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The shortlist for the 2016 Digital Challenge Awards has been annouced. Every shortlisted finalist in these categories will now be focused on their submissions to the independent judging panel, to describe their project’s Challenges, Solutions and Achievements.  They will come together on 13th October to celebrate their successes at a dinner in the House of Lords.  The awards are organised by NextGen.
 
Rural Connectivity Award

Clapham by Newby Community – Clapham Hyperfast Project
Essex County Council – Superfast Essex
Highlands & Islands Enterprise – Marykirk.com
Highlands & Islands Enterprise – Loch Tay Community Broadband
Truespeed – Ultrafast SouthWest
Quickline Communications – Broadband for Northern Lincolnshire

Network Innovations Award

BDX – Brighton Digital Exchange
COLT Technology Services – Software Defined Networking
Hyperoptic – Ultrafast Broadband
JT – Fixed & Mobile Fibre Services
Spectrum Internet – Network Resilience

Open Data Award

Birmingham City Council – OpenTransportNet
ECIM – European Cloud Marketplace
Open Prescribing – National Prescribing Database
Open Signal – Quality of Experience metrics
Penguin/Random House – London: the information capital
Urban Tide – Bristol Data Dome Visualisation
Suffolk County Council – Year of Information

Digital Inclusion Award

AgeUK Cheshire – Digital Inclusion for the over 50’s
Amicus Horizon – Get Connected
County Durham Housing Group – Time to Get Online
Dundee Leisure & Culture – Opportunities Project
Digital Unite – One Digital
Hyperoptic – Hyde Housing Trust
Plymouth City Council – Plymouth Digital Inclusion
Tinder Foundation – NHS Widening Digital Participation

Innovative Applications Award

BeanIOT – Programmable Sensor Beans
BitJam Ltd – Student Planner
Cranfield University – Drone Watch
Genomics England -Genomes
Glasgow Caledonian University – Home Management Game
HAT  – Hub of All things
Newcastle University – Labella
Staffordshire University – Digital Forensics



Digital Skills Award

City of York – #CodeYork
CCEA – Digital Curriculum & Qualifications Framework
Northampton Council – Partnership Working
Northumberland County Council – Be Digital
Wheatley Group – John Wheatley Learning Network
Wholeschool  – Wholeschool Platform
Young Enterprise NI – Digital Teen

Digital Healthcare Award

Airdale NHS Trust – Telehealth Hub
Allied Health Professionals – Physiotherapy Web portal
BitJam Ltd – Be Able
Blurt Foundation – #WhatYouDontSee
Kemuri Ltd –  Wellbeing Monitor
Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital – Knowsley Respiratory Service
NHS Education for Scotland – NES Digital
North of England CSU – Suicide Awareness E-learning

Economic Development Award

Borough of Poole  – Digital Capability Project
Commendium – Big Cumbria Digital Support
CommunityUK – Wakefield WiFi
Copyright Hub – Copyright Licensing Hub
Highlands & Islands Enterprise – Digital Highland & Islands
Newark & Sherwood DC – Augmented Reality History Trail
Tinder Foundation – English My Way

O2 Digital Champions Award

Action for Children – Digitally-enabled Family Support
British Red Cross  – Emergency Mobile App
Cornwall Fire & Rescue – Critical Control Centre
NHS England – Large-scale phone & data project
Northampton BC – Partnership with Digital Eagles
Pallant House Gallery – Outside In
Suffolk County Council – Highways Reporting Tool
Transport for London – Underground Team Tablet

Media contact 

David Brunnen, 07714 325 657

davidb@nextgenevents.co.uk

@eventsnextgen
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