“Mobile devices will be with us anytime anywhere for everything.”

Accells

• Accells technology will allow cellular user to be automatically identified by presenting any standard mobile handset in any application, with no need for mobile handset upgrades.
• Application: Access control, ticketing, money transfer, transportation, point of sales, etc.
• Mobile commerce market is a huge market. The market for our product is percieved to be $2,5 billion.
• We are bringing a new paradigm in conctacless technology.
• Works with every existing phone as is.
• You put the phone close to the device and it is instantly identified. Then the customer recieves an sms to confirm.
• We are the first afforadble  solution on contactless technology for all mobile phones.

Novarra

• It enables mobile phones without wap browser, html browser, widset widgets to use them.
• Vision widgets. 1/10th the footprint and resource requirements of typical WRT.
• Integrated HTML browser for perfomance and richness.
• Supports widest range of handsets for mass users.
• “Write Once, Run many ” Widgets.
• The deveoloper creates a widget, submits it to the Novarra vision server and it packages the software for every specific mobile phone.
• It features sms, mms, social networks, email..
• Can moneitze it with ads.

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Andy McGuire is the Vice President - Mobile Innovation at GSMA.

Paul Rupert says about it: “Looking to raise the profile and bring attention to the initiatives of innovative companies, the GSMA has crafted a GSMA “endorsement” process to take mobile technology, application or service ideas from concept to launch through a unique, high profile audience of Operators, Investors and Media. It’s a great idea providing a tool which enables the mobile operator community to be more of a center of influence within the mobile industry ecosystem.”

Andy McGuire of GSMA talk about the Mobile Innovation Marketplace Awards, the process and understanding what innovation really means.

In June 2008 HATEC SA was founded, in Thessaloniki as a startup company in Technopolis Incubator  in 9ο klm PO box 60756, Pylaia 570 01, Thessaloniki, Greece. The partners are HUMAN ASSET SA, Technopolis Business Park and Dimitris Tolis, the CEO.

HATEC’s foundation is the customers need for effective e-learning integrated solution. E-learning with the form of web based training is not considered a successful training method. Interactivity is missing. E-learning (asynchronous and synchronous) is being more and more popular. The Interactive Content (Reusable Learning Objects) based on International Standards (SCORM) is effective and acceptable to many learners worldwide. The problem is that many organisations and educational institutes deal with each on of the previous methods and means, as if they were isolated. This situation depreciates the added value of the new trends in learning and vocational training.
HATEC offers integrated software solutions for e-learning in institutions and companies. We provide software platforms for asynchronous (Learning Management Systems) and synchronous e-learning.

E-learning content: We create custom Training Material, multimedia and interactive, (SCORM, IMS) for company’s e-learning Training Programs based on the company’s needs. Also we offer consulting services to the HR and Training Department of companies: e-Learning Training Strategy consultancy, Instructional Design. Finally we provide Expert Training on e-Learning methodology, techniques and media. (Train the Trainer & the e-learning Trainer, Train the e-learning Organizer, Train the Instructional Designer)
The main target group for us are mainly Public Organisations, Ministries and Training Institutions, Private companies (over 100 employees) and Franchise Networks.
Our sales strategy has 3 axes. To participate in calls for tenders for Public Institutions, to work as consultants and integrators for Public Institutions and to have sales to the free market for the private sector.

Pixable enables you to print your Facebook content in under 5 minutes.

Pixable, an MIT startup, offers a fast, easy and creative way to turn your Facebook content into printed memorabilia such as photo books, calendars, or posters, which are printed, packaged and home delivered, all at an affordable price. What about a photo book as a present for your boyfriend with all the pictures where both of you are tagged, including captions or comments left by friends? What about a calendar with the profile picture and name of all your Facebook friends printed on the day of their birthday?

We started Pixable because we know hundreds of people who want to print photo books using content on Facebook but currently have no efficient way to do so. Until Pixable, they had the following problems:

•    Speed: If you wanted to print your (or your friends) Facebook photos today it would take a long time! Just downloading Facebook photos individually, visiting a photo-printing site, then uploading, organizing, adding titles, and printing them can take five hours! And that assumes that you know where the photos you want are. Currently, there is no easy way to collect all the photos in which you or someone else is tagged.
•    Missing content: If you used the method above, you miss out on much of the content on Facebook that can complement the printed photos : tags, captions, quotes, messages on your wall, status updates, and comments left by friends.
•    Redundancy: Isn’t it frustrating to know that all the photos and information that you wanted to select were already organized on FB? Photos on Facebook are already organized in many different ways - by person, by event/trip, by album name, by tagging information. Why should you have to replicate the process?

