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ESUG Innovation Technology Awards
The European Smalltalk Users Group (ESUG) is proud to announce its first Innovation Technology Awards. The top 3 teams with the most innovative software will receive, respectively, 500 Euros, 300 Euros and 200 Euros during an awards ceremony at the next ESUG conference (6-10 september 2004, Köthen, Germany). Developpers of any Smalltalk-based software are welcome to compete.

Eligibility

• Any Smalltalker can apply (students, companies, ...)
• The presented piece of code/software should be written in Smalltalk or directly support Smalltalk (e.g. Smalltalk VM)
• All Smalltalk dialects are accepted
• The applicant should own the copyright/copyleft of presented code or at least be the official representative of the copyright/copyleft owner
• The presented software should be recent. It should have been finished after the 1st january 2002.
• The software should be free for non commercial use.

How to apply?
Applicants should provide :

• a short paper (in PDF format) up to 3 A4 pages in 12pt font with :
• keywords for the entry, and
• Smalltalk platforms it runs on, and
• whether it is a free or shareware, or a professional piece of software,
• names and affiliation of developers, and
• description of their software, and
• one or more screenshots of their software, if possible, and
• a runnable demo (available for download or on a CD).
• Descriptions and demo location should be sent to bouraqadi@ensm-douai.fr

Evaluation

• Winners will be selected by votes of the conference attendees.
• Pieces of software will be downloadable from the ESUG website 2 weeks before the conference to give people the chance to evaluate it.
• Every applicant can give a 10min talk/demo during the conference.
• Then, conference attendees do vote.

A vote consists in providing a sorted list of 3 prefered pieces of software. Voters should provide such a list based on their preception of software's:

• Innovation and Creativity
• Stability and Performance
• Successfull use

Winners are softwares which ranks top the most often.

Dates

• Applications (see requirements) should be sent by july 1st
• Notification of eligibility will be sent by july 31st
• Demos, votes and the Awards Ceremony will take place during the ESUG Conference, 6-10 september 2004, Köthen, Germany.

I'm curious about the "finish date" - January 2002?