ICT 2013 Student ICT research project competition

In the framework of the ICT event in Europe, the European Commission is inviting young students with an innovative ICT-related research project to win the possibility to showcase it in the 'ICT 2013 - Create, Connect, Grow' event which will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-8 November 2013 and it will focus on Horizon 2020 - the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020.

The projects can be submitted in the following categories, which reflect the orientations of the ICT research in the next European research framework programme, Horizon 2020:

New components and systems, low-power computing;
Networking technologies, cloud computing;
Smart personal environments, robotics;
Technologies for content and information (new interfaces, big data, tools for creative content and media);
ICT for societal challenges (health, security, sustainability, education, inclusion);
Digital platforms and tools for collaboration;
Other innovative ICT research projects.
Criteria
- Entries can be submitted individually or in small groups (max 5 students).
- A student submitting a project should be officially registered as a student in an EU educational institution at the time of submission. If the submission is made by a team, the project leader must be a student at an EU university.

The European Commission's DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology will select 8 finalists, which will demonstrate their projects at the ICT 2013 event in Vilnius.
Only three winners will be selected and awarded.

Deadline to submit entries: 5 June 2013 at 16:00 CET.

Further details:
http://www.eurodesk.eu