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400 IT solutions competing for CODE_n Award at CeBIT fair
Participants from 42 countries / Jury to announce selection in January
Stuttgart, December 19, 2011 – Young startups, passionate innovators, experienced IT experts – the range of participants for the innovation contest CODE_n12 is wide. December 14 was the submission deadline for the innovation contest on “Shaping Mobile Life”, held for the first time this year. Some 400 applicants now eagerly await news of their participation at the CeBIT fair in Hanover, Germany, taking place in March 2012. Of the 50 finalists granted the opportunity to present their concept for free in Hall 16, the ten best innovators will go into the final round of the CODE_n Award, which will be presented at the digital world’s most important event.
Who will be among the chosen ones at the CeBIT in March: a new finance optimizing tool from Iceland, the 10-finger keyboard from the USA, an easy-to-use cash register system from Germany, or the Russian solution for effective meetings management? The best entrants will have the chance to present their concept in an innovation landscape specially designed by leading artists in Hall 16, located at the heart of the exhibition grounds.
The 50 exhibitors, who presented their digital concepts in brief videos, will be announced in January. Chaired by Ulrich Dietz, the contest’s initiator and CEO of GFT Technologies AG, the jury of eight will begin its work in February and select the finalists for the award. Its members include: Prof. Peter Weibel (head of the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe), Lars Hinrichs (founder of XING), Carsten Knop (business journalist of media partner FAZ) and Dr. Joseph Reger (CTO of Fujitsu).
There was an unusually large number of entries from abroad for the contest. The 400 or so applications came from 42 countries, of which 50 percent are European, around 10 percent North or South American, and 25 percent Asian. There were also submissions from Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Australia. Most applicants come from Germany (115), closely followed by India with 87 candidates.
Who will be among the chosen ones at the CeBIT in March: a new finance optimizing tool from Iceland, the 10-finger keyboard from the USA, an easy-to-use cash register system from Germany, or the Russian solution for effective meetings management? The best entrants will have the chance to present their concept in an innovation landscape specially designed by leading artists in Hall 16, located at the heart of the exhibition grounds.
The 50 exhibitors, who presented their digital concepts in brief videos, will be announced in January. Chaired by Ulrich Dietz, the contest’s initiator and CEO of GFT Technologies AG, the jury of eight will begin its work in February and select the finalists for the award. Its members include: Prof. Peter Weibel (head of the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe), Lars Hinrichs (founder of XING), Carsten Knop (business journalist of media partner FAZ) and Dr. Joseph Reger (CTO of Fujitsu).
There was an unusually large number of entries from abroad for the contest. The 400 or so applications came from 42 countries, of which 50 percent are European, around 10 percent North or South American, and 25 percent Asian. There were also submissions from Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Australia. Most applicants come from Germany (115), closely followed by India with 87 candidates.
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