SYSTRA’s innovation programme

SPARK Challenge is SYSTRA’s innovation programme that reveals and accelerates our colleagues’ ideas to create impactful solutions in our professions for our clients.

With its Open SPARK Challenge version, we are expanding it to the startup ecosystem in order to integrate market innovations and enrich our services.

OUR INTRAPRENEURIAL PROGRAMME

The SPARK Challenge develops our culture of innovation and mobilises our entities around concrete challenges. The programme develops the entrepreneurial skills of our colleagues, accelerates the transformation of their ideas into useful solutions and strengthens our ability to deliver products and services which meet our clients’ needs as closely as possible.

our Open innovation programme

Open SPARK Challenge is our open innovation programme for startups that want to collaborate, innovate, and transform our professions. Winners will receive support for a pilot project, assistance with commercial development, integration into our internal platform, and increased visibility within the SYSTRA Group.

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SPARK Challenge in 2026

4
th edition
374
ideas
18
countries
844
participants

Cyclops

Solution for better transport planning, integrating active mobility and optimising cycling networks.

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Sysmap 

Creation of sophisticated maps in a simple way.

SafeByBIM

Solution that fully integrates technical risk management into our design process by exploiting BIM data and allowing real-time risk sharing to all collaborator.

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Drones

Use of drones for infrastructure inspection and site supervision

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Maintenance Optimizer

Digital solution for maintenance planning, infrastructure performance improvement, and lifecycle cost optimisation.

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AI Bridge Design

Provides optimal bridge designs to our design teams.

Sentral

Structures and centralises multidisciplinary data.

SYSPRO

Centralised tool for managing and producing testing and commissioning campaigns for transport infrastructure.

Design Check 

Automated verification during the infrastructure design phase.

Onboard Express

Gamification of the new employee onboarding process to support HR teams and managers, enabling smooth and efficient integration.

An opportunity to learn and take action

Participate in SYSTRA’s innovation programme:

  • For our colleagues, this means developing a project from start to finish in accelerated mode, supported by coaches and business experts, to transform an idea into a real project. Intrapreneurs are accompanied in designing and testing prototypes, benefit from mentoring by our internal experts, test with users, measure impact, and acquire key skills to facilitate adoption and then scaling up.
  • For startups, the opportunity to collaborate with an international group to identify use cases, with access to business experts and a dedicated network to frame needs and propose tailored solutions.

SPARK Challenge, creator of value

SPARK Challenge contributes to the advancement of our technical knowledge and the search for solutions to environmental and climate challenges by generating concrete solutions that are now offered to our clients.

I found the SPARK Challenge to be an enriching entrepreneurial adventure. I learned how to formalise, present and develop an idea, transforming it into a concept and then a marketable solution. The incubation process was intense and broadened my horizons in terms of innovation and international collaboration, two aspects that are very much present at SYSTRA.

Guillaume GODINEAU, Head of Testing, Commissioning and Operations, SYSTRA France

The SPARK Challenge gave me tremendous momentum: a keener spirit of innovation, an expanded network and clear methods. We accelerated a project, from its conception to the development of a concrete roadmap involving three different countries, strengthened collaboration between different business units and gained visibility with potential investors. It also stimulated my curiosity and resilience, helping me to promote a culture of innovation and continuous learning throughout the organisation.

Alessandro MENOZZI, Head of BIM & Digital Services, SYSTRA  Italy

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