- BabyTech® Awards is a contest that recognizes outstanding services that use technology to ease the burden on those involved in child-rearing.
- The 2022 event will be held on a larger scale than the previous year! Awards will be given for outstanding service in nine categories and special prizes.
- The event was a great success, with an exhibition of services and products that won the Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Special Award.
The BabyTech® Awards 2022 Ceremony was held at the Tokyo International Forum on November 21, 2022, in the autumnal atmosphere. The BabyTech® Awards (formerly known as the BabyTech Award Japan), which began in 2019, recognize innovative products and services that use information technology to solve the burdens faced by all people involved in childcare. In this article, we report on the BabyTech® Awards 2022, along with stories from the participants and comments from the winners.
FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN'S FUTURE, IT-BASED CHILDCARE SUPPORT SERVICES ARE AWARDED THROUGH A RIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESS.
Thank you very much for coming today! This year marks the fourth BabyTech® Awards, and thanks to the support of our sponsors, including Akachan Honpo, we were able to expand the scale of the event. The judges and I have again selected the most outstanding products and services from among all the wonderful entries.
Opening remarks will be made by Tetsuya Nagata, President of PapaSmile Inc. which organizes the BabyTech® Awards. Representative Nagata talks about the meaning of BabyTech® and its importance.
BabyTech is a term coined by combining the word "baby," meaning a baby, and "technology" such as ICT and IoT. It refers to services and products that reduce the burden of childcare not only for children and their parents, but also for everyone involved in childcare, including relatives and kindergarten teachers, during the period from pregnancy until the child enters elementary school.
He says that he was surprised by the difficulty of raising a child and the hardships faced by those involved, and his desire to help alleviate some of the burden led him to his current activities. the kind of child-rearing they want to do.
We hope that by utilizing ICT and IoT, we can not only reduce the burden of childcare, but also make childcare safer and more secure, and create a system that allows you to focus on the important things in your life with the time and effort you have freed up. We hope that through this award, more people will become aware of the wonderful items offered by each company.
The winners of the Grand Prize, selected from among many services and products, are delighted to hear their voices.
This year's BabyTech® Awards were selected in nine categories (*Akachanhonpo Award, Special Award, and Community Award are added here). 42 applications were received, and the following services were awarded the Grand Prize.
