Introduction
ETHOS EVENTS Mobility Forum & Apps Awards welcomes you to the mobile world of the 21st century. In the 20 years that mobile telephony has been present in our country, 98% of the Greek population have become its users. Nowadays, we have a whole new world of digital devices that are portable, connectable and wearable and can interact among them and with their users. The new regulatory framework, the new devices, the operational systems and the wide range of services they support, as well as the variety of apps created by the omnipresent Greek developers, are among the topics that will be discussed during the conference. Top manufacturers and network executives will have the opportunity to share their insights and experience with a dynamic audience. At the forum's closing ceremony, the participants will meet with the market's best at the Apps Awards ceremony, which will be the Forum's crowning event. ETHOS EVENTS is committed to making the Awards the starting point for the promotion of the best Greek mobile services and apps developers on a regular basis.
Mobility Forum & Apps Awards
ETHOS EVENTS, in cooperation with bIT & MOBILE magazine and the portal bITdaily.gr, is pleased to present to you the Mobility Forum & Apps Awards and to welcome you to the mobile communications revolution, which has brought significant innovations to our world.
The Mobility Forum & Apps Awards will take place on April 2nd at the Divani Caravel Hotel.
The logo of the 4G era could simply be “Mobilize Yourself!” From devices that you can wear to interconnected cars and houses, mobile technology is at the epicenter of global innovation. It is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, an industry of
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products and services that connect billions of people through the unlimited power of the internet, giving them the possibility to carry everywhere with them a variety of devices they use in their everyday lives.
Discussion Topics
SESSION 1: Mobility: strategic investments for the networks of the new era
SESSION 2: Apps for businesses and consumers in the 4G era
SESSION 3: The new mobile devices generation: wearable, portable, interactive
SESSION 4: Apps world: the creation and funding of a dynamic ecosystem
Innovative Digital Services!
The conference will be available on the internet for live streaming. This service will allow long-distance participants to ask questions in real time. Detailed information on the registration and participation through the web procedure will be posted on the web page mobility.ethosevents.eu.
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Overview
SESSION 1: Mobility: strategic investments for the networks of the new era
In this panel, government officials, state authorities representatives and private companies executives will jointly discuss their role in designing the regulatory framework which constitutes the basic factor of the telecommunications market's proper operation and growth, as well as ways to bridge the digital gap. After a recent open tender, the three mobile companies Cosmote, Vodafone and Wind were licensed to use 800 and 2600 MHz radio frequencies, which paved the way for more investments. These investments will help mobile companies upgrade their infrastructure from third to fourth generation networks, at a time when they need to do their best to improve their business operations indices and secure their position in this developing market. Furthermore, the framework concerning permits for telecommunications infrastructure and the resolution of pending recent past issues will bring new business opportunities and better telecommunications services to professionals and individual consumers.
Indicative discussion topics:
The role of the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission in the designing of the regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector and its contribution to the competitive growth of the respective market
The European directives and EU institutions in the telecommunications market
The Greek national strategy on broadband
Spectrum management designing: the economic and social impact of the use of the digital capital
Licensing, antenna siting and network upgrading: extensibility, scaling and viability of infrastructure and services
Investments and taxation
Supervision, institutional security and consumer protection issues in relation with
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quality and pricing of services
Electronic modernization of public administration
The Greek state as a catalyst for change, as a user and provider of digital public services and as administrator of European programs for the digital convergence of Greece with developed countries
SESSION 2: Apps for businesses and consumers in the 4G era
“Mobile Internet” is the access code for this panel. Mobility and the various ways to support and utilize it will be among the main topics that the participants will discuss, along with quad core processors, big screens and multitasking windows. Mobile telephony providers and manufacturers of mobile phones and computers will reveal the trends in the new service platforms and introduce software solutions that make use of the new spectrum and its potential to boost subscriber satisfaction and the companies' revenue.
Indicative discussion topics:
The revolution of m-commerce, m-payments, m-ticketing, m-marketing and mhealth
Mobile working and learning
M2M and Internet of things
Modern trends in enterprise mobility
The providers' strategy on Quad Play services of high added value to professional users and individual consumers
New business models for providers, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNEs), Mobile Virtual Network Αggregators (MVNAs)
Innovative technologies that influence the market of telecommunications services
Consulting services on mobile content and devices management
Speed, big storage capacity and interconnectivity: the triptych of success of modern
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networks that have transformed the area of service providing
The role of research and academic networks
Safety and storage of mobile data
SESSION 3: The new generation of mobile devices: wearable, portable, interactive
“Οn Mobile”, mobility without limits is the main topic of this panel. The new generation of mobile devices will bring forward a wide range of issues related to the new mobile devices, which have become indispensable to every user. At the same time, a new generation of “interconnected individuals” has reached maturity. The special characteristics of this generation, the technologies it uses and its influence on society and the economy are among the topics that this panel will explore. As technology advances and evolves, the nature of innovation transforms. One thing is for sure: technology is changing the world.
