Call for safety and security in the logistics and transport sectors
The Forum for Applied Satellite Navigation and Mobile IT Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Forum SatNav MIT BW) believes in the enormous economic potential satellite navigation presents, especially for Baden-Württemberg.

Last Call: T-Systems and ESA Want Your Green Business Ideas for Earth Observation Data and Satellite Navigation
T-Systems, under the patronage of the European Space Agency (ESA), award the GMES Masters prize for the best idea in line with the international innovation contest "European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010". Companies and innovators anywhere in the world are welcome to participate.

Users drive Innovation in Satellite Navigation
The European Satellite Navigation Competition awards a 10,000 Euro prize for the best application ready to be tested in a Living Lab
How can citizens influence future technologies? How can companies access a larger or more varied market? How can researchers bring revolutionary technological breakthroughs closer to the 'man on the street'? - In a Living Lab.

A Glimpse of Tomorrow's Satellite Navigation
German Aerospace Center (DLR) sponsoring prize for "next-generation navigation"
As part of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is offering a special topic prize for "next-generation navigation". This subject area is meant to motivate participants to come up with fundamentally new ideas, optimised technologies, and application-oriented innovations for the satellite navigation of tomorrow. Oriented toward companies, research institutes, public organisations, and private entrepreneurs, the competition is still accepting entries until 31 July.

Wanted: Down-to-Earth Business Ideas Based on Space Technologies
Online registration for ESA Innovation Prize now open
The European Space Agency (ESA) has several initiatives for identifying and preparing space technologies for use in other fields, which can result in commercially viable products and high-potential companies. One of them is the €10,000 ESA Innovation Prize for satellite navigation applications.

Register your app idea for location-based services: NAVTEQ sponsors special prize in line with the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, is collaborating with the Application Center for Satellite Navigation Oberpfaffenhofen (AZO) by awarding a special prize in line with the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 (ESNC), an international ideas competition that awards the best ideas for applications in satellite navigation among companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and private individuals. The NAVTEQ special topic prize will call for innovative mobile location-based services (LBS).

EGNOS: Creating opportunities for entrepreneurs
Online registration for EGNOS Application Prize now open
Entrepreneurs with a commercial plan to use the EGNOS satellite navigation signal have a chance to make their vision a reality by applying for the Special Topic Prize for the most promising EGNOS application idea, which the GSA offers as part of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010.

Wanted: Innovative Ideas for Applications in Satellite Navigation
€20,000 grand prize
Six special topic prizes from partners in research and industry
First-ever ESNC University Challenge offering special prize to students
€1 million in funding and other start-up aid for entrepreneurs in 22 partner regions worldwide

Global Network Promotes Innovation in Satellite Navigation
On 1 May 2010, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) will begin its seventh search for the best application ideas in its field. For a three-month period culminating at the end of July, innovators from all over the world will answer the call to devise new products and services based on satellite positioning.

The Best GNSS Application Innovations of 2009
Eight special topic prizes and 17 regional honours awarded along with €20,000 grand prize

289 ideas from 30 countries for the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009
The 6th European Satellite Navigation Competition came to a close last week with 289 complete submissions for the most innovative potential applications in the field of satellite-aided navigation. 18 global high-tech regions participated in the challenge of originating the competition's overall winner - the GALILEO Master 2009 - and received applications from 30 countries across all continents.

Valencia joins the European Satellite Navigation Competition as 18th partner region
On time for the final spurt of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009 (ESNC) the Valencia Community joins the network as 18th partner region.
Having begun with three partner regions in 2004, the international ideas competition for innovative satellite navigation applications is now in its sixth year calling on innovators from all over the world.

Everyday security for the elderly
T-Systems to award innovation project to best eHealth solution based on satellite positioning
Our ageing society needs services that make everyday living easier and offer more security to the growing number of elderly people. This includes, for example, enabling the ill, disabled, or elderly to live in their usual surroundings, but with the assurance of being under medical observation.

Security-Relevant Solutions in the Transport and Logistics Sector:
Special Topic Prize for Innovative Applications in Satellite Navigation and Mobile IT
The Forum for Applied Satellite Navigation and Mobile IT Baden-Württemberg e. V. (Forum SatNav MIT BW) is participating in the European Satellite Navigation Competition for the first time this year by sponsoring a special topic prize for security-relevant solutions in the transport and logistics sector. It seeks market-ready submissions from companies, universities, and research institutes that create value in logistics by means of applications in satellite navigation and mobile IT. Doing so requires both innovations and improvements to existing solutions.

