European Satellite Navigation Competition 2008: Australian Challenge
The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is Europe's largest networking opportunity for the satellite navigation industry, involving 13 regions in 2008.
Entries for the Australian Challenge have now closed and judging has commenced.
The competition is designed to source commercially viable ideas for applications and products that use satellite navigation technology and provide the opportunity for innovative ideas to be internationally recognised.
The Department of Natural Resources and Water (NRW) is the Queensland Government's lead agency for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) technology and infrastructure.
As the lead agency, NRW is coordinating the ESNC 2008: Australian Challenge. In conjunction with the Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry, NRW is promoting Queensland's expertise in the GNSS industry.
About the Australian Challenge
Australia is the first region outside of Europe to take part in this prestigious competition, which recognises the transformation of satellite navigation products from a niche industry into a global applications market.
The competition, now in its fifth year, comes under the auspices of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology. It is organised by the Anwendungszentrum, the GNSS Applications Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
Judging
In September 2008, an expert judging panel consisting of representatives from across government, industry and academia, in Australia and New Zealand, will choose the Australian Challenge winner.
Judging panel experts from each region and the expert judging panel of the special topic sponsors (representatives from the special topic sponsors) will select the regional finalists and the special topic winners.
Entrants based in Australia should note they were not eligible to enter the European Space Agency and European GNSS Supervisory Authority special topic prizes.
The Australian Challenge winner will be notified by 15 September 2008.
On 18–19 September 2008, the head of the Australian Challenge expert judging panel will join all other judging panel heads in France to select the overall winner—the Galileo Master—from the regional finalists and special topic winners.
On 21 October 2008, the international awards ceremony will be held in Munich, Germany. The prizes for the Galileo Master, the regional winners and the special topic winners will be awarded and the winning ideas presented to the public at the official state reception at the Munich Residence.
In November 2008, NRW will host a regional awards ceremony in Brisbane, Queensland to publicly announce the Australian Challenge winner.
Prizes
The Australian Challenge winner will receive travel expenses* to Munich, Germany in October 2008 to compete against 12 other regions for the title of Galileo Master. The Australian Challenge winner will also:
- attend the international award ceremony in Munich, where they will meet an international network of contacts in the satellite navigation industry
- present their idea at an international press conference
- publicly showcase their idea at one of Munich's most significant
business-focused events - receive five days market consultancy from Australian firm
Position One Consulting - receive the opportunity to hold a workshop/interactive session at the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems 2009 conference.
The overall competition winner—Galileo Master—will receive:
- EUR 20 000 prize (approximately AUD 32 000)
- substantial support from well-known industry partners and the economic regions participating in the competition
- business incubation in their region for six months
- individual consulting from experienced coaches for a further five days
- access to the region incubator's network of contacts to help develop or grow their business.
* travel expenses to the total value of AUD$4000
Australian Challenge sponsors
Sponsors websites
Further information
Department of Natural Resources and Water
Telephone (07) 3896 3774
NRW is the agency for Global Navigation Satellite System technology and infrastructure, through its core business role in surveying and the maintenance of geodetic information. NRW is working with the Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry and Trade Queensland to raise awareness of Queensland's burgeoning GNSS technology industry and have it recognised as an industry of international significance. A Queensland Government coordinated Australian Challenge region in the ESNC is a critical component of this initiative.
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