Indicative discussion topics:
Smart devices: from tablets, smart phones and smart TVs to smart watches and wearable devices
Tehnology, information and entertainment
New products by top manufacturers
Device interoperability
Functions regardless of time, location and device
Mobile software and operating systems
High speed wireless communications
Location based services
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SESSION 4: Apps world: the creation and funding of a dynamic ecosystem which includes businesses, venture capitals, incubators and accelerators
This panel will focus on the fast growth of the apps market. As the EU officials have pointed out, the dynamics of this market are indisputable, since the consumers spent more than 6 billion euros on apps in 2013. The total size of this market, including consumption expenditure, advertising and creative costs reached 17 billion euros. The evaluations for the future are extremely positive, as 46% of the apps market consumers have no problem paying for the right to use an application. But most importantly, more and more start-ups appear in this market sector, seeking funding to grow and secure their position in the market. As the Greek start-ups continue to grow at a fast pace, the search for investment capitals becomes more and more intense. Characteristically, every year 2.2 to 2.3 billion dollars are invested in technological companies, 80% of which come from foreign funds. This new entrepreneurship ecosystem includes businesses, investment capitals, incubators and accelerators. More and more apps developers are putting their talent and know-how to the test and risk starting a new business in Greece or abroad. The speakers of this panel will analyze the adversities, opportunities and prospects related to the apps sector by pinpointing a highly promising and also hopeful category of technology professionals.
Indicative discussion topics:
Popular and in-demand apps
Applications for businesses and final consumers
Application building regardless of environment or device
From building an application to building a business
Apps developer: supply and demand
Greek developers in the international market
Start-ups funding and assistance
Support ecosystem: investment capitals, incubators and accelerators
Tools and platforms for apps developers
Apps Awards 2015
The Apps Awards 2015 is the crowning moment of the Mobility Forum. Apps Awards 2015 is the largest Greek mobile technology and apps awards event. It aims to attract entries from small independent developers, established mobile app development companies, business to business and business to consumer developers. We don’t necessarily need to see uptake in the market. We want to find the innovation and the potential for longevity that exists in the Greek apps scene.
Apps Awards 2015 categories
The awards are separated in 16 main app categories which have several subcategory awards. Entering an app for one Award does not exclude the possibility to enter the same app to another Award. In fact, we encourage developers and businesses to enter their apps that have aspects of several of the categories to all of them to maximise their opportunities and visibility.
If your app does not seem to fit any of the subcategories, it can be proposed for the top category only. In this case it will compete with all other apps that have been submitted for an Award in any of the subcategories as these will automatically compete for the top category Award.
Startup Apps Awards seek to particularly recognise the role that young entrepreneurs and developers, new companies and innovators play in the Greek app market. It has the very same categories as the Apps Award 2015, but is aimed at companies that have been in the business since 1 January 2013 or later. There will be only one Award per Category for startups. Startups can, and are encouraged to, enter their apps to the other Categories and specific Awards as well.
The Judges and ETHOS MEDIA S.A. retain the right to combine or edit categories at their discretion based on the number of entries for each category. See Rules of Entry for more details.
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1. Best App 2015
2. Best B2B app
2a. Best business productivity app
2b. Best app for business connectivity or cloud based business app
2c. Best mobile finance, expenses, reporting app
2d. Best app for mobile business management
2e. Best mobile security, business continuity or safety solutions app
3. Best Mobile services app
3a. Best cloud service or cloud based app
3b. Best mobile advertising or marketing app
3c. Best eCommerce app
3d. Best eCommerce catalogue or information app
3e. Best eBanking app
3f. Best financial services app
3g. Best insurance services related app
3h. Best customer account management app
3i. Best eGovernment app
4. Best Social and economic development app
4a. Best e-health app
4b. Best green app
4c. Best app for emergencies or humanitarian situations
4d. Best app for accessibility and inclusion
5. Best Music app
5a. Best app for music download, playback or streaming
5b. Best app for editing music, DJ’ing or mixing
5c. Best app for learning or playing
6. Best Games app
6a. Best free download or free to play app
6b. Best pay to win app
6c. Best betting, gambling, casino game or poker/card game app
7. Best Photo, video, art and television app
7a. Best photo camera or editing app
7b. Best video camera or editing app
7c. Best photo or video sharing app
7d. Best social photo or video app
8. Best Education and learning app
8a. Best early learning app
8b. Best educational or learning game
8c. Best classroom or school app
9. Best Productivity and mobile working app
9a. Best productivity tool app
9b. Best calendar, mail, text editing app
9c. Best analytics app
10. Best Health and fitness app
10a. Best app for health tracking or quantification of health
10b. Best diet and nutrition app
10c. Best exercise guide
11. Best Sports app
11a. Best sports news and information app
11b. Best app for following a sporting event, championship or league
11c. Best fan or team app
12. Best Information and news app
12a. Best app for financial, business or political news
12b. Best app for entertainment and lifestyle news
12c. Best app for local news and events
13. Best Location based app
13a. Best map, map creation, tracking or navigation app
13b. Best location based service or discovery app
13c. Best location based social app
14. Best Social media app
14a. Best new social media app
14b. Best alternative client, sharing or aggregator app for established social media
15. Best Tourism and travel app
15a. Best travel guide, review or discovery app
15b. Best reservation app
15c. Best travel utility app
16. Best Startup App
16a. Best B2B app
16b. Best Mobile services app
16c. Best Social and economic development app
16d. Best Music app
16e. Best Games app
16f. Best Photo, video, art and television app
16g. Best Education and learning app
16h. Best Productivity and mobile working app
16i. Best Health and fitness app
16j. Best Sports app
16k. Best Information and news app
16l. Best Location based app
16m. Best Social media app
16n. Best Tourism and travel app and Honorary Distinction: App Influencer 2015
1. Best App 2015
This is the award for the best mobile app in Greece in 2015. There are two ways in which a developer or a company can enter this category. The entry can be made directly for an app to be included for the overall Best App of 2015 Award. But also all Category Award winners enter automatically this category.
