Open SPARK Challenge is SYSTRA’s open innovation programme, designed for start-ups that want to make an impact in infrastructure and mobility. Join our experts, test your solution in the field, accelerate its development and deployment, and benefit from exposure across the SYSTRA Group.
A practical, results-oriented experience
The Open SPARK Challenge allows you to maximise the commercial impact of your solution and adapt it to SYSTRA’s professions. You will receive end-to-end support: exploring use cases with our teams, promoting your solution within our networks, and enhanced visibility for winning projects to accelerate adoption.
Topics sought
We invite start-ups to propose solutions for the following topics:
Sustainable solutions & environment
- Biodiversity
- Water management
- Carbon footprint
- Materials
Digital & AI for engineering
- Automation
- Data intelligence & data analyses
- Streamlined data collection
Smart maintenance & asset intelligence
- Predictive models
- Digital twins
- Data capture
- Anomaly detection
- Mobility engineering
Innovative products for mobility engineering
- Innovative products
- New market needs
For more information on these topics, please refer to the document:
In return, you will benefit from visibility within the SYSTRA Group, support in identifying use cases with our business lines, commercial development support – access to our networks, business sponsorship, customer feedback – and integration into our internal platform to promote your solutions and activities.
But also:
- Mentoring by SYSTRA experts (technical, business, innovation)
- Access to testing grounds and data (depending on use case)
- Rapid iterations to validate hypotheses and facilitate scaling up
The stages of the process

Ready to take on the challenge?
To join the Open SPARK Challenge adventure, click on the button below and complete your application in just a few minutes.
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Any questions?
Contact Jovana KOVACEVIC, Open SPARK Challenge Manager
Partnership with ARTEFACT for the Open SPARK Challenge
For this edition, SYSTRA has decided to join forces with Artefact as a partner for the organisation, sourcing and deployment of the Open Spark programme, an initiative that forms part of SYSTRA’s innovation programme.