GSA launches 2009 EGNOS Application Prize
Online registration now open
Entrepreneurs with a commercial plan to use the EGNOS satellite navigation signal have a chance to make their vision a reality by entering the Special Topic Prize for the most promising EGNOS application idea, which the GSA offers in line with the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009.

The Application Center for Satellite Navigation Oberpfaffenhofen Enters Long-Term Cooperation with NAVTEQ
The Application Center for Satellite Navigation Oberpfaffenhofen (AZO) has signed a three-year co-marketing agreement with NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions. The two parties intend to work together on advancing innovations in the field of satellite navigation and location-based services (LBS) and on supporting developers with joint incubation activities.

Innovation Through Technology Transfer:
ESA Offering Innovation Prize for Satellite Navigation
ESA posts innovation award as part of sixth European Satellite Navigation Competition
Technology transfer programme seeks terrestrial applications for space technologies
€10,000 prize for the best business plan

DLR Special Topic Prize for Professional Satellite Navigation Applications
Highly precise, interference-free, and secure - the advanced satellite navigation applications the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking for in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009 will have to bring at least one of these qualities to the table, along with sustainable benefits for the economy and public sector. DLR is offering €150,000 in consulting services to the winners.

Satellite navigation on path to success
Sixth European Satellite Navigation Competition to Kick Off on May 1

AZO announces NAVTEQ's support in the search for the best location based services through sponsorship of the ESNC 2009
The Application Center for Satellite Navigation in Oberpfaffenhofen (AZO) announces NAVTEQ's co-sponsorship of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2009 (ESNC). The call for innovative application ideas for the ESNC's sixth annual edition is out and the online ideas submission site opens on 1st May 2009. The ESNC is receiving first-time sponsorship from NAVTEQ for a new Special Topic Prize in the field of navigation and location based services.

First triple victory at the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2008
An innovative tracking system for rescuing castaways by their own crew wins in three categories

Record Participation in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2008
The 5th European Satellite Navigation Competition came to a close last week after again setting a new participation record. Having sought the most innovative potential applications in the field of satellite-aided navigation in 13 global regions each year since 2004, the competition nearly doubled its number of participants for the second consecutive year.

Galileo Precursor EGNOS Offers Accuracy and Integrity
Wanted: application ideas for EGNOS, the satellite-based system enhancement for GPS
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) improves the accuracy of the U.S. satellite navigation system GPS to one to three metres and provides integrity signals GPS is not capable of alone. Thanks to this integrity, users can be constantly aware of whether transmitted signals can be trusted.

Space for Every Day
ESA Innovation Prize for satellite navigation
Believe it or not, airbags, antilock brake systems, cooling suits for Formula 1 drivers and satellite navigation do have one thing in common: the technologies behind them were originally developed for use in space.

Off the Sofa and onto the Racetrack with GPS
ITRI to award the best gaming concept with €20,000
As part of the 2008 European Satellite Navigation Competition, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan is sponsoring a special topic prize for the most innovative gaming concept that promises to get couch potatoes out on the street

How Do You Pack Your Suitcase?
DHL and T-Systems looking for solutions to optimise freight volume
As part of the 5th European Satellite Navigation Competition, T-Systems and DHL will for the first time present together a special topic prize for a freight volume solution.

5th European Satellite Navigation Competition Set to Kick Off on May 1
"Proceed 100 meters and then turn" - that's a familiar directive for today's drivers. But how many know that the signals that guide car drivers through unknown territory are not only revolutionizing the transport and logistics industry, but tapping into many new markets as well? The accurate positioning and precise time signals provided by satellite navigation are ushering in a new generation of gaming, one that blurs the line between virtual and reality.

5 Years of Creative Entrepreneurship in Satellite Navigation
To commence the 5th European Satellite Navigation Competition, Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen will host a kick-off conference with first-rate presentations, workshops, and international business matching on February 18-19.

Record Participation in the 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition
For three months, innovators from all over Europe have been working on new applications in the field of satellite-aided navigation. This year’s competition ended on July 31 – with record participation numbers. Also reaching an all-time high before the deadline was the number of participating partner regions: In early July, Lombardy joined as the 11th region for the final stretch of the competition.

Innovators Wanted - Last Call for Entries into the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2007
The countdown has begun. On July 31, the application phase for participation in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2007 will end. The Galileo Master, the prize awarded to the overall winner, includes €10,000 and extensive assistance in realizing the winning project. The winners of the three new special prizes in related fields will also have the chance to work with the competition's sponsors in developing their innovations for the market.