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Touching the Future NFC Forum Global Competition
Awards Ceremony
19:30 - 21:00
Touching the Future NFC Forum Global Competition
Press Conference
21:00
Competition Organised by NFC Forum

Sponsors

 Gold
Nokia, Over-C, SCM Microsystems Inc.

Silver
Inside Contactless, Innovision Research & Technology plc, Stollmann E&V GmbH, WIMA

Competition Demo Space
Over-C

From 12:00 to 18:00 finalists will be demonstrating their nominated NFC services & applications on the Competition Demo Space on the WIMA exhibition floor to an international Jury and WIMA participants.

Jury
  1. Hank Chavers (Nokia)
  2. Jean-Philippe Betoin (Inside Contactless)
  3. Christian Lührs (Stollmann)
  4. Michael Elliott (Over-c)
  5. Manfred Müller (SCM Microsystems)
  6. Serge Miranda (University of Nice)
  7. Josef Langer (University of Hagenberg)
  8. Marc Borrett (Innovision)
  9. Heikki Huomo (NXP)

Press release

Ruth Cassidy
Virtual, Inc.
Phone: +1.781.876.6239
Email Ruth Cassidy


Winners to be Announced at WIMA NFC Developers Summit, Monaco, April 29, 2008
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - April 2, 2008 - The NFC Forum, www.nfc-forum.org, , a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced it has selected 20 finalists for its Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global Competition. Total entries for the competition span the globe, representing 21 countries.

In the competition, developers in a Commercial Track vie for the honor of having their solutions named "The Best NFC Service of the Year 2008," while a Research Track recognizes "The Most Innovative NFC Research Project of the Year 2008.".

The 10 finalists in the Commercial Track are:
  1. Adamsoft (Slovenia): Collecting Returnable Packaging with NFC Phones
  2. AIRTAG and Oberthur (France): NFC Mobile Kiosk for Fast Food
  3. Akbank and Somobile (Turkey): CAP/Campaign Access Point
  4. Contactless Data, Inc (U.S.): Mobilizing the Coupon Industry with NFC
  5. DS Consulting (France): Contactless Card and Reader with Two Physical Levels of Communication Security
  6. Futurlink (Spain): Interactive Video Streaming Using Dynamic NFC Addresses
  7. Hansaprint (Finland): Platform for Smart Product Creation
  8. SKIDATA (Austria): Access Control via NFC Mobile Phones
  9. Teliasonera (Sweden): Telia Kvittens
  10. VingCard Elsafe (Norway): Signature RFID by VingCard - Electronic Lock for Hotels

The 10 finalists in the Research Track are:
  1. Carlos III University Madrid (Spain): NFC interactive panel
  2. Lancaster University (UK): Touch & Interact: Applied to a Tourist Guide Prototype
  3. Technical University of Munich (Germany): A Lightweight Framework for User-Centric NFC Applications
  4. Technical University of Munich (Germany): News On the Go
  5. University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Smart Doorbell: An NFC-SIM-Based
  6. University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Theft Deterrent System for Skis
  7. University of Applied Sciences (Austria): Touch to Network Home Automation System
  8. University of Dundee (Scotland): Mobile NFC & Healthcare Services
  9. University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis MBDS (France): Ticket Tap
  10. University of Rome WLAB (Italy): Remote Grocery Shopping via NFC
 

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