[Metalab] International Developer Challenge on IP-communication – SIP & IMS

[David Ayers]

:: Final Call for the International Developer Challenge A1  
InnovationDays ::

Since almost 4 weeks, the international developer challenge A1  
InnovationDays attracted more than 30 ideas from creative minds. The  
challenge is open to anyone who addresses the grand theme "Open  
Communication by Open Standards" and can come up with ideas for cool  
services built on IP-based communication (SIP & IMS).

Ideas can be posted on the platform
www.a1innovations.at/en/static/a1innovationdays 
  until August 15, 2008. All entries are open for voting and  
discussing by all users. On August 15, the 10 highest ranked ideas  
will be short-listed and judged by a panel of recognised experts as  
well as representatives from the sponsors. End of August, the best  
teams behind the ideas will be invited to a prototyping event near  
Vienna in order to realise their ideas and demonstrate their  
potential. The winning team can choose among several awards, such as a  
week of powder snow skiing in Austria. After that, the sponsor  
(mobikom Austria) is keen to bring your idea to the market.

All submissions must be based on Open Source Software.


: More Information :
For all details about this challenge, go to the FAQs:
http://www.a1innovations.at/en/static/faq
For registration, go directly to:
http://www.a1innovations.at/registrierung


: Important dates ahead :
August 15, 2008: End of idea entries (CET 24:00)
August 18, 2008: Announcement of the five selected teams for the  
prototyping event
August 29 – September 1, 2008: Prototyping event at the monastery Und  
(near Vienna: http://www.und.at/)