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    INNOVATION AWARDs

    viscom 2008 INNOVATION AWARDs

    1. The Award

    viscom 2008 INNOVATION AWARDS - light advertising innovation
    Every year, many exhibitors contribute to making viscom THE platform of the visual communication industry.
    In order to honour and promote the numerous innovations presented by the exhibitors, we are announcing the second viscom INNOVATION AWARDS in 2008.

    The participating exhibitors will be provided with the opportunity to comprehensively present their innovative products on an extra exhibition space and – by means of award displays – at their stand at viscom. The participating exhibitors will be supported by extensive public relations activities – also in other European countries.

    Variety is the spice of viscom INNOVATION AWARDS.

    2. The Categories

    The INNOVATION AWARDS for viscom exhibitors will be made for five categories:
    • Signmaking – machines, materials, software, tools, application techniques and assembly processes for the manufacture of signmaking products
    • Signmaking – POS (finished products such as presentation systems displayed at the POS)
    • Light Advertising
    • Digital Printing/Large Format Printing
    • Textile Finishing and as a special presentation
    • Light Advertising Best Practice Award – application/creation of light advertising installations

    In each category max. three prizes will be awarded.

    Awarding all three prizes is not mandatory. Should there be no innovative products/technologies deserving a prize in one category, the jury is recommended to award either fewer or no prizes.

    3. The Jury

    The jury is formed by representatives from trade journals and trade associations. In detail, these are:
    • Trade magazine WERBETECHNIK
    • Trade magazine Large Format Printing
    • Trade magazine SIP
    • Trade magazine TVP
    • Trade magazine signPro Europe
    • Trade association Lichtwerbung e.V.
    • Central association Werbetechnik e.V.

    The jury will assess the products entered according to the following criteria:
    Considering a product or technology to be innovative requires the development and launch of a marketable product or technology accounting for economic, design and ecological aspects.

    The jury’s decision is final.

    4. The Conditions of Entry

    4.1 Eligibility (only exhibitors at viscom frankfurt 2008)
    4.1.1 Manufacturers
    4.1.2
    4.1.3     		Distributors/retailers with permission of manufacturer
    Light Advertising Best Practice: manufacturers and providers  
        
    4.2 Products
    4.2.1

    		Finished/end products in the form of technology, machines, materials, software, tools, application techniques, assembly processes of a manufacturer (marketable product, not individual component/system)
    4.2.2 Product must be exhibited at viscom frankfurt 2008 (nominees and award winners)
     
    4.3 Market launch
    4.3.1 After viscom 2007 in Germany (from 23.09.07) up to and including viscom frankfurt 2008 (until 01.11.2008)
    4.3.2
    		The market launch should cover Europe at least  
      
    4.4 Documentation to be submitted
    4.4.1 Declaration on the innovative character of the product
    4.4.2 Documentation including certificates and explanations of the products is demo versions (software), demo films (machines), list of showrooms or references (machines), samples (sample application of a material)
    4.4.3 German, English with German translation (for better understanding of technical details)
    4.4.4
    		Submission via web form or in block capitals; documents burned onto CD-ROM  
        
    4.5 Further conditions
    4.5.1 There are no participation fees.
    4.5.2 Closing date for entries is 8 August 2008 (post mark or date of receipt of email).
    4.5.3 Each product can only be entered in one category.
    4.5.4 Each exhibitor can submit a number of products in different categories.
    4.5.5 Any documentation submitted will only be returned on special request.

    6. The Media Partnerships

    The following trade journals are media partners of the viscom INNOVATION AWARDS:
    • WERBETECHNIK
    • Large Format Printing
    • SIP
    • TVP
    • signPro Europe

    7. The Schedule

    8 August 2008 Closing date for the participation in the INNOVATION AWARDS
    4 September 2008 Jury meeting to choose the winners
    31 October 2008 ceremony at viscom night in Frankfurt

    8. The Host and Organisor

    Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, Völklinger Straße 4, 40219 Düsseldorf

    9. Applicaton Form

    Here you can download the application form for the viscom Innovation Awards as pdf file.

    Application [pdf | 276 kb]

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