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THE RESULTS 2012 www.galileo-masters.eu EDITORIAL The European Satellite Navigation Competition The European Satellite Navigation Competition Fostering SatNav Business Applications for Europe Innovation on a Global Scale With EGNOS already operational and a clear timeline set for the With the Galileo Control Centre (located within the German Aero- implementation of Galileo, Europe is opening the door to a huge space Center) in Oberpfaffenhofen and a series of renowned local range of innovative applications. Tractors guided by satellites for companies, Bavaria is the leading SatNav hub in Germany and higher crop yields using much less fertilizer, reductions in fuel and one of the top five aerospace hotspots in the world, with space ini- time consumption on the road thanks to better traffic management, tiatives based to a large extent on the European navigation pro- safer flights and landings – sound like science fiction? These appli- grammes Galileo and EGNOS. One of the main points of emphasis cations are already being developed now. Market opportunities exist in our space activities, meanwhile, is our support for company foun- in a wide range of domains, such as in personal mobility, precision dations. This is why we co-fund the ESA Business Incubation Centre agriculture, and virtually every mode of transport. In a global mar- Bavaria, including its head office in Oberpfaffenhofen and branch ket for GNSS products and services currently valued at EUR 150 Antonio Tajani offices in Nuremberg and Berchtesgadener Land. At these three Martin Zeil Vice-President of the Bavarian State Minister billion per year – a figure that will continue to grow rapidly for the European Commission locations, we will have supported a total of 70 start-up companies for Economic Affairs, next five years – European SMEs must seize their opportunity to by the end of 2013. Infrastructure, Trans- take the lead. port and Technology As in years past, I have gladly taken on the role of patron of the high- This year, the ESNC has once again proven its ability to foster the ly successful ESNC once again in 2012. In close cooperation with commercialisation of GNSS-based applications. With the aim of our European and global partners, an excellent network has been supporting SMEs and other European businesses, the European established to create added value for satellite navigation technolo- Commission is working with the ESNC and has established the Ga- gy. The ideas competition has been unearthing innovative ideas for lileo-EGNOS Prize Award Scheme (GEPAS) with currently 18 part- satellite navigation applications every year since 2004 and has also ners. The scheme supports new regions as well as existing part- begun setting new trends with its challenges. The strong interna- ners of the ESNC in providing even more attractive prizes to their tional response to this year’s ESNC has once more proven its ability ESNC winners. Having started with nine partners in 2011, GEPAS is to boost entrepreneurship on a global scale. now set to benefit a significantly greater number of winners in im- plementing their business ideas and developing GNSS applications. My thanks go out to all of our partners and partner regions for their hard work and support in bringing the awarded ideas to fruition, Congratulations to all the winners of the ESNC 2012 and all the best and to all the participants for the excellent and promising ideas they in your efforts to realise your ideas! submitted this year. Finally, congratulations to all the winners of the ESNC 2012 – I wish you every success in making your innovations a reality! Antonio Tajani Martin Zeil 2 | EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 2012 EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 2012 | 3 INTRO The European Satellite Navigation Competition Innovative Business Cases for an Emerging Market The European Satellite Navigation Competi- We are very pleased to have had the great In 2012, seven new regional partners – Aus- tion (ESNC) received a remarkable 406 com- support of the new ESNC title and special tria, Croatia, Finland, Ireland, North Ameri- plete business cases and application ideas prize sponsor HPI Fleet & Mobility AG, which ca, Poland, and Portugal – joined the ESNC from more than 40 countries in 2012. This took advantage of the competition’s creative network and awarded prizes to their local increases its overall output to almost 2,000 impulses for the first time. Furthermore, we winners for the first time. With 24 global submissions from more than 3,500 registe- would like to emphasise the excellent as- partner regions worldwide, the European red teams, resulting in a total of 171 awarded sistance of the German Aerospace Center Satellite Navigation Competition can boast a winners in the ESNC since its first round in (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA), proven track record