As for all mobile app awards, we are seeking entries of technical, commercial and business model innovation in the development of mobile apps that benefit consumer or enterprise users with new levels of functionality, access, value and convenience.
2. Best B2B app
Mobile services cover innovative tools to help corporations or enterprises to work smarter and do business better. In the world where businesses are on the move, the employees meet customers organisations, business partners or work from distance, productivity and connectivity are paramount.
But it is not only about connecting the mobile customer organisation or the business partner. We are also looking for best apps by businesses to their client organisations for accounting, sales, HR and logistics. And as the mobility increases, so do risks for security, continuity and safety. Therefore we are also looking forward to awarding the best application that addresses these needs.
All developers who develop business to business apps – or organisations which have ordered these apps from developers for use with their business partners – should consider making submissions.
3. Best Mobile services app
Business apps are probably the fastest growing and the most profitable segment of applications for mobile app economy. More and more apps are being developed either by customer serving organisations or by independent startups and developers for businesses that want to improve their interaction with customers.
As our lives are becoming increasingly mobile and independent from location, we also are awarding innovative services covering cloud bases storage and streaming, location bases services that help customers or businesses to explore or benefit from what is nearby or available in a particular location, mobile banking, financial services, insurance-related apps, apps that help the customer to manage his or her customer account or to interact with the business and so forth.
In addition, we will award the best in class mobile advertising or marketing app which help businesses to reach out to their customers, incite them to consume or purchase services from the provider, to do business with or to discover ways in which this possible.
An important part of mobile services are apps which provide a possibility either to review, compare or understand the offer of the seller. And equally important are the apps which enable the purchase from the seller. And so we are going to be looking for the best in class for these two subcategories.
Following the ongoing financial crisis, the role of streamlined Government with online and mobile services is growing. We are looking forward to highlighting the best initiatives and apps that Greece has to offer for eGovernment.
4. Best Social and economic development app Mobile Technology has proven over the last decade or more, to be an incredibly powerful tool for social and economic development. From helping the response in humanitarian disasters and mass emergency situations to providing better lives for people with disabilities, elderly or otherwise limited social or physical capabilities, mobile devices and apps play an important role.
This category to recognize apps in the area of social and economic development covering e-health, emergencies and humanitarian situations as well as accessibility and inclusion. It may include i.a. mobile apps for use of information sharing, crisis mapping, emergency warning systems, fund raising, e-health apps, utility apps aimed at improving quality of lives of disabled etc.
We will also award the best green apps that will help us to live more sustainable lives. These apps can be anything from energy efficiency management and controlling of heating systems, for example, to sustainability and environmental awareness tip or information and education on wildlife and nature.
5. Best Music app
Mobile is fuelling the resurgence and success of music in the digital age. From access to streaming and downloading services to a host of entertaining, fun, learning and sharing based apps with transactional capabilities. The traditional music industry is evolving into a global digital business, expanding into new markets, partnering with networks extending the enjoyment of music to more territories across all continents. Underpinning this evolution is the global shift of music distribution and consumption to smartphone and tablet based platforms, supported by mobile network and device capabilities, and driven by an ever innovative, exciting app eco-system.
This award category is open to entry and open to all forms of music based free and paid for apps from streaming and downloading (tracks & video), radio, search, social and discovery to artist & fan apps, DJ’ing, mixing, live Concerts, merchandising and ticketing, as well as learning, playing, and all forms of music based editorial & media (magazines, blogs etc.).
