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  • GSA’s MyGalileoSolution competition deadline is Sept. 30

    GSA’s MyGalileoSolution competition deadline is Sept. 30

    MyGalileoSolution is the biggest competition ever organized by GSA with a prize pool of almost €1.5 million

    News from the European GNSS Agency

    The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has launched the MyGalileoSolution competition. The contest is targeting European innovators and entrepreneurs ready to develop location-based solutions, such as mobile applications, wearable-based solutions, asset management and tracking solutions, or robotics, leveraging Galileo as a source of positioning, navigation and/or timing. A wide participation from all Member States is expected.

    GSA has a successful track record in supporting and boosting GNSS-based innovative applications. For years, the agency has been leading several research and innovation initiatives such as the Galileo Masters, Horizon 2020 projects, and more recently European competitions like the 2019 MyGalileoApp and Hackathons across Europe and beyond.

    Two tracks for 56 prizes

    With a prize pool of almost € 1.5 million, MyGalileoSolution is the largest competition ever organized by the GSA. It consists of two independent and parallel tracks, each one with a list of goals and deliverables.

    Track 1 , From Idea to Prototype, aims to develop a beta version of an application or a prototype of a solution implementing an idea, reaching a minimum of 50% of its functionality.

    Track 2, From Prototype to Product, aims to develop a fully functional solution ready to be commercialised starting from a beta version of an application or a prototype.

    Participants are expected to leverage Galileo’s robust positioning and accurate timing and synchronization capabilities, showing how it can enable the development of the next generation of applications and services across a wide range of areas. In this competition the GSA is challenging innovators in four different areas: Crisis & Emergency Response, Smart Transport for Green Deal, Solution for Digital Age, and Cybersecurity.

    Galileo for location-based services

    With more than 1.5 billion Galileo-enabled smartphones and more than 51 million GNSS-enabled wearable devices in the market, location-based services (LBS) are booming. Accurate positioning and timing are at the heart of the growth and evolution of LBS, in addition the access to Android GNSS raw measurements has allowed for the creation of advanced GNSS positioning algorithms that enable the development of more ambitious smartphone-based applications.

    ‘’Galileo has set the trend for dual-frequency chipsets, which provide better accuracy and are more resistant to multipath in urban environments,” said Pascal Claudel, GSA acting executive director. “We are looking forward to seeing innovators launching their disruptive GNSS solutions and turning them into real businesses, hence leading to European growth, competitiveness and sustainability. There is ‘space’ for all types of innovation and we expect the participation of all Member States.”

    “Competitions like MyGalileoSolution are a great opportunity to quickly move from idea to market,” said Francesco Fiorito, leader of Argeo, the winning team of the 2019 MyGalileoApp competition. “It is a confidence boost for young entrepreneurs and their capacity to grow and generate new solutions and business,” Claudel concluded.

    Deadlines and more information

    The deadline for submission for both categories is Sept. 30. Projects will be evaluated in terms of their innovative nature, market potential, feasibility and Galileo relevance by a panel of GSA experts.

  • GSA announces 2019 winners of MyGalileoApp competition

    GSA announces 2019 winners of MyGalileoApp competition

    First place winners ARGEO accept their prize. (Photo: GSA)
    First place winners ARGEO accept their prize. (Photo: GSA)

    News from the European GNSS Agency

    The winners of this year’s MyGalileoApp competition were announced at a ceremony held at the European GNSS Agency (GSA) headquarters in Prague on Nov. 7.

    First prize of EUR 100,000 went to ARGEO, a mobile app based on geolocation, augmented reality and blockchain that allows users to discover content such as prizes, coupons and shopping cards geo-located around the streets of a city.

    Second prize, worth EUR 50,000, went to the Tractor Navigator app, which provides guidance for farmers driving tractors, enabling them to visualise their position and trajectory in an open field. Finally, the EUR 30,000 third prize went to Ready Park, an app that makes parking easier by pairing drivers leaving a spot with users looking for one.

    The 10 finalists from eight countries made their pitches to a panel of jurors throughout the afternoon of Nov. 7, after which the jury reached its decision on the winning apps.

