Teilnehmerrekord beim European Satellite Navigation Competition 2008
The 5th European Satellite Navigation Competition came to a close last week after again setting a new participation record. Having sought the most innovative potential applications in the field of satellite-aided navigation in 13 global regions each year since 2004, the competition nearly doubled its number of participants for the second consecutive year.
Since early May, 525 have answered the call - 293 of them will now be subject to evaluation by an international panel of experts. Leading all regions this year in terms of volume of ideas was first-time participant Taipei. Which region will have the right to call itself the competition's overall winner - the GALILEO Master - will be decided at the end of this September, when representatives from all of the regional expert teams will meet on the Cote d'Azur in Sophia Antipolis, the winning region from 2007.
The goal of the European Satellite Navigation Competition is to realise submitted ideas in cooperation with business incubation centres in its partner regions and with competition sponsors. Along with the German Aerospace Center - which supports the competition as a global partner -the title sponsor T-Systems, the DHL Innovation Center, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, and the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) have joined the competition as special prize sponsors. This year, these sponsors were seeking solutions in the field of freight volume optimisation, innovative gaming concepts, and potential applications for EGNOS, Europe's differential system for GPS. Of all those submitting ideas, 80 percent also applied for consideration for one of these special topic prizes.
The solutions submitted will be evaluated by over 100 industry and research experts from all over the world before the overall winner is nominated on the Cote d'Azur at the end of September. The regional and special prize winners, as well as the GALILEO Master, will be announced at a state reception hosted at the Munich Residenz by the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology, Emilia Müller, on October 21. From October 21-24, the winners will then present their application ideas in the Navigation World area of this year's SYSTEMS trade show.
Press contact:
Ulrike Daniels
Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
Sonderflughafen Oberpfaffenhofen
Gebäude 319
82205 Gilching
Germany
Phone: +49(0)8152-9099047
daniels@anwendungszentrum.de
Information on the European Satellite Navigation Competition
The European Satellite Navigation Competition is an international innovation competition that awards the best ideas for innovative applications in the field of satellite navigation. Organised annually since 2004 by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen and SYSTEMS, the ESNC is oriented toward companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and private individuals. Since its inception, the competition has grown from including three partner regions to 13 high-tech regions of Europe: Bavaria, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Nice / Sophia Antipolis, Prague, South Holland, Madrid, Lombardy, Great Britain, and this year's new regions, Queensland / Australia, Taipei / Taiwan, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. The goal of the ESNC is to continue to strengthen the international collaboration of these regions, particularly with regard to the development of applications and services made possible by the European satellite navigation system Galileo. The ESNC is carried out under the patronage of the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology with the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The overall winner - the GALILEO Master - will be awarded along with the special prize winners and the 13 regional winners on October 21, 2008 at a state reception to be held at the Munich Residenz. They will also have the chance to present their ideas and applications to a wide audience of ICT decision-makers from October 21-24 at this year's SYSTEMS trade show in Munich. http://www.galileo-masters.com
About Navigation World
Since 2004, Europe's leading satellite navigation network has come together at the ITC trade show SYSTEMS in Munich, Germany. The Navigation World area is the quintessential B2B meeting place for decision makers in the IT, telecommunications, GIS, and satellite navigation industries. In Hall B1, Navigation World's "show within a show" and topic-specific exhibition will offer providers of software solutions, integrators, devices, components, and services an ideal platform for presenting their products and expertise. In addition, the area will combine technologies, solutions, and services in the fields of indoor navigation, telematics, location-based services and digital maps, information logistics and fleet management, precise positioning, EGNOS, mobile navigation, and GPS gaming. Representing a SYSTEMS first, major industry fixtures will also present on and discuss automotive solutions along with the aforementioned topics in a separate, exclusive conference forum on the first two days of the trade show.
http://www.navworld24.com
http://www.systems.de
About the title sponsor T-Systems
T-Systems is Deutsche Telekom's business customer unit. More than 160,000 corporations and public institutions use the provider's network-centric information and communications technology (ICT) services - ranging from data center operations and global services based on the Internet Protocol, to the development and management of applications. With locations in over 20 countries, T-Systems is a preferred supplier for Corporate Europe's global business activities. The company, based in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, serves all industries and is a leading provider for the automotive and telecommunications industries as well as the public sector. With approximately 56,500 employees, T-Systems posted revenue of 12 billion euros in 2007.