6. Best Games app
As smartphones and tablets have become more and more popular, the face of gaming has changed. Mobile games are now at the forefront of the apps and entertainment sector, driven by strong consumer demand, focused on innovative new technologies and driven by highly creative developers and exciting new products.
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Games are globally the most downloaded category of apps, and we are calling for the most innovative, immersive, thrilling or sophisticated mobile games apps which are either free to download or free to play, pay to win or can be categorised as betting, gambling games, casino games or poker/card games.
7. Best Photo, video, art and television app
The rise of smartphones, tablets as well as smart TVs combined with the roll out of 4G networks and ever faster internet has not only enhanced the experience of multimedia access and sharing infinitely, but is having a major impact on media, art and culture. Where viewing experiences were once confined to the living room, mobile has untethered access to digital multimedia, and is having a profound impact on photography, video, film, art and TV experience. This app award category sets out to showcase the very best and most compelling apps in the field of multimedia; those that are primarily innovative but also moving customers from the fixed screen to the mobile screen – including photography, Video, Art, Film and TV.
This award category is open to entry and open to all forms of multimedia and apps that are game-changers in the “transmedia revolution”. From the curation and promotion of art to photography (sharing, editing, social) to online film stores and TV broadcast (streaming and catch-up).
8. Best Education and learning app
Mobile learning represents a way to address a number of our educational problems.
Devices such as smart phones and tablets enable innovation and help students, teachers, and parents gain access to digital content and personalized assessment vital for today’s world. Mobile devices are essential tools to improve learning for students. As noted by Irwin Jacobs, the founding chairman of Qualcomm, Inc., “always on, always connected mobile devices in the hands of students has the potential to dramatically improve educational outcomes.”
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This award category seeks entries from innovative app developers who are producing state of the art content, learning games, note-taking systems and note sharing platforms, cloud services etc. to improve learning and engage students, teachers and parents. The winning apps enable, empower, and engage learning in ways that transform the learning environment for students inside and outside of school.
9. Best Productivity and mobile working app
Who mobile worker would not be looking to be a little more productive and efficient with their time? Any time you can decrease the time it takes to complete a task or streamline some complicated process, everyone wins. And almost always, if there's a task to be done, there's a piece of software that helps us to do the work faster, cheaper, quicker.
This category of awards is for those apps that will make lives of individuals more productive when they are on the go or in the office. As this is a wide category of apps, we have divided it in several smaller groups of apps.
We are calling for entries from developers who address a large number of productivity tools such as scanners apps, conversion tools, caller list management, note taking and editing, to-do and tasks management, time management, calendar apps, financial reporting and web and social media analytics.
Many of these apps may also be cloud and or location based and could also be included in other award categories. We encourage ambitious developers and businesses to consider entering their productivity and business tools apps also to other categories in such cases.
10. Best Health and fitness app
Mobile phones do pretty much everything from gaming to productivity, music to video and learning. But one of the fastest growing areas of mobile apps is health and fitness, the way in which mobile technology can make you healthier, stronger, more flexible, fitter and increase your quality of life.
We are excited to call entries to this category from developers and innovators who are at the forefront of this revolution that can help us to live healthier and happier lives. We are looking for apps that enable us to track or quantify our lives, to analyse our habits. This category will also award the most exciting apps that support diet and exercise programs; pregnancy or female health trackers; behavioral and mental health coaches; symptom checkers that can link users to local health services; sleep and relaxation aids; and personal disease or chronic condition managers.
11. Best Sports app
Mobile phone and tablet apps have radically changed the way in which we consumers interact with our favourite sports. Be it following sports news and information, events, championships or leagues or athletes and teams, mobile apps for sport are everywhere. The apps that will win in this category combine the passion of sports with immersive and intuitive experience for the benefit of sport enthusiasts. We are looking for apps that will not let the fans down, but let them remain on top of the news as they happen or aggregate results afterwards. The category is also open for those who develop fan and team apps for that very special club or athlete.
12. Best Information and news app
There is hardly a better way to remain on top of developments in the world than the use of mobile in order to find, collect, read and analyse news. As the print-media is reinventing itself and the online media is growing, the number of solutions available for consumers has exploded.
We are looking forward to awarding the best apps that allow users to obtain financial, business or political news. But since not everyone is the same, we are looking for best entertainment and lifestyle news app in Greece as well as the best app for local news and events which helps consumers to find out and discovery what is going around them.
13. Best Location based app
Location, location, location. Location is not only for real estate agents. Location is a driving force behind a huge number of mobile services which enable real-time
communication between users and/business owners. While location based services have been around since more than a decade, the rapid boom in smartphone technology combined with low-energy GPS and fast mobile networks have created an explosion of available services and apps.