    Welcoming the competitors to the finals, GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides noted that the 10 finalists had been selected from a total of 150 competing teams, representing more than 35 nationalities.

    “The MyGalileoApp competition is the largest app development competition ever organised within the Galileo programme. After reaching 1 billion smartphones equipped with Galileo earlier this year, the next big challenge is to develop applications that will make best use of the Galileo differentiators,” des Dorides said.

    Following the pitches was an investors’ panel, with presentations by experts from various institutions, including venture capital firms and accelerators, providing information on how apps can bridge the gap between great ideas and viable business opportunities.

    “Private and public investors will have an opportunity today to expand their investment portfolio with the Galileo apps generated by the competition, helping to transform the apps into commercial successes,” des Dorides said, adding that the goal of the MyGalileoApp competition was not just to make beautiful apps, but to create jobs and generate economic growth. For a full agenda of the day’s events, click here.

  • Finalists announced in MyGalileoApp competition

    Finalists announced in MyGalileoApp competition

    Ten projects in the MyGalileoApp competition have been named finalists.

    Out of a shortlist of 30 semi-finalists, the 10 were judged to be the most exciting in terms of innovation, market potential and technical feasibility.

    The 10 projects will now advance to the second development phase, at the end of which they should deliver a fully functioning app.

    The STPR augmented reality app. (Screenshots: GSA)
    The STPR augmented reality app. (Screenshots: GSA)

    Four of the 10 shortlisted projects are in the Augmented Reality and Games innovation area:

    • uMaze (Finland) — uMaze creates mazes in specific outdoor areas in which users can play.
    • ARGEO (Italy) — ARGEO allows users to discover content such as prizes, coupons and shopping cards geo-located around the streets of a city.
    • STPR (Poland, Australia, Ukraine) — The STPR app combines a virtual environment with game-related physical experiences in the real world.
    • arstory (Germany) — Arstory is a complete augmented reality ecosystem based on four main components: Galileo location, virtual objects in the real world, clustering of objects and a wide array of content options.

    Apps in the smart navigation and infotainment innovation area include:

    • Ready Park (France) — Ready Park makes parking easier by pairing drivers leaving a spot with users looking for one.
    • Galileonaut (France) —Galileonaut helps sailors navigate inside a port or a marina and provides a link to the harbour master’s office.
    • Trukatu (Spain) — Trukatu is a mobile C2C platform that connects people who want to rent or lease items with owners who have items to rent.

    Two of the shortlisted projects fall in the Fitness, Sport and mHealth category.

    • PanPan – Possible Assistance Needed (Germany) — PanPan serves as backup safety solution for potentially dangerous activities that may leave users in need of assistance.
    • LetMeAut (Italy) — LetMeAutmakes everyday tasks easier for people with autism.

    One app is in the Mapping, GIS and Agriculture innovation area.

    • Tractor Navigator (France) — Tractor Navigator provides guidance for farmers driving tractors, enabling them to visualise their current position and trajectory in an open field.

    The 10 projects have until Oct. 21 to deliver a finalized version of their app with 100% functionality. During this phase, the teams can receive technical support from the competition’s technical and business advisory team. At the end of the phase, the application should be already available for download on the Google Play and Apple platforms.

    “The standard of entry in this year’s competition was very high, which made the judges’ task a difficult one. However, the final 10 projects stood out in terms of their innovative approach and uptake potential and we are looking forward to seeing the final working apps in October,” said Justyna Redelkiewicz Musial, in charge of LBS and IoT market development at the European GNSS Agency (GSA). “We hope that the 20 projects that didn’t make it into the second development phase will continue to develop their apps because, at the finals, they will also have the opportunity to demonstrate the progress that they have made,” she said.

    All teams that will successfully complete the second development phase will be invited to the finals in November, where they will present their application to the GSA evaluation board.

    The awards will be decided after these presentations, with the first-place winner receiving a EUR 100,000 prize. The runner up and third place winners will receive EUR 50,000 and EUR 30,000 respectively.