salles, deputy of the 3rd district of Alpes-Maritimes, who applauded the participants’ efforts toward advancing Nice as a smart city.

“This is the very first hackathon presenting an integrated ecosystem-to-ecosystem platform for rapid development of smart city solutions,” said Joann O’Brien, vice president of agile collaboration, TM Forum. “Our sponsors and partners – Orange, IBM, Ericsson, FIWARE and Team Côte d’Azur – worked collaboratively to generate novel ideas that solve some of the biggest challenges for enabling smart cities, and we’re proud to see that the outcomes have the potential to promote cleaner, healthier cities the world over.”

Additional Hackathon winners included: