Who can exhibit?

Projects, initiatives or organizations which receive or already have BVCL funding can apply, such as:

• Advanced research projects;

• Research, technology and innovation projects with high-tech prototype demonstrators;

• Companies demonstrating innovative products that are on the market for less than 2 years;

• Spin-off companies from BVCL funded projects;

• ICT research and innovation stakeholders from around the world engaged in successful collaboration with partners.

Get Funding:

The start-up company or the candidates can take fund from BVCL

Who is the target audience?

Approximately 2000 visitors are expected to attend the ICT Carnival each year and will potentially visit the exhibition. Expected visitors of ICT Carnival are researchers, policy makers, innovators, businesses (including SMEs), start-ups, investors, strategists, students, etc.

Your exhibition Space

What will be provided to the exhibitors - for FREE?

(Indicative equipment; final set-up will be confirmed at a later stage)

• Exhibition – space & equipment
• 15 – 20 m² space
• Attractive and innovative labeling (visual ID + booth name)
• Screen 55' with remote control
• Cabled internet connection, wifi connection, electricity, spotlights
• Document rack: or alternative to display printed publications
• Table with 4 chairs
• Lockable counter with 2 high chairs

What will not be provided:

• Supplementary Internet capacity (to be specified in your request);

• Equipment costs (e.g. PCs, rental of specific equipment if needed) - you have to bring your own equipment;

• Transportation costs for equipment;

• Travel and accommodation costs for personnel (NB: stands must be staffed continuously during the three days of the exhibition; you must arrive the day before to set up the stand and must foresee time to dismantle the stand after the end of the event). Note that projects can include these costs in their cost statements through prior agreement with the Event Organizers

• Insurance costs;

• Any other costs associated with the stand.

Deadline for submission

(There will be specific deadline for submitting the projects which will be notified during the event circulation)

The deadline to submit your application is _________________

Successful applicants will be notified by end of _____________________

Venue

Daffodil Int. University, Ashulia Campus

Which are the themes of the exhibition?

You can choose from the following themes to exhibit your project:

• "Inspiring a digital society"

• "Creating networks and technology"

• "Transforming industry and economy"

These themes are to be considered from a user perspective: Who will be the user group that benefits immediately from my project results? Is it the society at large? Will the project results contribute to further development of networks/technology/infrastructures? Will it contribute to a transformation or innovation of industry and economy?

How many themes can my project address?

You should choose one of the above themes for your project. You should justify your choice when filling in your application. If relevant, the project supervisors may move your project under another theme.

What do we expect from selected applicants?

Your booth/space should be visually appealing and creative so that it can attract the attention of all visitors, including the less technically savvy visitor. Interactive engagement with the public and display of prototypes are an asset.

Your booth/space should give the following information at a glance:

• Which thematic area is covered by your project (e.g. HPC, robotics, eHealth, eGovernment)?

• Which is the issue that the project is trying to solve and why is it important?

• How are you trying to solve it?

• What is your final goal?

• Where exactly is your project now with reference to its final goal? Which level of maturity has it reached?

• What are the next steps?

You should make sure that the booth/space displays and addresses the above-mentioned elements, so visitors can immediately see the project's goals and significance. You should be able to provide more in-depth information to specialized visitors like researchers, software specialists, etc., upon request.

Specific labels on some booths/spaces will draw the visitor's attention to a special outcome of a project e.g.

• "market-ready", if your project has finalized a product which will be or has just been launched in the market;

• "investor-ready", if your project is looking for investors for a specific item;

• "spin-off", if your project has given rise to a spin-off company that wishes to benefit from ICT Carnival in making a new contact.

Each label will be subject to the Commission's approval.

Award criteria

The management will award exhibition spaces to projects which :

• Propose promising research results,

• Display these results in an appealing manner and

• Are able to explain quickly and briefly on what issue they are solving, how they are solved and why it is important.

The attractiveness of the project demonstration and interactivity with visitors will be one of the highly ranked award criteria. You will also be challenged to show why your project merits to be funded, in which way its results are pioneering and how they bring added-value to the policies in the context of the Digital Single Market and the digitization.

The management reserves the right to select projects according to its individual evaluation but also in view of a balanced representation of areas. Some projects might be clustered in one bigger space.