PAST CONFERENCES

WE ANNOUNCE THE CONFERENCE PRIZE

PUBLIC CALL FOR BEST INVENTIVE/INNOVATIVE PROJECTS FROM PRO's FOR THE ECONOMY

THE WINNERS OF THE 2015 PRIZE ARE...

The first prize of € 1,500 was given to prof. dr. Đani Juričić, dr. Pavle Boškoski, dr. Bojan Musizza, dr. Janko Petrovčič, Bostjan Dolenc and Stanislav Černe, researchers of the Department of Systems and Control at the "Jozef Stefan" Institute for their innovation "ToPHM - Reliable cost Effective condition monitoring, prognostics and health management of rotational machines and drives".

The recipients of the second prize in the amount of € 500 were prof. dr. Christoph Gadermaier and Daniele Vella, researchers of the Department of Complex Matter at the "Jozef Stefan" Institute for their invention "Nanomod - The sub-wavelength optical modulator".

DEADLINE: The deadline for submission was 1 September 2015.

Every application will be assessed by the members of the commission on the basis of predetermined assessment criteria(*).

Criteria lots	Criterions (maximum 10 points each)
1. Overall	Degree to which project aligns with market need
1. Overall	Project’s IPR situation
2. Product/application advantage	Unique benefits
	Meets customer needs better
	Value for money
3. Market attractiveness	Market size
	Market growth
	Favorable trends
4. Competitive situation	Degree of entry barriers
	Level of
	Manufacturing / processing synergies
5. Technology maturity	Technical gap
	Complexity
	Technical uncertainty
6. Risk versus return	Expected profitability (e.g. NPV)
	Return (e.g. IRR)
	Payback period
	Certainty of return / profit estimates
	Low cost & fast to do

(*) Source: Jon Wulff Petersen, TTO A/S, Denmark

Evaluation of the project will be done in two parts: evaluation of the written application and evaluation of the presentation at the conference workshop.

The Prize fund is 2.000 EUR.

DOCUMENTATION

Public Call with Application forms A, B and C: doc pdf

Slovenska verzija javnega poziva s prijavnimi obrazci (lanskoletna dokumentacija, ki je vsebinsko enaka - PAZI: za prijavo je veljavna le angleška verzija, zgoraj): pdf

Organizer's statement of confidentiality.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

All informations disclosed during the presentations of the submitted cases are considered as confidential! This part of the conference is considered a not public event.

EVALUATION COMMISSION:

Members of the Evaluation Commission are being selected from the regional venture capital companies and technology transfer experts. The commission members are (in alphabetical order):

Uroš Glavan, DTK Murka, Slovenia
Rok Habinc, STH Ventures, Slovenia
Marjana Majerič, Tehnološki park Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nina Mazgan, META Group, Slovenia/Italy
Triin Udris, Oxford Innovation, UK

PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON PITCHING:

We will organize the workshops on preparing the effective "pitch" presentation of the proposals for the applicants.

Please send us your interest for attending the workshops by email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

September 16, 2015 Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia