The Laureates

Since the launch of the City’ZEN Challenge in 2016, 17 student-teams have risen to the occasion, vanquished their rivals and reached the podium to claim their glory. Between them, they have shared more than 80,000€ in prize money. And their hard won victories have earned them a place in our Hall of Fame. Please take a tour and discover our champions.

Edition 5: The COVID competition | 2020-2021

Welcoming 5 new partner-schools in France and 1 new partner-school from Morocco, student-teams compete to develop tech solutions that will help reboot society and overcome the crisis. A new, parallel competition is launched engaging staff and clients.

Edition 4: The international competition | 2019-2020

EPITECH Barcelona dethrones ECE Paris with Connect's AI powered smart-city dashboard. ESILV takes 2nd with WeCare's solution for homeless populations. ECE Paris' InnovAbeille takes 3rd, marking an impressive first victory for an environmental cause.

Edition 3: The inter-school competition | 2018-2019

ECE Paris claims victory thanks to App'Health's digital prescription solution in 1st and Dischoolvery's 3rd place peer-to-peer student platform. Smart-Bill, a digital receipt solution, takes 2nd place marking an important first win for ESILV.

Edition 2: The smart-city competition | 2017-2018

The 'Shazam of monuments', CulturePic's innovative mobile app wins the top prize. In 2nd place is PaySmart's peer-to-peer budget managerment solution for revitalizing local commerce. And in 3rd place is Medn'Go's digital prescription platform.

Edition 1: The City’ZEN Challenge begins | 2016-2017

ECE Paris provides our first ever champions. Taking the top prize is Bump's connected badge which stores personal medical data. PiPle's tree-design messaging app takes 2nd while 3rd goes to Save+'s prioritizing alert solution for emergency response.

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