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 were open from 1 May 2008 – 31 July 2008, and 16 entries were received in this inaugural year of the Australian Challenge.
The ESNC 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 coordinated the ESNC 2008: Australian Challenge. In conjunction with the Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry and Trade Queensland, NRW continues to promote Queensland's expertise in the GNSS industry.
About the Australian Challenge
Australia, along with Taiwan, were the first regions outside of Europe to take part in this prestigious competition in 2008, which recognises the transformation of satellite navigation products from a niche industry into a global applications market.
The competition, which ran for its fifth year in 2008, 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.
For more detailled information on the competition, visit the Official Website of the European Satellite Navigation Competition: http://www.galileo-masters.eu/
Results – Australian Challenge 2008
First place in the Australian Challenge was awarded to the ‘CardioMobile’ application, a remote monitoring system for cardiac rehabilitation developed in a collaboration between Queensland University of Technology and Alive Technologies Pty Ltd. The CardioMobile system allows recovering cardiac patients who are unable to attend conventional hospital programs to participate in supervised exercise in a suitable location close to their homes.
Second Place was awarded to Intelligent Transport Systems for the ‘Alerta: Audio Information System’ application.
Third Place was awarded to an entry submitted by Dr Yanming Feng entitled ‘Standard Decimetre Positioning Services (SDPS) Using Multiple Carrier GNSS Signals’.
To see the official results brochure click here: http://galileo-masters.eu/pdf/galileo_results2008.pdf
Prizes
In 2008, the Australian Challenge received a number of prizes including travel expenses* to Munich, Germany to attend the international awards ceremony. The Australian Challenge winner also:
- had the opportunity to present their idea at an international press conference
- publicly showcased their idea at one of Munich's most significant
business-focused events, the SYSTEMS ICT Fair - will receive the opportunity to hold a workshop/interactive session at the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems 2009 conference.
The overall competition winner— the Galileo Master (from the UK)—received:
- EUR 20 000 prize (approximately AUD 32 000)
- substantial support from well-known industry partners in the UK region of 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
Judging
In September 2008, an expert judging panel consisting of representatives from across government, industry and academia in Australia judged the entries and selected the Australian Challenge winners.
On 18–19 September 2008, the head of the Australian Challenge expert judging panel joined the 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 was held in Munich, Germany. The prizes for the Galileo Master, regional winners and the special topic winners were awarded and the winning ideas presented to the public at this official state reception at the Munich Residence.
In November 2008, NRW hosted a regional awards ceremony in Brisbane, Queensland to publicly announce the Australian Challenge winner.
Australian Challenge sponsors
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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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