T-Systems Media Relations
Phone: +49(0)69 66531-126
Email: presse@t-systems.com
http://www.t-systems.de / whttp://ww.t-systems.com
Since early May, 525 have answered the call - 293 of them will now be subject to evaluation by an international panel of experts. Leading all regions this year in terms of volume of ideas was first-time participant Taipei. Which region will have the right to call itself the competition's overall winner - the GALILEO Master - will be decided at the end of this September, when representatives from all of the regional expert teams will meet on the Cote d'Azur in Sophia Antipolis, the winning region from 2007.
The goal of the European Satellite Navigation Competition is to realise submitted ideas in cooperation with business incubation centres in its partner regions and with competition sponsors. Along with the German Aerospace Center - which supports the competition as a global partner -the title sponsor T-Systems, the DHL Innovation Center, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, and the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) have joined the competition as special prize sponsors. This year, these sponsors were seeking solutions in the field of freight volume optimisation, innovative gaming concepts, and potential applications for EGNOS, Europe's differential system for GPS. Of all those submitting ideas, 80 percent also applied for consideration for one of these special topic prizes.
The solutions submitted will be evaluated by over 100 industry and research experts from all over the world before the overall winner is nominated on the Cote d'Azur at the end of September. The regional and special prize winners, as well as the GALILEO Master, will be announced at a state reception hosted at the Munich Residenz by the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology, Emilia Müller, on October 21. From October 21-24, the winners will then present their application ideas in the Navigation World area of this year's SYSTEMS trade show.
Press contact:
Ulrike Daniels
Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
Sonderflughafen Oberpfaffenhofen
Gebäude 319
82205 Gilching
Germany
Phone: +49(0)8152-9099047
daniels@anwendungszentrum.de
Information on the European Satellite Navigation Competition
The European Satellite Navigation Competition is an international innovation competition that awards the best ideas for innovative applications in the field of satellite navigation. Organised annually since 2004 by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen and SYSTEMS, the ESNC is oriented toward companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and private individuals. Since its inception, the competition has grown from including three partner regions to 13 high-tech regions of Europe: Bavaria, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Nice / Sophia Antipolis, Prague, South Holland, Madrid, Lombardy, Great Britain, and this year's new regions, Queensland / Australia, Taipei / Taiwan, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. The goal of the ESNC is to continue to strengthen the international collaboration of these regions, particularly with regard to the development of applications and services made possible by the European satellite navigation system Galileo. The ESNC is carried out under the patronage of the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology with the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The overall winner - the GALILEO Master - will be awarded along with the special prize winners and the 13 regional winners on October 21, 2008 at a state reception to be held at the Munich Residenz. They will also have the chance to present their ideas and applications to a wide audience of ICT decision-makers from October 21-24 at this year's SYSTEMS trade show in Munich. http://www.galileo-masters.com
About Navigation World
Since 2004, Europe's leading satellite navigation network has come together at the ITC trade show SYSTEMS in Munich, Germany. The Navigation World area is the quintessential B2B meeting place for decision makers in the IT, telecommunications, GIS, and satellite navigation industries. In Hall B1, Navigation World's "show within a show" and topic-specific exhibition will offer providers of software solutions, integrators, devices, components, and services an ideal platform for presenting their products and expertise. In addition, the area will combine technologies, solutions, and services in the fields of indoor navigation, telematics, location-based services and digital maps, information logistics and fleet management, precise positioning, EGNOS, mobile navigation, and GPS gaming. Representing a SYSTEMS first, major industry fixtures will also present on and discuss automotive solutions along with the aforementioned topics in a separate, exclusive conference forum on the first two days of the trade show.
http://www.navworld24.com
http://www.systems.de
About the title sponsor T-Systems
T-Systems is Deutsche Telekom's business customer unit. More than 160,000 corporations and public institutions use the provider's network-centric information and communications technology (ICT) services - ranging from data center operations and global services based on the Internet Protocol, to the development and management of applications. With locations in over 20 countries, T-Systems is a preferred supplier for Corporate Europe's global business activities. The company, based in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, serves all industries and is a leading provider for the automotive and telecommunications industries as well as the public sector. With approximately 56,500 employees, T-Systems posted revenue of 12 billion euros in 2007.
T-Systems Media Relations
Phone: +49(0)69 66531-126
Email: presse@t-systems.com
http://www.t-systems.de / whttp://ww.t-systems.com