Location based apps now help sharing experiences, publicise locations, offer rewards and get feedback. But, first of all, they offer you a tool to find your way in places which you do not know that well. As mobile mapping, mobile tracking and navigation have become a daily habit, we are calling developers of these services to submit their apps to this category. This category also includes augmented reality mapping apps which may also help in mobile discovery. In addition we are awarding the best location based business services and location based social sharing apps.
14. Social media app
It is fair to say that social media has revolutionised the way in which we interact with each other, friends and strangers. As the mobile technology evolves, so do the opportunities for ever more immersive social experiences, sharing and interaction. We are looking for the best new original social media app by the Greek developers which helps users to display their indentity and personality, to engage in conversation or interact by sharing. The winning apps might also help the user to gauge the presence of other users in order to begin build meaningful and lasting relationships. But equally well the winning apps could provide an alternative tool for discovery, access to information and learning through the established social media channels. It can be a tool to connect and interact, to aggregate information or to share life moments. This top category is partly overlapping with other award categories and we encourage developers interested in entering social media category to look to the other opportunities to become awarded as well.
15. Tourism and travel app
Tourism is perhaps the single most important service sector in Greece. And tourism and travel are by nature mobile. Therefore, mobile apps for tourists have a huge potential in Greece and we are providing a number of awards for app developers in this category. Tourists use apps while travelling for various purposes from navigation to travel updates and guidance. They also use mobile apps for obtaining discounts and offer alerts, ticket bookings, reservations etc.
We are thrilled to have an opportunity to call developers of such apps to submit their apps for awards in this category which in the wake of the 2015 tourism season in Greece looks as promising as ever.
16. Best Startup App
The Startup Apps Awards cover the same 14 categories as the Apps Awards, but are targeted for entry to new companies which have been registered after 1 January 2013. There are no subcategories for startups and so all in all there are 14 Startup Apps Awards available for innovative and creative developers, companies and organisations.
Honorary Award: App Influencer 2015
The constant evolution and growth of the Greek startup and app developer community is rapidly becoming visible in the wider economic framework. Thousands of free and paid apps on the market covering various operating systems has resulted in millions of downloads and in change of the landscape for IT business in Greece. There are individuals and organisations who have made a lasting contribution by personal engagement, perseverance and activity in the Greek app market, startup scene and IT sector. We are awarding those efforts by recognising these amazing individuals, their impact and influence that goes beyond what is usually expected. This category is not open for entry, as nominations are submitted directly from and selected by our Judges.
The benefits for participating Winning one of the App Awards 2015 brings many benefits to developers and business, including the following:
Competitive differentiation. An Award win will help to differentiate the product and related services throughout Greece and also the super competitive international markets.
Increased awareness amongst sales prospects. The Award ceremony is attended by the who is who of the Greek mobile industry, operators, vendors, developers, content providers and executives from a large group of related industries.
Media coverage. The winners are promoted actively both in online and print media across the country including bIT & MOBILE magazine, bitdaily.gr and other media by ETHOS MEDIA S.A. The winners will also be visible through our media partners.
A unique promotional platform. The Greek App Awards are promoted to hundreds of media representatives both pre, during and post the Mobility Forum & Apps Awards.
Recognition for local projects. The Awards shine a spotlight on best practice even in regional markets around Greece, drawing attention to innovative apps and services.
Recognition of excellence. This is for employees, investors, customers and partners. The Awards provide unique recognition of leadership and recognition at the single most important event for the industry in Greece.
All the winners in the Best Start-up App category will be included as finalists in the procedure for the selection of the best Start-up Company which will represent Greece in the Mobile World Congress 2016
Eligibility
The Apps Awards 2015 award is open to all organisations developing commercial or non-commercial native mobile apps for all mobile platforms and ecosystems. The categories are open to for apps that have been launched in at least one country or market before the awards deadline.
An app may be entered either to one or several of the Awards or it may be entered for the overall Category Award.
See Rules of Entry for more details.
Judging criteria
The judges will be looking at how well entries meet the criteria which includes:
Enjoyment of the experience e.g. creativity, quality of entertainment, practicality, thrills, sophistication, capabilities
UI appeal, simplicity, reliability and ease of use
Quality of overall user experience
Makes good use of mobility and network resources and capabilities
Great quality design, compelling and attractive experience
Depth of content available where appropriate
Innovation, in terms of new and unique experience or capabilities
App and service support if applicable
Platform accessibility e.g. availability across multiple app stores
Business model, price (value) and market potential
Regard for appropriate regulation e.g. privacy, restriction for minors on inappropriate material, transparency of payments, safeguards against piracy
A pre-selection committee formed by representatives of Ethos Media S.A. and SEKEE will select three finalists for each Award on basis of the above criteria. The Jury will decide on the winning entry and runners-up as well as the overall winner for each of the categories.
