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European Satellite Navigation Competition
The ninth European Satellite Navigation Competition is on! With new regional partners in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, North America, Poland, and Portugal and the new title sponsor HPI Fleet&Mobility we are happy to announce that we have expanded our network once again. We would highly appreciate if you could spread the word about the competition.
This year’s prize pool is worth EUR 1 Mio – including cash prizes, business incubation, coaching, patent consulting, prototyping and marketing support, access to customers and user communities, and publicity. More than 30 prizes are waiting to be won! Get support by the largest network in satellite navigation with 24 partner regions worldwide and sponsoring partners such as the European GNSS Agency (GSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), HPI Fleet & Mobility, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). This is also the first year in which the European Commission is funding the competition’s prize pool and NOKIA Location & Commerce will be providing further support to the competition. For the ninth time we recognise the best ideas in the field of satellite navigation! You are working at a company or a research institute, you are a student or your work independently? Then be part of the ESNC 2012, everyone is welcome to join the international ideas competition! This year we award 24 regional prizes, 5 special prizes and 2 prototyping prizes! All winners will be honoured at an Awards Ceremony and an official state reception at the Munich Residenz in October. Take your chance to get your idea promoted! Submit your application idea before 30 June at www.galileo-masters.eu. Apply for a regional prize now! In addition, you can submit your idea for one of the following special or prototyping prizes:- The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is looking for the most promising EGNOS application idea
- The European Space Agency (ESA) is awarding the ESA Innovation Prize
- The German Aerospace Center (DLR) wants to see SMART NAVIGATION – with Enriched Constellations
- HPI Fleet & Mobility is searching for ideas for Seamless and Sustainable Mobility
- The ESNC University Challenge addresses students and research associates of all fields of studies
- The first prototyping prize, the ITRI Connect Autos Tightly to ICT from V2X will be awarded by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
- Furthermore, participants with a prototype can apply for the GNSS Living Lab Prize
We are excited to see your contributions! Good luck!
More information: www.galileo-masters.eu Read more about the offered prizes and the partners in the LIVEBOOK: http://www.galileo-masters.eu/livebook/participants2012/index.html Your ESNC teamBack