CeBIT - Hanover, 16 March 2007 The 2007 European ICT Prize The 3 European ICT Grand Prize Winners Telepo (SE) for Telepo Business Communication solution Telepo's fixed-mobile convergence solution enables efficient business communication anytime, anywhere. [email protected] - www.telepo.com Transitive Corporation (UK) for QuickTransit® Virtualization product that eliminates the hardware-software dependency. [email protected] - www.transitive.com Treventus Mechatronics (AT) for ScanRobot High-speed (up to 2,400 pages/hour) book scanner with integrated fully automatic page-turning for bound documents. [email protected] - www.treventus.com www.ict-prize.org The 2007 European ICT Prize Winners A3M (DE) for A3M Tsunami Alarm System San Disk (IL) for mToken Global Tsunami Warning System for mobile Combines PKI-based two factor authentication, phones, protecting human lives and health. secure storage and smartcard-based applications www.tsunami-alarm-system.com inone USB device. www.m-systems.com/mtoken Byometric Systems (DE) for Large scale iden- T-VIPS (NO) for T-VIPS TVG Video Gateways tification Solution based on iris-recognition Provides professional video market with innovative Biometric access system based on iris-recognition IP transport solutions. www.t-vips.com identification in banking environment. www.byometric.com Telepo (SE) for Telepo Business Communication solution DIGIMIND (FR) for DIGIMIND FINDER Telepo's fixed-mobile convergence solution New vertical meta-search engine revolutionizing enables efficient business communication any- the professional web search experience. time, anywhere. www.telepo.com www.digimind.com TEMIS (FR) for Luxid® g.tec Guger Technologies (AT) Innovative information discovery solution serving for Brain-Computer Interface the information intelligence needs of business/ Interface for cursor control and writing by corporations. www.temis.com thoughts. www.gtec.at Transitive Corporation (UK) Intrasense (FR) for Myrian for QuickTransit® Software for medical image and aided diagnosis. Virtualization product that eliminates the hard- www.intrasense.fr ware-software dependency. www.transitive.com Kineo CAM (FR) for KineoWorks™ TREVENTUS Mechatronics (AT) Software library to compute motion planning in for ScanRobot cluttered 3D environment. www.kineocam.com High-speed (up to 2,400 pages/hour) book scanner with integrated fully automatic page-turning for Leiki (FI) for Leiki Focus bound documents. www.treventus.com Software platform for automatic content perso- nalisation, community building and targeted ubitexx (DE) for ubiControl marketing. www.leiki.com First client-server application to fix user rights and adjust configurations on Smartphones and Netviewer (DE) for Netviewer one2meet PDAs. www.ubitexx.com European market leader in web collaboration and web conferencing services. Giving internet Vmscope (DE) for The Virtual Microscope users a live view of the partner's screens so that Digital Microscopy over IP for e-learning, any application and documents can be jointly research, clinical use. www.vmscope.com discussed and edited. www.netviewer.de Vrmagic (DE) for EYESI Cataract Operax (SE) for Operax Bandwidth Simulator for surgery on the anterior segment of Manager 5500 the eye. www.vrmagic.com Software for real-time, end-to-end quality of service control in convergent, next generation X-aitment (DE) for X-ait-Engine telecommunications networks. www.operax.com Artificial Intelligence middleware solution for computer games, simulations and entertainment SAIL LABS Technology (AT) for R.O.S.I.D.S. software. www.x-aitment.net Enables users to access various broadcast by providing real-time subtitling in their preferred language. www.sail-technology.com www.ict-prize.org 02 The 2007 European ICT Prize The Nominees for the 2007 03 European ICT Grand Prize The Nominees for the 2007 24 European ICT Prize The European ICT Prize Winners 29 from 1995 to 2006 The European ICT Prize 31 evaluation group from 1995 to 2006 The European ICT Prize Executive 31 Jury from 1995 to 2006 32 Euro-CASE 33 The Euro-CASE academies 35 The European ICT Prize Info Points The European ICT Prize trophy "le profil retrouvé" has been created by Yérassimos Sklavos 37 Acknowledgements © La Monnaie de Paris Conception: IMARRA SA March 2007 THE EUROPEAN ICT PRIZE 00 01 The 2007* European ICT Prize he European ICT Prize is an award From amongst the 70 Prize Nominees, 20 “Nominees for new and imaginative products for the European ICT Grand Prize” are selected. In and services based on information addition to the public recognition the Grand Prize T Nominees compete for a share in the Û700,000 and communications technologies, prize money. or "digital technologies". This covers the converging fields of computer, media