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Deadlines for entry
Apps Awards 2015 are open for entries between 24 February 2015 and 20 March 2015. The three finalists per Award are announced by ETHOS MEDIA S.A. on 24 March. The Award Winners and two Runners-up for each Award are announced at the Apps Awards 2015 Ceremony in the evening of 2 April 2015.
Rules of Entry
Eligibility
The Apps Awards 2015 are open to all eligible mobile industry and supporting industry companies in the broad eco-system. All apps entered must be supportive of, or be deployed over/accessible through mobile networks.
All products or services submitted for the Apps Awards must have been available for download on a mobile device in at least one market or territory ahead of the awards deadline of 20 March 2015.
Apps can be submitted to one or several subcategories or directly to a top categories in case that your application does not easily fall into any of its subcategories.
Apps entered can be developed, manufactured or provided anywhere in the world.
Agreement
The ‘Rules of Entry’ as defined here for the Apps Awards 2015 (“Rules”) shall govern in event of conflict. You agree to be bound by the Rules and Terms by submitting an entry for the Awards.
Awards Deadline and Closing Date
Starting date for entries is 24 February 2015.
The final closing date for entries to the Apps Awards 2015 20 March 2015.
Entry Form Submission
Entries must be submitted online via appsawards.ethosevents.eu.
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Language
Entries will only be accepted when submitted in the English or Greek language. This language requirement applies to all supportive material.
Multiple Entries
There is no maximum number of entries permitted from a single organisation. You can submit as many different entries to as many categories as you would like. However, each individual entry submitted is liable to a separate entry fee, although we are pleased to offer discounts for multiple entries for Apps Awards 2015. (See below).
Entry Fees
€300 for the first entry
€250 for the second entry from the same organisation
€200 for each additional entry from the same organisation
€100 for each entry to the start-up award categories
€100 for each entry for all the Apps Awards 2015 categories for companies with five employees
€120 for each seat at the Apps Awards Ceremony
€700 for a table of eight at the Apps Awards Ceremony
All fees above include VAT.
Entry priviledges
Each company that has registered a first entry (€300) is also entitled to register for two admissions to the Mobility Forum event of the same day as the Award Ceremony (2 April). In case the organisation is one of the shortlisted organisations for an Award (top3), the organisation will also get one free seat at the evening Award Ceremony.
Payment & Closing Date
Complete entries must be received and paid in full by the final deadline date to be considered. Entry fees paid by international money order must be received, together with the completed entry form, prior to, or by the final deadline of 20 March 2015.
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Entry fees are payable for each entry submitted, as above. One entry is defined as a submission proposing an app for one of the 16 Award categories or for any subcategory Award. Entry fees are non-refundable.
Please ensure you mark your payment with details of the award categories and/or subcategories where you are submitting your app(s) when making payment. Entries will not be processed until full payment has been received. Please pay the total amount to either one of the following bank accounts of ETHOS MEDIA S.A.:
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, ΙΒΑΝ : GR46 0110 0890 0000 0894 7027 192
PIRAEUS BANK, ΙΒΑΝ : GR51 0172 0280 0050 2804 1137 461
Send the proof of payment by fax to +30 210 9984953, to the attention of Maria Nega or by email to appsawards@ethosmedia.eu with the name of your company and reference to award(s) you have submitted an entry. You can also contact her for all questions regarding any payments of the fees for Apps Awards 2015.
Supporting Materials
The following information is needed for each submission:
Details of the company or developer submitting an app
Short description of the app up to 300 words (may be used publicly)
Detailed description of the app up to 1,000 words (confidential)
You can send supplementary information up to 3MB on a USB stick or similar to To Maria Nega at ETHOS MEDIA S.A.. This information can consist of pdfs, jpegs, Word documents or PowerPoint, but please, as above, keep these relevant to your entry. Supporting information could also consist of independent information or data, extracts from analysts’ reports, testimonials or press articles, graphics etc. to support your entry. Please do make sure this supporting information is succinct and clear as well as relevant.
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Advertising materials will not be taken into consideration by the Jury. You need to have permission to use any third party information and ensure that you are not in breach of any third party’s intellectual property rights.
Video: In case that you want to submit a video as part of the supporting materials, please provide a URL link to your video (e.g. via YouTube, Vimeo or other public, English language video platforms) on the entry form and if required, please make sure you provide a password in case such is needed.
Web pages: If pointing judges to a website within your supporting materials or entry, please include a URL which is to very specific information relating to your entry, up to a maximum of three web pages, as judges will not have time to search websites looking for the pertinent information.
Judging Process
Entries will be judged on the basis of the information provided to the independent judging panel on the entry form and additional supporting materials where required (see above). Details of the judging panel meetings will not be disclosed, nor will correspondence be entered into by ETHOS MEDIA S.A. regarding validation or qualification of entries or the decision of the judges.
