IoT project of the year 2022: submit your projects now

For the third time, Wialon runs IoT project of the year, a contest on IoT projects focused on telematics. Read more about this year's rules, project submission, and other details.

Didn’t get to witness the previous rounds of the contest? Feel free to visit the dedicated website and watch the 2021 award ceremony to know what it's about. Already have a project to submit? Do it now – here if you’re a Wialon partner, and here if you use other software in your projects.

2022 edition: pushing the boundaries

“The latest projects, apart from local market peculiarities, faced some post-COVID stresses, such as lockdowns in many countries and cities, delivery chains disruptions, lack of semiconductors and other components from China, and even new car and equipment shortages. On top of that, the war in Ukraine shifted the money flows and restructured business relationships in many areas. We’re excited to see how the service providers used their expertise and business wit to adapt to those changes.

All in all, we’re continuing to host the contest to inspire and praise the telematics and IoT sphere, giving voice to the projects that made unique changes for businesses all over the globe. Although our primary aim is providing a GPS tracking and IoT platform you can rely on, showcasing the successes of our partners and other telematics providers is also important for knowledge sharing, promoting the use of IoT and growing the IoT market for all its participants.”

Aliaksandr Kuushynau
Chief Wialon Officer

Who can apply

Any company that successfully delivered a project using telematics and IoT technologies can apply regardless of its residence state or software and hardware used. The primary language of this year’s competition will be English.

Participation in the competition is free. We accept projects that meet the following requirements:

• The project implementation took place in 2021 and 2022;
• The project information submitted is confirmed in writing by the end-user (please use the authorization letter or the authorization email template);
• The project has been successfully completed or passed the main implementation stage by now.

The competition will be held in 17 nominations:

• Long-haul shipping
• Cold chain transportation
• Local deliveries
• Public transport
• Waste management
• Agriculture
• Fuel transportation and storage
• Construction and demolition
• Ready-mix concrete
• Home and office services
• Security personnel
• Public safety
• Personal monitoring
• Stationary objects
• Anti-COVID-19
• Other
• Special recognition
• Community choice

Every nomination with relevant project entries will have one of them as a winner. The number of projects per company is not limited, provided that they land in different nominations. So you’re welcome to submit as many projects as you can to increase your chances of winning.

When you’re submitting your project, we don’t ask you to specify the nomination. Nominations are assigned by the jury to ensure the correct distribution of projects that cover several business spheres and topics. 

Please find more information about applications in the contest rules:

Determining the winners

The jury of experts, including the Wialon team, will assess the projects. The assessment will take place by a wide range of criteria.

We also singled out the Community choice nomination. Its winner will be determined through voting among the members of the partner community.

Timeline

• Project submission: May 24 – July 26, 2022
• Projects evaluation and publication: May 24 – September 19, 2022
• Community choice voting: September 19-25, 2022
• Award ceremony: October 9, 2021

We will hold the award ceremony during Telematics Dubai – and anyone will be able to join it via an online stream. This is a partner conference one day before GITEX 2022, one of the biggest global expos, and we will invite the winners to join us at the award ceremony, the partner event and the tech show to offer an immersive experience in the IoT world. 

We will add 10% extra points for projects submitted before July 1. So hurry up! It will increase your chances of winning – last year, we had a lot of excellent projects which competed with a very close amount of points!

Why participate?

The competition is a great opportunity to:

• introduce your best projects to the professional community;
• get a new perspective on your business and compare it with the industry competitors;
• exchange ideas, approaches, and technologies with your colleagues;
• promote yourself in the market and gain new clients;
• increase your company's credibility and reinforce the expert reputation in the industry. 

Throughout the competition, we will share details about the event in the blog, social networks, mailings, and other channels, covering all the exposure opportunities Wialon has.

All the participants receive a diploma and a project publication in our use cases library with an active link to the partner’s website.

The winners receive a bunch of perks:

• diplomas and trophies;

• publication of the project in our use cases library with an active link to the partner’s website, and a blog article about the project;

• the ability to use the Winner of the IoT project of the year logo in marketing materials, on the website, etc.

• project promotion on big media. In 2020 and 2021, the articles covering the competition and the winners were published in Forbes, Business Insider, and the like;

• personalized advertising materials in the major business or sphere-oriented media of the winner’s choice, sponsored by Wialon;

• participation in the award ceremony during Telematics Dubai 2022, October, 9, with travel expenses for 1 representative covered by Wialon (except the Community choice winner).

How to apply

The members of the Wialon community can submit their projects on my.wialon.com. For those who work with other telematics platforms, we have a special form to fill in.

That’s it for now! If you haven’t subscribed to our blog updates, please make sure to do so – this way you’ll get all the updates about the contest right into your inbox. And, of course, we’re excited to get your project submitted!