and The 20 Grand Prize Nominees are proposed to communications industries – considered the European Commission as “European ICT Prize to be among the driving forces in modern Winners” to receive further visibility and an award of Û5,000 each. Among them, three companies are economies. Participation is open to candi- proposed as “European ICT Grand Prize Winners” dates from 33 countries. The high stan- to receive each Û200,000 and the European ICT dard of applicants and the competitive Prize trophy. evaluation procedure for selecting the Nominees and Winners make this Prize The decision of the European Commission is announced by European Commissioner Mrs Viviane the most distinguished award for new Reding at the awards ceremony at CeBIT, Hanover ICT-driven products. on 16 March 2007. The theme is: “Novel products and services with In 2006, “the European Information Society Techno- a high information technology content and evident logies Prize” changed its name to “the European market potential”. Information and Communication Technologies Prize”, or “the European ICT Prize”. All applications are evaluated by independent experts nominated by Euro-CASE. An Executive This year, 450 candidates from 30 countries have Jury, composed of independent, highly respected submitted proposals - an all-time record for the European executives, nominated by Euro-CASE, 13 years of the Prize scheme. proposes the three Grand Prize Winners to the European Commission. 70 "Nominees for European ICT Prize" are announ- ced. For the companies selected, nomination for The European ICT Prize is organised by Euro- the Prize is an endorsement of their technological CASE, the European Council of Applied Sciences, and business potential. It boosts their commercial Technology and Engineering, with the support prospects and helps attract finance for their and sponsorship of the European Commission. business ventures. www.ict-prize.org * The European ICT Prize is named the year after its launch. The Prize launched in 2006 is "the 2007 European ICT Prize". The Nominees for the 2007* European ICT Grand Prize 06 A3M (DE) 07 Byometric Systems (DE) 08 Digimind (FR) 09 g.tec Guger Technologies (AT) 10 Intrasense (FR) 11 Kineo CAM (FR) 12 Leiki (FI) 13 Netviewer (DE) 14 Operax (SE) 15 Sail Labs Technology (AT) 16 San Disk (IL) 17 T-VIPS (NO) 18 Telepo (SE) 19 TEMIS (FR) 20 Transitive Corporation (UK) 21 Treventus Mechatronics (AT) 22 ubitexx (DE) 23 VMscope (DE) 24 Vrmagic (DE) 25 X-aitment (DE) * The European ICT Prize is named the year after its launch. The Prize launched in 2006 is “the 2007 European ICT Prize”. THE EUROPEAN ICT PRIZE 02 03 A3M Tsunami Alarm System Global Tsunami Warning System for mobile phones, protecting human lives and health. The product The company and the team With the Tsunami Alarm System people are able to live The Tsunami Alarm System for mobile phones was at the sea or visit their favourite coastal destinations, invented and developed by the German scientists without being concerned about their safety. Professor Eduard Heindl and Professor Wolfram Subscribers receive life-saving alarms reliably and Reiners. Both innovators are constantly reviewing timeously on their mobile telephone. the quality of the system and enhance it through their research. The Tsunami Alarm System makes use of a wealth of seismic and geographic data sources around the The A3M Tsunami Institute is located in Baden- globe, and consolidates these data into a reliable Wuerttemberg, Germany. Today, the enterprise tsunami danger forecast. The A3M Tsunami Alarm employs more than 20 professionals. A3M has built System protects the lives and the health of coastal a network of distributors servicing more than 20 inhabitants, tourists, business travellers and families countries in Asia and Europe. A series of new distri- from the Tsunami hazard. It has relevance for about one bution companies will be set up in Asia-Pacific, billion people in danger areas throughout the world. Americas and the Mediterranean region shortly. They will cover a global mobile warning market, To bridge the all so important “last mile”, the Tsunami valued at more than 100 Mio. EUR per annum. Alarm System is able to alert subscribers directly via their mobile phones. To do this globally and timeously A3M plans to launch further protection products for requires highly innovative technologies and technical natural disasters. In this light, Tsunami Alarm System excellence. Also, during alarms, A3M is able to commu- is the first step towards a comprehensive warning nicate the correct actions to be taken. This innovative and information concept - the Mobile Guardian Angel. danger calculation and mobile alarm dissemination In a few years time, mobile phones will be part of a technique