[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[FYI] Winners of 1999 European IST prize announced
- To: debate@fitug.de
- Subject: [FYI] Winners of 1999 European IST prize announced
- From: "Axel H. Horns" <Horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:37:00 +0200
- Comment: This message comes from the debate mailing list.
- Comments: Sender has elected to use 8-bit data in this message. If problems arise, refer to postmaster at sender's site.
- Organization: PA Axel H. Horns
- Sender: owner-debate@fitug.de
CORDIS RTD-NEWS/© European Communities, 1999.
Record Control Number: 13687
Date: 1999-09-24
Category: Programme implementation
General Information:
Twenty five winners have been selected from among 261 entries for the
1999 European Information Society Technologies Prize. They will
receive their prizes at a special award ceremony to be held in
Helsinki on 23 November 1999 during the IST 99 conference.
Each winning entry will receive 5,000 euro, but three grand prize
winners who will be announced at the award ceremony, will each
receive 200,000 euro.
The award scheme was designed to encourage IST innovation across
Europe. It is run by Euro-CASE, the European Council of Applied
Sciences and Engineering, and is sponsored by the European
Commission.
Now in its fifth year, the European IST prize is increasingly a
recognition of ground-breaking innovation in IST. Past grand prize
winners have achieved remarkable success in marketing their product,
something the award organisers want to encourage.
Euro-CASE administrator Helle Bonnet said: 'The evaluation group had
a hard time because the standard has improved significantly this
year, both the technology and, to our great satisfaction, also the
business side as well.'
Companies with novel products possessing a high IT content and
evident market potential were invited to enter the competition. This
year's winning products range from network and data security
solutions to hand-held devices, telecom switching systems, and
interactive 3D animation engines.
All the winning products will be on show at the 'EISTP Village'
exhibition at the European IST Conference in Helsinki from 22 to 24
November 1999.
Data Source Provider: I*M Europe Newsdesk
Document Reference: IST prize press release and interview.
Programme Acronym: FRAMEWORK 5C; IST
Subject Index Codes: Information Processing, Information Systems
Contact Person:
For further information please see the following websites:
European IST prize home page: http://www.it-prize.org/
IST 99 Conference: http://www.ist99.fi/
Related News: 13130