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Open Innovation Demo Cup and Awards

October 01, 2010, from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM - Register >

The winners

Following the Demo Cup presentations on the 1st of October, the 5 winners of the 2010 Open Innovation awards, chosen among the finalists by the international jury, which includes investors, entrepreneurs, Open Source managers from leading IT services companies, and consultants, all of them experts in Open Source and innovation, are :

Disruptive Innovations (for the BlueGriffon project)
Jaspersoft
Obeo (for the Acceleo project)
Talend
XWiki

Our congratulations to the winners!

Winners announcements:

BlueGriffon: announcement
Jaspersoft: press release
Obeo: news page
XWiki: press release

Daniel Glazman, of Disruptive Innovation / BlueGriffon project, said: "I am delighted and proud to let you know that BlueGriffon was today a winner of the Open World Forum Innovation Awards! Many people came to me only to say they found the software impressive and superb and/or its business model valid.

Tom Cahill, VP EMEA of Jaspersoft, said: "We are delighted to receive this award, and would like to thank the Open World Forum and the members of the jury for this honor. It underscores our ability to innovate in the open source space and adapt to evolving market needs. Jaspersoft’s products are constantly being enhanced thanks to our 160,000-strong community of developers, and this prize bears testimony to the entire Jaspersoft ecosystem."

XWiki said: "We are proud to announce that XWiki received one of five awards, given by the jury composed of international experts from the field of open source. It rewards the work and commitment of a team and a community."

Obeo said: "After the Eclipse Community Award in 2009, this prize recognizes the constant efforts of Obeo and the Acceleo community to provide a quality tool."

The finalists

13 finalists for the Demo Cup competition have been announced and have competed live on the 1st of October for the prestigious Open Innovation Awards.

The 13 finalists are:

ActiveEon
Disruptive Innovations (for the BlueGriffon project)
Conecta research (for the EveryDesk project)
Hedera Technology
iceScrum
Jaspersoft
Mozilla (for the Mozilla 4 project)
Obeo (for the Acceleo project)
Pentaho
O-Engine (for the SmartEdu project)
Pilot Systems (for the Cockpit project)
Talend
XWiki
(Read the full press release in PDF).

The Open Innovation Summit has been recognized as an important showcase and deal-making forum in Europe and worldwide. It is the launchpad for innovative Open Source technologies, products and services.

The Open Innovation Awards 2010 will be awarded to the top best presenters at the Demo Cup. The contest is open to all Open Source projects and solutions getting ready for commercial launch or already on the market. The jury will be looking at those projects and solutions most likely to have a significant impact on society and on the marketplace.

The Open Innovation Demo Cup is about products; it requires timed, live demonstrations; and does not allow slide presentations! In recognition of the difficulty of communicating the power and value of Open Source projects on stage in a short 8 minutes, the Demo Cup will honor outstanding presentations. Chosen for their style, passion, clarity, and sometimes for their sheer fun, these Open Innovation Awards reward a unique ability to deliver a great product and position it in the market, to show off its most compelling features, to differentiate it from other products — and along the way to entertain a tough and critical Open World Forum audience.

The Finals, October 1st, 2010

Preparation and Rehearsal. Your Demo Cup demonstration is the culmination of months of work. The Open Innovation Summit will provide Personal Presentation Coaching, Technical Expertise and Product Rehearsals, and PR Training the days before the Finals.

On stage. 8 minutes — just you and your product in front of the Open World. We invest heavily in the Open Innovation Summit stage and crew each year to ensure your Open Source projects shine on our platform. We go beyond the 150+ seats ballroom via a live online broadcast on the Web to worldwide viewers (TBC).

Networking. The Open Innovation Summit is uniquely designed to create instant access and fruitful interaction. Open Innovation is different — we focus the attention on yourOpen Source project or solution, regardless of your team's size or budget. Over the course of three days, the Open World Forum agenda puts you in a position to network with investors from around the world, corporate managers from acquiring companies and the most influential reporters and bloggers in the Open Source communities.

Award Ceremony. The ceremony will take place in the plenary conference room at the conclusion of the 3-day Open World Forum, on October 1st.

The Jury

The Demo Cup Jury includes investors, entrepreneurs, Open Source managers from leading IT services companies, and consultants; all of them experts in Open Source and innovation: Larry Augustin (SugarCRM), Jean-François Caenen (Capgemini), Jean-Marie Chauvet (LC Capital), Stefane Fermigier (Nuxeo), Jean-François Gallouin (Via Innovation), Roberto Galopini (consultant), Thierry Koerlen (Ulteo), Jean-Noel Olivier (Accenture), Bruno Pinna (Bull), Alain Revah (Internet Venture).

Past Edition

The winners of the 2009 edition of the Innovation Awards where:
- BonitaSoft,
- Kaltura,
- ScaleDB,
- SonarSource
- Ulteo.
Read the Press Release >

The Selection Process

Why Apply?

The Open Innovation Summit's history of identifying and helping to launch groundbreaking Open Source projects, coupled with our incredible mix of investors, journalists and major technology audience make the Open Innovation Demo Cup the optimal springboard for announcing your Open Source products and solutions. Whether your goal is to announce yourself, to start commercial launch or to secure your next round of funding or a strategic partnership, apply now to the Open Innovation Demo Cup.

Call for participation (now closed)

Candidates should submit an Executive Summary (a short version of their business plan, max 5 pages long) with a Logo for their Open Source project or solution, together with an overview of their application, and a 1/2 page text explaining how they expect to perform their demonstration. A screencast or video of a demonstration would also be helpful for the jury, but not mandatory at this point.

Please download our information package, fill it, and send it to innovationsummit@openworldforum.org to get started.

Deadline for applications: July 31th, 2010

The judges will convene to assess the submissions and select the top 12 finalists by August 31st, 2010. Press releases and media activities will go out on the selected finalists starting September 1st, 2010.