Download: Information for Participants 2010

The European Satellite Navigation Competition awards the best ideas for innovative satellite navigation applications. It is open to companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and individuals. Entry is possible exclusively via the secure online database at www.galileo-masters.eu between 1st May and 31st July 2010.

1. Register at www.galileo-masters.eu
Create your own profile and choose a username and password. It is possible to submit more than one idea, but each project has to be registered separately. Once registered, you will be able to log into the database to continue developing your idea as often as you like before the end of July.

2. Select a region
You are free to choose which of the partner regions you would like to represent. Only one region can be selected per idea. The region you choose should correspond to the place where you would establish your business if chosen as regional winner or GALILEO Master.

3. Indicate whether you would like to submit your idea for one of the special topic prizes
In addition to recognising outstanding applications in the overall field of satellite navigation, the European Satellite Navigation Competition awards special topic prizes sponsored by industrial and institutional partners who are searching for innovative solutions in certain satnav-related fields. These are intended as a format encouraging joint realisation of the winning idea by the winner and the sponsor. Last year, 83% of all participants took advantage of the opportunity to submit their ideas for both regional evaluation and consideration for one of the special topic prizes. Participants who also submit their innovations for one of the special topic prizes are twice as likely to be nominated. It is even possible for a participant to be nominated as a regional winner, a special topic prize winner, and as the overall winner, the GALILEO Master! Only one special topic prize can be selected per idea. In 2010, the concept will be continued with challenges presented by the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA), T-Systems, the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the world’s leading provider of digital map data, NAVTEQ, and the Forum SatNav MIT BW. In addition, a University Challenge and a GNSS Living Lab Prize will be awarded.

4. Ideas database
The idea database is divided into three sections. In the first section, you are asked to describe your idea as clearly and accurately as possible; the second section is about the market potential of your idea; and the last section deals with formal project aspects of and the trademark and patent rights to your idea.

5. Evaluation
Once the database has been closed, panels of experts from each region and special topic prize sponsor will select their respective winners. In September, an international panel of experts will meet in Madrid, Spain,to select the overall winner – the GALILEO Master – from among all the regional and special topic prize winners.

6. Awards Ceremony
On 18th October 2010, the GALILEO Master, regional winners, and special topic prize winners will be recognised and their ideas presented to the public at an official state reception at the Munich Residence.