of success in fostering Thorsten Rudolph 2004. which have bolstered the competition since international networks and supporting the Managing Director the very beginning in 2004 and both trusted development of a future market. Together The application fields with the highest reso- in its innovation potential in awarding special with an international network of more than nance in the ESNC 2012 were mobile location- prizes this year. Special thanks also go to the 190 experts, these regions will continue to based services (35% of all submissions) and European GNSS Agency (GSA) for once again help the many applications and business smart moving (29%). According to the Euro- rewarding the most promising EGNOS appli- cases submitted realise their full potential pean GNSS Agency (GSA)’s 2012 market re- cation idea. We are honoured to have had the as successful products from exciting new port, the GNSS sector is expected to grow from valuable support of the Industrial Technology companies. a current market size of EUR 150 billion to an Research Institute (ITRI) and the Taiwanese estimated EUR 244 billion by 2020. The two Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA), which We would like to thank all our partners again Ulrike Daniels Business Development sectors with the largest market revenues are for the second time were searching for the for their outstanding support and are already road with a 54% share, followed by location- best prototypes promoting the trend towards looking forward to the exciting 10th jubilee of based services with 44%. This proves that the connected vehicles. Further thank goes to the European Satellite Navigation Competi- ESNC is meeting the market’s requirements the European Commission for supporting tion in 2013. The submission phase will run and validates its ability to boost entrepreneur- the European ESNC partner regions and from April to June 2013. ship in the space-based downstream market. sponsors in awarding prizes to their This year, more than 90% of all entries were winners through the new Galileo- submitted for a special prize or prototyping EGNOS Prize Awarding Scheme (GEPAS). prize, further demonstrating the enormous Finally, we would like to thank Maiwald Andreas Dippelhofer potential satellite navigation has in providing Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Awapatent Project Management solutions for specific industrial issues. AB, and the consortium of the FP7 project GENIUS for their continued support of the ESNC. Kathrin Sturm Project Management GEPAS 4 | EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 20122011 EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 2012 | 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 02 INTRODUCTION 31 Catalonia / Spain 02 Editorial Antonio Tajani 32 Croatia 03 Editorial MARTIN ZEIL 33 estonia 04 INTRO AZO 34 FINLAND 35 GIPUZKoa / Spain 36 Hesse / GERMANY 37 IRELAND 08 StatistiCS 38 LITHUANIA 08 Statistics 39 LOMBARDY / ItalY 11 ESNC global networK 40 NICE-SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS / FRANCE 12 PARTNER REGIONS 41 NORTH America / Canada & USA 14 cross-REGIONAL impact 42 ØRESUND / DENMARK & SWEDEN 43 POLAND 44 Prague / CZECH REPUBLIC 16 OVERALL WINNERS 45 SWITZERLAND 16 galileo MASTER 46 UNITED KINGDOM regional WINNER :: portugal OVERALL RANKING :: 3RD place 17 galileo PRO prototYPING PRIZE WINNER :: ITRI 48 EXPERTS 48 regional EXPERTS 18 SPECIAL PRIZE WINNERS 52 special PRIZE EXPERTS 18 european gnss agencY (GSA) 53 prototYPING PRIZE EXPERTS 19 european space agencY (ESA) 20 german aerospace CENTER (DLR) 21 HPI FLEET & MOBILITY 54 IMPRINT 22 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 23 PROTOTYPING PRIZE WINNERS 23 GNSS LIVING LAB PRIZE 24 REGIONAL WINNERS 24 AQuitaine / FRANCE 25 ARAB MIDDLE EAST & NORTH Africa 26 AUSTRIA 27 BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG / GERMANY 28 Bavaria / GERMANY OVERALL RANKING :: 2ND place 29 BRAZIL 30 Bulgaria 6 | EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 2012 EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETITION 2012 | 7 © Simone Hörmann STATISTICS Participants 2004 - 2012 1000 Form of Organisation Participants 2004 – 2012 Form of Organisation 820 800 680 36% Individual 600 548 14% 525 University 448 401 406 3% 400 357 Major 293 289 258 Enterprise 200 141 125 86 9% 48 57 22 Research Institute 15% 14 SME 0 23% (‹250 employees) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Start-Up Company Registrations Complete Ideas Participation in the 2012 Participation in the 2012 Ideas from Countries Special Prizes and Prototyping Prizes Ideas from Countries Special Prizes and Prototyping Prizes 29% Germany 11% United Kingdom ESA Taiwan University Challenge Spain Italy France Poland India 9% Lithuania None Estonia Czech Republic 16% Croatia Portugal GSA Bulgaria 6% Austria United States ITRI - Prototyping Prize Israel Greece Denmark Arab MENA 8% Sweden 5% 16% DLR Ireland