“This tournament will provide an invaluable opportunity for these companies to pitch new mobile technology, product, service and business propositions to senior executives within the mobile operator and venture capital communities”, Bill Gajda, Chief Commercial Officer at the GSMA.

The GSMA announced the nominees for the EMEA Tournament of the 2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition, along with a number of high-calibre industry executives who will speak at the upcoming GSMA Mobile Innovation EMEA Event, which is being held as part of the HiT Barcelona World Innovation Summit, in Barcelona, Spain, 18 – 19 June, 2009.

The Mobile Innovation ‘Grand Prix’ was created by the GSMA as part of its Mobile Innovation initiative, with the primary goal of showcasing promising entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized companies who are introducing innovative products and services. During the EMEA event, ten companies from around the world will compete in five categories, reviewed by a panel comprised of senior executives from mobile operators and venture capital firms. Two overall winners will win a trip to compete for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Cup at the leading event for the mobile communications industry, the Mobile World Congress, in February 2010.

The ten nominees for the EMEA leg of the 2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix

Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service:

Solaiemes (Spain)
Multiplied Media (Canada)
Most Innovative Embedded Mobile or Device-centric Technology
Scalado (Sweden)
IDENT Technology (Germany)
Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or VAS Platform
AcCells (Israel)
Novarra (USA)
Most Innovative Enterprise Application or Service
DeviceAnywhere (USA)
Apisphere (USA)
Most Innovative Product Enabling a Greener World
GreenFire Technologies (USA)
Electro Power Systems (Italy)

As a category of the Global Mobile Awards, the Mobile Innovation ‘Grand Prix’ is a tournament-style competition across four regional events culminating at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress, and is designed specifically for small-to-medium companies seeking industry (operator/vendor/VC) support. Nominees will be invited to present their pitch to a global audience at Hit Barcelona’s Telecom Innovation Marketplace, that will also feature keynote speakers from top-tier companies such as Accenture, Visa, HTC Telefonica and Bebo.

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites more than 750 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.

PROBLEM - Has your child ever asked you for help on a homework question that you could not answer or you did not have time to help?  To make matters worse, it is 21:00 on a Sunday night and it has been years since you looked at trigonometry or knew the proper conjugation of a verb.

SOLUTION - ProfExpress has solved this problem. Student can simply log on to www.profexpress.com, ask their question, and they will be instantly connected to a certified teacher.  The results are better grades, more confidence in school and less stress for the whole family.

ProfExpress provides a simple, user-friendly process that links your child with our certified teacher. Once connected, our teachers are trained to ask the right questions so they can help your child learn, not just give answers.  Our advanced online classroom includes voice, video, whiteboard, chat and file sharing to allow for a comfortable and effective learning experience.

Math test tomorrow?  Stuck on a homework question?
1. Logon to www.profexpress.com
2. Ask your question in math, French or English
3. Get connected immediately to a certified teacher

TRACTION - Prof Express is on target to close 100K Euros in our fiscal year ending July 2009.  We have provided over 1,000 sessions with 95% user satisfaction.

Our current clients include EDF, EADS, Total, Bank Popular, among others.

We are developing partnerships with companies in the technology, education and consumer markets.  Hachette has delivered 100K books with a Prof Express offer.  We will be launching a pilot test with a two public schools in Paris in the first half of 2009.  We are working with Orange to integrate Prof Express into their IT bundled solution.  We have received funding from France’s OSEO program and have won SFR’s Citizenship award at their SpeedStartUp Event.

DreamWindows focuses on establishing an internet video service infrastructure, and providing video service to vertical sites, including website, forum, blog and social network service.

We believe video service will penetrate into every individual internet site, becoming a fundamental service like pictures and music. However, the most of internet sites can’t provide video service by self because of the high entry barrier of video service such as video system development and operating expenses.

