Articles with the tag 'ICON'

Demand-driven and interdisciplinary research The starting point of an ICON project is an ICT-related need detected by companies, governments or organizations and is typically situated within IBBT’s five application domains: Culture & Media, Healthy Society, Green ICT, Sustainable Mobility and Social & Secure ICT. In cooperation with the university research departments IBBT helps you to deal with this question and to find the right partners.    Read more...

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On 17 November 2011 the Board of Directors of IBBT approved the following projects.More information about these projects can be found on our website soon.    Read more...

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A brief update of the ICON news, incluiding a call for action for (potential) partners, announcement of the new calls and documents and an invitation for the ICON pitch forum. In short, all you wanted to know about ICON, but were afraid to ask. Read more...

This article is about calls, Future Internet Conference Week, ICON, iMinds, workshop.

On 14 October, the second international workshop on Business Models for Mobile Platforms (BMMP 10) was hosted at the ICIN 2010 conference in Berlin. The workshop mainly focused on the causes and effects of the current explosion of platforms in the mobile ICT industry. IBBT-SMIT was represented by BMMP 10’s chair Pieter Ballon, who held a keynote speech. Read more...

This article is about BMMP10, Digital Society Department, IBBT-SMIT-VUB, ICON, Matthias Barrie, Pieter Ballon.

After three successful ICON calls (Interdisciplinary Cooperative Research), new ICON projects can once again be submitted at IBBT. The ICON procedure is geared to IWT's R&D procedure. By means of one single application procedure, you will be able to apply directly for IWT support for the ICON project. Read more...

This article is about calls, ICON, IWT.

Even in the summer - right before the ‘Gentse Feesten’ kick off - is our IBBT team ready to update you on big events and important news. In this newsletter you can find amongst others the timing for our next ICON call and more information about De Waalse Krook. Read more...

This article is about De Waalse Krook, ICON, spin-off, Userplus.

The final deadline for the ICON project call 2010 was Monday, April 26, 2010 (at noon). The vulcanic ash cloud above Europe of the eruptions of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull impedes the finalization of some of the ICON proposals submission procedures. Thus, IBBT decided to extend the submission deadline. Read more...

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After two successful ICON calls earlier this year, the Board of Directors of IBBT has decided to postpone the third ICON call, planned for early 2010. We'd like to inform you, in due time, on the time planning of the new call, in the course of 2010.   Read more...

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IN THE PICTURE 11 new projects approved in 1st ICON call  On July 2nd 2009, the Board of Directors of IBBT approved 11 out of the 13 ICON project proposals in the first ICON call. The projects AQUA, CIMI, LLINGO, MAPLE, MobiRoute, TRACK, iMind, SuperCT, Santa Bumo, AdMid and EPICS were approved. More information >> 10 new submissions in 2nd ICON call  On June 18th 2009, the deadline for submission of project proposals for our second ICON-call 10 proposals were submitted. The results of the selection and evaluation procedure will be announced in December 2009.   iMinds: pictures, presentations and other highlights online now! The first edition of iMinds, IBBT´s networking event, was a huge success. Over 900 participants from diverse sectors and with different backgrounds came together to discuss new ways of ICT-innovation. An exquisite selection of national and international speakers provided an interactive and inspiring program. All presentations and video´s our now online. We also collected some speaker testimonials for you. More information >> The highlight of the event was the announcement of the winners of the first Innovation & Creativity Applications  (INCA) award. The team of Bart Swennen, Gert Vos and Johannes Taelman won the competition with their application "Twoddler" taking home the first prize of 5000 Euro. More information >> Amy Shuen was one of the keynote speakers of the event. We can now offer you a 40% discount on her book "Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide"! Order now, add it to the UK Shopping Cart and quote promo code iBBT1 when prompted. This promotion is valid until the end of August. Read more...

This article is about Heritage 2.0, ICON, Twoddler.

In the picture IBBT Brokerage event becomes iMinds - May 12,2009 @ICC Ghent After 5 successful editions of the IBBT Brokerage Event, we are ready to launch a completely new networking event! On May 12th 2009, iMinds will offer an interactive program, alternating inspirational speeches from Samuel Widmann (Google), Amy Shuen (author of "Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide"), Alain De Taeye (TomTom), Ken Ducatel (European Commission) and several others with thematic tracks on research, incubation & entrepreneurship and ICT policy. Don´t forget to register through www.iminds.be! And as it is as important as ever in these challenging times to invest heavily in innovation and human talent, we want to put our theories to the test: IBBT will launch a call for INnovative & Creative Applications (INCA) on March 23rd with a total prize money of 20.000 Euro for the applications that best address collective needs and challenges in Flanders. The INCA website will launch soon: www.inca-award.be. Read more >> First ICON call a success: 13 new project proposals In the first ICON call 13 new project proposals have been submitted, involving some 56 partners, 37 of which will be joining IBBT projects for the first time. The evaluation procedure for the projects starts now, and the granted projects will be announced early July 2009. The first call within the ICON procedure, which is strongly geared to IWT´s R&D-procedure, is a success as about 25 companies made use of the opportunity to apply for the R&D-support while submitting the ICON project proposal. Read more...

This article is about Brokerage, calls, Friday Food, ICON, iMinds.