Great initiative. But not a single woman amongst nine jury members isn't really an encouragement for the 50+% of femal students out there.
On 2011-03-03, at 14:53 , Ann Hitchcock wrote: > Innovation in use - > Idea – concept – implementation - application > > 52°North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics > > Innovation is a driving force for the development of our economy. Innovation > is based on innovative ideas, on applicable and implementable concepts, > generating new technologies and applications. However, a novel idea becomes > an innovation only if it meets certain demands and unfolds its use in > practice. > > The 52°North Student Innovation Prize encourages students to contribute to > innovation in the field of Geoinformatics. The prize will acknowledge and > financially reward outstanding innovative and trendsetting concepts and > announce them to a greater audience. > > 52°North invites all students of Geoinformatics and related fields, who have > not yet completed a Master’s Degree or Diploma in either Geoinformatics, > Informatics or a related field, to submit a paper outlining their innovative > concept. In addition, the paper must emphasize the innovative quality of the > concept and convincingly describe its feasibility and practical use. > > Students may apply as individuals or in small teams (2 - 3 members). Each > applicant (each member of a team) must submit a written declaration and a > tabular CV along with his or her application. An appropriate form is > available here [http://52north.org/52nprize]. The paper should be 3500 – 5000 > words long and written in English. All application documents must be > submitted in digital form per email. > > Members of the jury are: > - Prof. Dr. Edzer Pebesma, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of > Muenster > - Dr. Ir. Rob Lemmens, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth > Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente > - Karl Wiesmann, con terra GmbH > - Prof. Dr. Gerd Buziek, ESRI Deutschland GmbH > - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Streit 52°North > - Dr. Andreas Wytzisk, 52°North > - Günther Pichler, ESRI Inc. > - Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche > Intelligenz > - Prof. Dr. Lars Bernard, Fakultät Forst-, Geo- und Hydrowissenschaften, > Technische Universität Dresden > The winning concepts will be presented at the opening ceremony of the > “GEOINFORMATIK 2011 – GEOCHANGE” on June 15, 2011 inMünster, Germany. > According to the quality of the submissions, the jury will award the > following prizes: > • First Prize: 1.500 EUR, plus reimbursement of expenses for presenting > a paper at a Geoinformatics conference in 2011/2012 (travel, accommodation, > fees) up to 1.000 EUR. > • Second and Third Prize: reimbursement of expenses for presenting a > paper at a Geoinformatics conference in 2011/2012 (travel, accommodation, > fees) up to 500 EUR. > 52°North offers an internship to all prize winners to foster the practical > realization of innovative ideas. In an inspiring environment, the winners > receive academic and technical support for implementing their technical ideas > as a proof of concept. > > The deadline for submitting digital applications is May 1, 2011. The > winner(s) will be notified by May 31, 2011 and publicized and awarded at the > Geoinformatik 2011. > > Please send your application to: > > 52°North Initiative > Ms. Ann Hitchcock > [email protected] > > > The innovation prize is sponsored by 52°North GmbH, con terra GmbH, ESRI > Deutschland GmbH, the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth > Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente and the Institute for > Geoinformatics at the University of Muenster. These institutions work > together under the banner of the 52°North Open Source Initiative to promote > research and education in the field of Geoinformatics. A central part of > 52°North’s activities is the constant exchange of research ideas and > innovative developments between academia and business. Based in Muenster, the > 52°North Initiative possesses a level of potential which is unique throughout > Europe when it comes to the development of innovative solutions in the field > of geoinformation as a whole, as well as in its constituent applications. > > > -- > Ann Hitchcock > 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH > Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24 > 48155 Muenster, Germany > > tel. +49 (0)251 396371 -0 > fax: +49 (0)251 396371 -11 > > [email protected] > http://52north.org > > General Managers: > Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk > Local Court Muenster HRB 10849 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
