The European Information Society Technologies Prize (European ICT Prize since 2006) is the most distinguished award for groundbreaking products that represent the best of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an innovation in Information Society Technologies. It is organised by Euro-CASE with the support and sponsorship of the IST Programme of the European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

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The European ICT Prize provides companies, that convert novel ideas into marketable products, public recognition and a highly visible profile.

2007 winners of the ICT prize

Grand Prize winners:

• TELEPO from Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  
• Transitive Corporation from United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
  
• TREVENTUS
  TREVENTUS
  Treventus is a company based in Vienna, Austria that was awarded the European ICT prize 2007 in Hannover, Germany for inventing an automatic book scanner, called ScanRobot. This innovative scanner is able to scan entire books automatically, handling the books carefully.-Performance:The ScanRobot...
  
   from Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  

Prize winners:

• A3M from Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Byometric Systems from Germany
• DGIMIND from France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  
• g.tec from Austria
• Intrasense from France
• Kineo CAM
  Kineo CAM
  Kineo Computer Aided Motion is a company based in Toulouse, France that was awarded the European ICT Prize in 2007 in Hannover, Germany for KineoWorks, its automatic motion planning, path planning and pathfinding technology....
  
   from France
• Leiki
  Leiki
  Leiki Ltd is a software company that provides patented software technology that automatically targets advertising and recommends content. It is based on detailed automatic content analysis and real-time learning of the user's preferences. Leiki's customers include e.g...
  
   from Finland
  Finland
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
  
  
• Netviewer from Germany
• Operax from Sweden
• SAIL LABS Technology from Austria
• San Disk from Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• TEMIS from France
• T-VIPS from Norway
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
  
• ubitexx from Germany
• Vmscope from Germany
• VRmagic from Germany
• Xaitment
  Xaitment
  xaitment is a German-based company that develops and sells artificial intelligence software to video game developers and simulation developers. The company was founded in 2004 by Dr. Andreas Gerber, and is a spin-off of the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, or DFKI...
  
   from Germany

See also

• Directorate-General for Information Society and Media
  Directorate-General for Information Society and Media (European Commission)
  EU Directorate General Information Society and Media or "DG Infso" is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.The current European Commissioner for Digital Agenda is Neelie Kroes and the Director-General is Robert Madelin....
  
  
• European Seal of e-Excellence
  European Seal of e-Excellence
  The European Seal of e-Excellence is a quality label that rewards outstanding performance in the marketing of innovation in the information & communication technologies , internet and digital media sectors. The Award is supported by numerous industry associations and clusters from all over the...