The Mobility Forum participants will have the right to vote for all the awards of the Best Start-up App category. 50% of the votes for the winners of all the awards in the Best Start-up App category will come from the Mobility Forum participants and 50% from the Judging Panel.
The Judges and ETHOS MEDIA S.A. retain the right to combine or edit categories at their discretion based on the number of entries for each category. Organisers also reserve the right to stop or cancel, at any time, temporarily or permanently, the award process without prior notice.
Confidentiality and intellectual property rights
Entries will be treated by the ETHOS MEDIA S.A. as strictly confidential. Only details of the award winners and two runners up or three nominated entries in each category
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and/or sub-category will be published prior to, or after the presentation. Please note however that entries are judged by external journalists, analysts and many others for which we cannot guarantee confidentiality, so please do not submit entries or material within them that you do not wish to have in the public domain.
All entrants and winners accept that ETHOS MEDIA S.A. will communicate about the Awards in public. This communication may include reference to entrants and/or winners.
Winners
The decision of the judges is final. No correspondence will be entered into. The nominees will be notified prior to the Mobility Forum and Apps Awards 2015 of 2 April 2015. The Apps Awards 2015 Ceremony will take place in the evening of 2 April 2015.
Promotion
By entering the Apps Awards 2015, companies are expressly authorising ETHOS MEDIA S.A. to use the specific text, video and visual materials submitted for the purposes of promoting the mobile and IT industry in presentations, reports for publication, web site and media activities as well as all other forms of promotional/publicity materials post the awards event.
General Enquiries
For general enquiries regarding the Apps Awards 2015, please contact Mrs Maria Nega, +30 210 9984920 and Mr Konstantinos Salvarlis, +30 210 9984909 or by email to appsawards@ethosmedia.eu.
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Who should attend
The audience of the conference will include:
Ministries and state authorities officials
Mobile devices manufacturers and importers (smartphones, tablets, monitors)
Software companies' senior executives
Mobile Communication providers
Internet, ISPs providers
Startups
Certification companies
Consulting companies
Banking Institutions
Cloud and End Point Security companies
Internet and Mobility Marketing companies
E-business companies (e-shops, e-ticketing etc.)
Gaming Solution companies
On-line gambling and on-line casinos companies
Journalists, TV stations, Radio stations, bloggers
The Organiser
ETHOS EVENTS is involved in the planning and organization of conferences, entrepreneurship award ceremonies and innovative events related to the market sectors covered by ETHOS MEDIA S.A. printed and electronic publications. The company aims to offer to the chief executives who work in Greece high quality information and know-how, which are indispensable tools for business growth and professional success.
Our business events focus on the sectors of exports, pharmaceuticals, clinical research, marketing, corporate social responsibility, investments, insurance, banking, technology etc.
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. is also involved in the sectors of business magazines and newspapers publication and electronic portals, websites and newsletters creation. More specifically, ETHOS MEDIA S.A. publishes: the investment and finance magazine
HRIMA, Ph.B Pharma & Health Business magazine on health care and pharmaceuticals policies, the insurance magazine Insurance World, bΙΤ & MOBILE magazine and the free press newspapers asfalizomai and aλive.
On the Internet ETHOS MEDIA S.A. has created the insurance portal insuranceworld.gr, the portal virus.com.gr on health care and pharmaceuticals policies, the technological portal bITdaily.gr and the web page hrima.gr. It also publishes the weekly electronic newspaper HRIMA Week.
ETHOS EVENTS commits to:
Promoting the conference through its magazines bIT & MOBILE, HRIMA, Ph.B Pharma & Health Business and Insurance World, its online newspaper HRIMA Week, the portals bITdaily.gr, insuranceworld.gr and virus.com.gr, its web page hrima.gr as well as the media sponsors of the Conference.
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Sending informative newsletters with the sponsor companies' promotional material to all Greek entrepreneurs and businesses included in its extensive database.
Sending electronic invitations to the guests of the sponsor companies.
Creating a list of participant guests to manage and confirm attendance of the Conference.
