DISCOVERY – A PLACE TO EXPLORE QUALITY OF LIFE SOLUTIONS
Well-designed technology and innovative ideas can radically improve our lives at every stage, from childhood to the later years. Step into the immersive, interactive Discovery space, and experience over 30 exciting, life-transforming creations and inventions.
In line with its commitment to improve quality of life for all, Sodexo will showcase some of its latest innovations as well as those developed by game-changing startups from around the world.
Ingenious quality of life solutions from empathetic robot companions to virtual reality travel and more!
Check out immersive innovations. Take your senses on a journey to enhance well-being. Meet startups and entrepreneurs focused on transforming the way we live. Don’t miss the Spark Life Contest finalists who will take center stage – pitching solutions that have the potential to improve our everyday life. The five winning projects will be announced during a special plenary awards ceremony.
Discovering innovative solutions focusing on three different times of life
YOUTH
Building a foundation for a happy, healthy, fulfilling life
Remarkable inventions and environments that promote connection, companionship and social interaction from the start for the health and well-being of our young people: an open-air kindergarten built around a tree, a robot helping children learn through games, a smartwatch that keeps teens and families in touch, and more.
ADULTHOOD
Maximizing time, health and connection to be our very best selves
Cutting-edge tools that grant more time, better health and closer personal connections for greater serenity. Meet a companion robot that perceives emotion, try on gloves that power workers’ hands and place an order with an autonomous robot delivering everything from lilacs to lattes.
SENIORHOOD
Taking control and continuing to live your best possible life
Groundbreaking solutions providing wellness, independence and connectedness for seniors’ specific needs. Experience easy-to-swallow dishes by a three-star chef, a simple tablet for video chatting and virtual reality travel to the world’s most exotic sites.
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Taking the pulse with quality of life initiatives spanning the globe
SPARK LIFE CONTEST
Spark Life Contest finalists: startups that are transforming people’s lives
Electricity from plant photosynthesis, the world’s smallest sensor for smart buildings, a platform that transfers luggage for the comfort of travelers, noise-filtering earphones for open-plan offices…You’ll find these and other Spark Life awards finalists in the Spark Life Zone. To see them pitch their projects at different times on Day 2, check out the Spark Life Agora.
Accor Hotels, Gares & Connexions SNCF, Le Village by CA, Steelcase, thecamp and Sodexo launched the European Spark Life Contest to recognize startups that can truly transform people’s quality of life for the better. Months of anticipation will culminate in the announcement of the five Spark Life Contest award winners during the Quality of Life Conference.
• Spark Life Contest: A European challenge on quality of life²
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Bioo at 10:55 (GMT+1) |
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CoWork.io at10:35 (GMT+1) Workplace management SaaS for smart organizations |
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Disruptive Technologies at 11:05 (GMT+1) Sense the real world everywhere, Deliver Insights anywhere |
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eelway at 10:25 (GMT+1) Luggage freedom |
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Orosound at 11:25 (GMT+1) Listen to the sounds that matter, Tune out the rest |
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Smunch at 11:15 (GMT+1) Happy teams lunch together |
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Ween at 10:45 (GMT+1) Make all living spaces autonomous |
SPEAKERS AT THE DISCOVERY AGORA
• Opening of the agora: Ayo Akinwolere
• OECD Better Life Index: Anthony Gooch
• Fuji Kindergarten: Takaharu Tezuka
OECD BETTER LIFE INDEX
What matters most to people around the world? In response, the OECD will present its Better Life Index, an interactive tool where people can compare well-being in different countries based on 11 important topics covering material living conditions and quality of life: health, education, housing, safety, environment, civic engagement and more.
You can check out their pitch at the Agora. Then you’ll have a chance to test the Better Life Index survey, which more than 100,000 people have taken so far. Head to the OECD area to express your well-being priorities, see what matters most to people in different parts of the world, and compare your region with others.
• OECD Better Life Index: Share your well-being with us!
THECAMP
Live a virtual reality experience and tour thecamp, a new generation campus in Aix-en-Provence, in the south of France, dedicated to inspiration, education, innovation and experimentation. Inaugurated in September 2017, thecamp brings together professionals, students, established companies, startups, artists, teenagers and children from around the world, inspiring them to become active changemakers. You can visit the thecamp area to get the full experience.
• Thecamp: Creating the future
SODEXO STUDIES & REPORTS
Consult the results of different surveys around quality of life in the Sodexo Surveys area:
• Diversity & Inclusion, a competitive edge for business
• The quality of life of our consumers: a Sodexo expertise
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The first “International University Lifestyle Report” reveals how Generation Z selects universities, what they value most once they’re there, their common concerns (such as managing stress) and how they prepare for the workforce after graduation. | |||||||
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Sodexo’s 2017 “Global Workplace Trends Report” shows that workplace rules are changing with greater connectivity, innovation and uncertainty. Next-generation ways of working are defined by individuality, inclusiveness and techno-literacy. And yes, we can expect to have robots as colleagues. | ||||||||
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The “Five Senses Study” is the result of a collaboration between Sodexo and the University of Ottawa Life Research Institute, attempting to better understand the five senses and ensuring sense-sensitive environments for people as they age. |
