Bringing disruptive technologies through out-of-the-box thinking

EUROCONTROL’s 2016 Hackathon

Benjamin Cramet ARTAS Maintenance Manager

07/03/2017

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To make something new out of the old

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• Asterix has been around for 25 years

• Still facing the same problem

• There is as many Asterix decoder as there is Radarist

• Grab innovation

Yet another Asterix decoder

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Go back to our Engineers root

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Where do you have fresh mind, unbiased,

knowing the latest technologies ?

What is an hackathon ?

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Bringing disruptive technologies through out-of-the-box thinking

Yes, but what is it really…

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Research – Innovation capture

Recruitment exercise

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How we did it ?

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Recipe:

•Got a business Problem

•Put Fresh mind in a room

•Shake that up

•Wait a bit that it cooks

Voila, got solutions to your problem…

Expected outcomes

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• Have the basis for a new operational software module

• Gather ideas as no team will have all good ideas

• Build the Reference in Asterix decoding

• Have fun with colleagues

• Show that it is possible in any organisation

What did we get ?

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• Have the basis for a new operational software module

• Gather ideas as no team will have all good ideas

• Build the Reference in Asterix decoding

• Have fun with colleagues

• Show that it is possible in any organisation

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Key ideas grabbed during the hackathon

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How do you define success ? The stats slide

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32 competitors 11 teams

More than 15 nationalities Coming from all over Europe

40 hours competition Gathering 6 divisions of Eurocontrol

16,000 visits to the website

How do you define success: Number of smile ?

Got what we needed - Conclusion

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• Find a new technological basis

• Gather ideas and key concept to be implemented

• Create links with Students to capture innovation now and in the future

• Have fun with colleagues

• Draw attention of Talents toward our organisation