Therefore, we have provided a complete video service solution, which could be seamlessly installed into websites and makes users of websites, forums, blogs share video as easily as share pictures. Up to now, there are more than 150,000 websites using our video service and 20,000,000 video viewed and 3,000,000 unique users per day.

Our revenues model is based on the following:

a, Targeting browsing: classify the traffic per the characteristics of the websites and forums, and consequently establish targeting browsing, making the PV bear more commercial value.

b, Video distribution: conveniently distribute videos to relevant websites and forums to gain the most broad coverage.

There is our competitive advantage:

a,  Unique video service model with Chinese characteristics which has gained 20,000,000 video  viewed and 3,000,000 unique users per day.

b, Generate traffic with more commercial value by aggregation traffic and eyeball by vertical channels.

c, Possess a elite team with long-term running-in and clear division of work.

Founded in US and operating in mainland China, iPresent is a pioneer web-collaboration solution provider with integration of all media in the USD 1.1 billion web conference market in China. Having been in the business for 2 years, iPresent has dedicated its effort to develop state of the art technology and platform. The 1st business version was launched in May 2008. Till now, iPresent has generated 25,000 registered users and maintained 100% retention rate.

Our business focuses on real time web-collaboration for Chinese SMBs. Via highly interactive and secured platform of iPresent, time zone and locations are not constrains any more. Just one click, iPresent will enable you to work with anyone in the world as you are all sitting in front of one desk, no matter where they really are. The efficiency and quality of communication has been improved as holes of words filled by hearing and seeing at the same time, as well as no more unnecessary travels.

By greatly leveraging our existing partnership with Digital China Inc., the largest IT distributor in China, we believe our business model is scalable and sustainable. We will generate revenue in both SaaS (software as a service) model and on-premise (license) model. The key for iPresent’s future success is to quickly occupy this emerging market and enlarge our client base.

“I like everything that has to do with the Internet, computers, software and gadgets, not just the geeky aspect but also the business side.”

Carlos Domingo is the director for Internet and Multimedia for Telefónica R&D, based in Barcelona, where he managed the R&D center. He has been all over the place for the last 15 years, specially in Tokyo, his favorite town, and finally came back in mid 2006 to his home town.

Carlos Domingo holds a MsC in computer science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, a PhD in computer science from the Polytechnic University in Catalonia and postgrad business studies from Stanford Business School. Carlos has 15+ years experience in the IT and telecommunications industry. After different professional stages at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Synera Systems S.L and Toyota Overseas Marketing, in 2002 he become VP of Technology for Celartem, a publicly traded Japanese company and eventually became the CEO of its US subsidiary after merging Extensis, LizardTech and Celartem USA. In 2006 he joined Telefónica R&D as the director for internet and multimedia based in Barcelona, where he also manages the R&D Center.

In his blog Un poco de todo, (a little bit of everything in Spanish), from technology, business and globalization to movies, books, Spain and Japan, explains:

“one of the reasons some companies have a hard time innovating on the Internet is because a lot of the people taking decisions about products and services are digital immigrants (or worst, digital aliens) and therefore they do not get some of the things that digital adaptives or digital natives like. This terminology is really cool as it helps not only to understand educational issues but also to explain differences in behavior when using digital services”.

Recently he has been awarded with the “Premio Nacional a la Trayectoria Profesional” granted by the “Asociación de Ingenieros en Informática”.

popIn, Japan, is a company specializing in user interfaces for Web searching.

When people browsing the Internet come across a word they want to look up or don’t understand, they often have to stop looking at the page they have open, open a search engine in a new page or tab and perform their query.

The solution to this problem of Web zapping is popIn. popIn allows users to perform a full range of searches including searching sites like Google, Wikipedia and Amazon right from the page they are browsing, eliminating the need to open new tabs or windows. Based on this interface, we currently offer free Add-ons and plug-ins for major browsers, and widgets that site owners can install on their websites for all visitors to use.

Because popIn users visit Web search pages less and less often, popIn is a threat to Web search engine providers. As the number of users increases, there will be more and more business opportunities.

Moreover, because popIn allows users to spend less time on search engine Websites and more time on content Websites, site owners who install the Website version of popIn on their Websites are pleased with the results.

In the future we are also planning to offer versions for mobile platforms such as iPhone and Android.