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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dear List,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>52°North announces this year’s Student Innovation Prize Competition!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Bearing the motto “smart innovations for a smarter world”, the prize awards an innovation which best demonstrates/describes the practical application of new technology/ideas in the field of Geoinformatics. Key factors are innovative quality, feasibility, practical use and market relevance. The innovation prize aims to stimulate students and student entrepreneurs to generate and implement innovative ideas and concepts in the geospatial domain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>This year’s 52°North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics is endowed with <b>5000,- EUR</b>.<a name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Applicants can be students, student entrepreneurs, student research teams. Each individual must be enrolled as a BSc, an MSc or a Diploma student and must NOT own a degree in either geoinformatics, informatics or a related field. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Current Call for Proposals is online (<a href="http://52north.org/innovationprize">http://52north.org/innovationprize</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Application deadline is August 31, 2012! </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>An FAQ (<a href="http://52north.org/innovationprizefaq">http://52north.org/innovationprizefaq</a>) is available for any questions concerning the prize. Please feel free to contact us with any additional questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Contact</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>52°North Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:52nprize@52north.org"><span lang=EN-US>52nprize@52north.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>,<br>Tel. +49 (0)251 396 371 -0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The innovation prize is sponsored by 52°North GmbH, con terra GmbH, Esri Deutschland GmbH, the Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Muenster and the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente. These institutions work together under the banner of the 52°North Open Source Initiative to promote research and education in the field of Geoinformatics. </span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>48155 Muenster, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>tel. +49 (0)251 396371 -21<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>fax: +49 (0)251 396371 -11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:a.hitchcock@52north.org">a.hitchcock@52north.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="http://52north.org">http://52north.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>General Managers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Local Court Muenster HRB 10849</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>