“Innovators Race” follows an Indian television program dedicated to the “Super Techies Show” technology – http://www.capgeminisupertechiesshow.com/- , initially created by Capgemini and an Indian TV media partner.

In 2015, the concept evolved and gained international recognition in Capgemini’s 6 key markets:
India, France, Brazil, the UK, the Netherlands and the US.

To strengthen Capgemini employer’s brand image among young graduates, while showcasing the brand as a leading BtoB consultancy brand, students from across the world were asked by global brands to develop solutions to real life business challenges. In fact, 6 Capgemini clients put forward real business challenges.

“Innovators Race” is a tech show where students can propose innovative and sustainable solutions which will then be developed in the San Francisco Capgemini Innovation lab in addition to a cash prize of $25 000.

The idea was to celebrate the values and spirit of Capgemini, the brand being the synergy between people and technology. Capgemini had to show off its great “Owned” through “Innovators Race”.

“Innovators Race” gave the opportunity to the winner to meet and accelerate its professional career by intimately engaging with global brands and technology experts from Capgemini.

To embody the Innovative stance, Capgemini’s developed its unique web TV series about innovation.

To amplify the “Innovators Race” visibility and Capgemini’s image and legitimacy, the brand teamed up with media owners to create strategic partnerships.

Exploring synergies between online and offline media, Capgemini fostered a connection between social media and TV. By associating the brand to an international media network “CNN International”, creating complementary content around tech innovation.

The “Innovators Race” went beyond traditional sponsoring delivering an inspiring and extremely effective cross channel media presence that generated global press coverage and exceptional levels of awareness.
Over 900 000 page views were recorded on the dedicated platforms for an average time spent of 2 minutes per session.

Over 63 million impressions delivered, 4M videos watched online that represent35 800 hours of video watched and 150 000 social actions.
1 621 TV branded and co-branded spots broadcasted with 46% on prime time in relevant programs on “CNN International”.

After conducting a post-test survey the campaign generated 45% recall on CNN heavy viewers across Europe and 67% of the ad re-callers have a perception improvement of the brand.

The global brands that provided challenges were also very satisfied with the disruptive approach brought by Capgemini and the media exposure they got.
Finally, let’s not forget Team Technetium from India, who won the series!
Another positive result is that the campaign is being reconducted in 2017 in an evolved way with “Innovators Race 50”, focusing on start-ups.