The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) in its sixth year is again seeking quick-to-market innovative ideas for the use of satellite navigation in non-space businesses. Under the patronage of the Bavarian State Ministry for Economics, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology and with the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the ICT trade show SYSTEMS, Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen gave the starting shot for an international ideas competition in 2004, which aimed at the early development of applications that are based on satellite navigation systems available today, like for example GPS, and which should gain a significant enhancement from Galileo.
Having begun with three partner regions, this year’s ESNC will be held in 17 high-tech regions all over the world: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia (all in Germany), Nice/Sophia Antipolis (France), Prague (Czech Republic), South Holland (The Netherlands), Madrid (Spain), Lombardy (Italy), Australia, Taiwan, and Great Britain, as well as newcomers Øresund (Denmark/Sweden), Gipuzkoa (Spain), Switzerland, and Israel.
For more information, visit www.galileo-masters.eu.