The scheduled ETHOS EVENTS for the year 2015 are as follows:
Mobility Forum & Apps Awards
9th Ethos Sustainability Forum & Awards
HR Community Conference & Awards
Pan-Hellenic Over The Counter Drugs & Cosmetics Conference
Hospitality Forum & Awards
8th Insurance Conference & Awards
6th Pharma & Health Conference
2nd Conference of Pan-Ηellenic Pharmaceutical Industry
3rd Digital Banking Conference
4th Greek Exports Forum & Awards
2nd Pan-Hellenic Medical Technology Forum
Innovation Forum & Awards
4th Clinical Research Conference
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Sponsorships Programme
LEAD SPONSOR (€12.000 + VAT)
Lead sponsor has the opportunity either to participate in the keynote speech at the conference or organise a 20-minute workshop
Lead sponsor has the opportunity to choose among a 15-minute speech at the conference, and a participation in a conference panel discussion
Lead sponsor may set up a 3m x 3m stand at the exhibit area (lobby) of the conference
Lead sponsor’s logo will be displayed in a highly prominent position on all printed and electronic conference promotional materials
Lead sponsor’s logo will be displayed at the conference area (main hall, lobby)
Lead sponsor’s senior executive may give an interview to HRIMA magazine (including magazine cover), or bIT & MOBILE magazine
Lead sponsor may provide promotional materials to be inserted in the conference bag, which will be distributed to all delegates
Lead sponsor is entitled to a full page coverage of worth 1500€ at the bIT & MOBILE magazine, the means which organises the conference, which will be distributed at the conference and will be dispatched to over 10000 subscribers
The logo and short company profile (Full page, max. 780 words) will be included in the conference book which will be distributed to all delegates
Lead sponsor is entitled to forty (40) invitations to the conference
Lead sponsor may receive forty (40) passwords for live streaming & casting
Lead sponsor will receive a detailed conference summary report (including the list of participants) at the end of the conference
PREMIERE SPONSOR (€9.000€ + VAT)
Premiere sponsor has the opportunity to choose among a 15-minute speech at the conference, and a participation in a conference panel discussion
Premiere sponsor may set up a 3m x 2m stand at the exhibit area (lobby) of the conference
Premiere sponsor’s logo will be displayed in a prominent position on all printed and electronic conference promotional materials
Premiere sponsor’s logo will be displayed at the conference area (main hall, lobby).
Premiere sponsor may provide promotional materials to be inserted in the conference bag, which will be distributed to all delegates
Premiere sponsor is entitled to a full page coverage of worth 1500€ at the bIT & MOBILE magazine, the means which organises the conference, which will be distributed at the conference and will be dispatched to over 10000 subscribers
The logo and short company profile (max. 300 words) will be included in the conference book which will be distributed to all delegates
Premiere sponsor is entitled to thirty (30) invitations to the conference
Premiere sponsor may receive thirty (30) passwords for live streaming & casting
Premiere sponsor will receive a detailed conference summary report (including the list of participants) at the end of the conference
ASSOCIATE SPONSOR (€6.000 + VAT)
Associate sponsor may set up a 2m x 2m stand at the exhibit area (lobby) of the conference
Associate sponsor’s logo will be displayed in all printed and electronic conference promotional materials
Associate sponsor’s logo will be displayed at the conference area (main hall, lobby)
Associate sponsor may provide promotional materials to be inserted in the conference bag, which will be distributed to all delegates
ETHOS MEDIA S.A.: 29, Thessalias str. GR-17456, Alimos, Athens T (+30) 210 9984 950
Associate sponsor is entitled to a full page coverage of worth 1500€ at the bIT & MOBILE magazine, the means which organises the conference, which will be distributed at the conference and will be dispatched to over 10000 subscribers
The logo and short company profile (max. 300 words) will be included in the conference book which will be distributed to all delegates
Associate sponsor is entitled to twenty (20) invitations to the conference
Associate sponsor may receive twenty (20) passwords for live streaming & casting
Associate sponsor will receive a detailed conference summary report (including the list of participants) at the end of the conference
CONFERENCE SPONSOR (€3.000 + VAT)
Conference sponsor may have a table at the exhibit area (lobby) of the conference
Conference sponsor’s logo will be displayed in all printed and electronic conference promotional materials
Conference sponsor’s logo will be displayed at the conference area (main hall, lobby)
Conference sponsor may provide promotional materials to be inserted in the conference bag, which will be distributed to all delegates
Conference sponsor is entitled to a full page coverage of worth 1500€ at the bIT & MOBILE magazine, the means which organises the conference, which will be distributed at the conference and will be dispatched to over 10000 subscribers
The logo and short company profile (max. 150 words) will be included in the conference book which will be distributed to all delegates
Conference sponsor is entitled to ten (10) invitations to the conference
Conference sponsor may receive ten (10) passwords for live streaming & casting
Conference sponsor will receive a detailed conference summary report (including the list of participants) at the end of the conference
CORPORATE PARTICIPATION (€1.500 + VAT)
Sponsor’s logo will be displayed in all printed and electronic conference promotional materials
Sponsor’s logo will be displayed at the conference area (main hall, lobby)
Sponsor is entitled to five (5) invitations to the conference
Sponsor may receive five (5) passwords for live streaming & casting
Sponsor will receive a detailed conference summary report at the end of the conference
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION (€200 including VAT
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Conference attendance
Printed conference materials
Coffee breaks
Lunch break
Certificate of Attendance (upon request)
Conference concluding remarks (including speaker presentations, photographs and videos)