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Cap Digital invites you to participate in Futur en Seine, the Digital world Festival!

You are start-ups, researchers, designers, governmental agencies, associations, VC, Business Angels and large companies… come to invent, propose, exhibit, built, live and share the future during the 10 days of the festival. Futur en Seine is a popular festival, a place for meetings and business, window of influence, creativity and attractiveness of Paris Region.

Futur en Seine: Digital is the shorter way towards the Future!

1. General framework for the two Calls for Participation

Cap Digital is launching two calls for participation addressed to large and small companies, research labs, schools and public services of the Paris Region, and more broadly to international creators, artists, institutions, and nonprofit organizations (NPO) working in the fields of innovative usages, social, technological, scientific and artistic innovation.

The fourth edition of Futur en Seine, the festival for digital life and creativity, will take place in Paris and the Paris Region from Thursday, 13th to Sunday, 23th of June 2013. Futur en Seine was initiated by Cap Digital business cluster in 2009, and is sponsored by the Paris Region, local administrations and many companies and nonprofit organizations (NPO). The exhibition of projects will take place between 13 and 16 June 2013.

Offer: Selected projects are offered exhibition space within the Innovations Village of Futur en Seine 2013, furniture, power supply and Internet. These calls are an opportunity to showcase and present projects, and not a funding opportunity. Festival organizers are committed to offer high profile exhibition space to welcome a large number of visitors, host attractive conferences, animations for the public, signage, media coverage and advertisement for the Futur en Seine event through the press and billboards.

Selection: a jury of experts will select participants from all submitted proposals, within the limits of available exhibition space. Evaluation of the proposals will be based on the scope, feasibility and overall quality of submissions.

Schedule:

• Participants are invited to submit all questions and inquiries by December 21, 2012. 
• A list of collective answers will be published on http://www.futur-en-seine.fr/en/ on December 10th, 2011. 
• The closing date for the calls is January 18th, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Paris time (GMT+1).

Communication: all selected participants will be included in the Futur en Seine 2013 programme and its communication strategy. Selected participants are required to provide 3 HD license-free photos and to work with the organizing team for smooth integration of their exhibits in the overall design of the exhibition.

All selected companies will be invited to take part free of charge to business meetings and B2B conventions organized as part of Futur en Seine.

Information and participation forms: a dedicated page (http://www.futur-en-seine.fr/en/futur-en-seine-2013-call-for-proposals/) is accessible from the festival's homepage http://www.futur-en-seine.fr/en/ from where participation forms can be downloaded. Completed forms should be sent to call-for-proposals@futur-en-seine.fr. Cap Digital shall not be liable for part or complete cancellation of the event for unforeseen circumstances.

2. "INNOVATIVE PROJECTS" call

OBJECTIVES: The objectives for this call for participation are:

• Bring visibility to creations, projects, actions, innovations and research works from the digital sector by introducing them to the general public, particularly to the youth and the business, institutional and academic actors. 
• Search and present projects that offer groundbreaking alternatives to existing technologies and usages.

SCOPE: the primary goal is to present the outcomes of completed R&D projects in all digital-related fields. The secondary goal is to involve end-users in full-scale demonstrations and experimentations, prior to industrialization. The third goal is the presentation of projects emanating from the non-profit sector that demonstrate the dynamic potential of the Paris Region.

PARTICIPANTS: this call is addressed to businesses, academic institutions and research labs. Participants in this call are invited to submit the outcomes of their research projects, whether a business cluster endorses these projects or not.

TYPE OF PROJECT: submitted research projects should have achieved tangible results that are understandable for the general public, and be completed or near finalization by the time of submission. Presentation of project results to the public could be either:

• a combination of computer, interface, screen : handling of a digital application, presentation of software features, 
• a film presenting the project, 
• a tangible result: robot, prototype, HCI...

The presentation at the exhibition can't be limited to a simple poster.

Futur en Seine will provide an exhibition space, furniture, power supply and internet. Participants will cover their own travel expenses and costs related to their equipment’s transportation, handling, installation, as well as third party and theft insurance.

Selected participants will assign at least one full time staff at the exhibition venue to present project for the 4 days of the innovations village. Participants are responsible for providing and installing their equipment at the exhibition.

SUBMISSIONS: Applicants are invited to fill the application form that will be available on the Futur en Seine website as of mid-December 2012. Submissions will include:

• The name of the research project, researchers involved and company and/or research laboratory; project starting date and final project review date, project budget including public funding and financial commitment of companies and laboratories. Names of co-sponsors and funding agencies. Participants in the call will certify that they are the authors or co-authors of the research presented and that they are legally entitled to represent the project.
• A one page summary description of the project with a photo or a functional diagram. The description will outline the projects initial objectives, results, as well as expected short-term and mid-term prospects. 
• A list of scientific publications if any, and printed press or on-line articles and media coverage. Communication materiel: web site, name of events and other relevant details on previous exhibitions. 
• A biography of the project leader(s), not longer that 1,500 signs. 
• Text for the booth: a didactic panel explaining why the project exists (stakes), what it's for (usage) and a description of how it works and for who it is designed, no longer than 1,200 signs. 
• A ten minute, three slide maximum presentation in case the project is selected for presentation at conferences and/or workshops. 
• Required furniture for presentation and team: table and chairs; required power supply and number of outlets to be provided by Futur en Seine; required exhibition surface ; proposed list of equipment to be installed by participants; if sound is involved : proposed volume level and specific features (mono, stereo, immersion). Participants are responsible for providing presentation equipment. 
• Third-party insurance documents.

EVALUATION, SELECTION AND JURY: all complete proposals will be reviewed and presented to a jury acting as a selection committee. The jury will be made of leading personalities from the digital sector. Incomplete submissions, and those not relevant to the digital sector will not be presented to the jury. Management of the selection process is a prerogative of the Futur en Seine 2013 Executive Board. A convention will formalize the terms of partnership.

3. " EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE for the Innovation Village" call

OBJECTIVES: for its fourth edition, Futur en Seine is calling for participation of international groups: countries, regions, cities, non-profit organizations. These groups bring together companies, academic institutions, universities or research labs in order to submit a joint proposal to share an exhibition booth and present a range of innovative digital works.

Futur en Seine, the festival for digital life and creativity, wishes to invite several international groups to present their most innovative digital projects at the Innovation Village. The projects will be presented to the general public, who will have an opportunity to test them during the free access weekend of the festival. Weekdays will focus on exchanges among professionals and academics.

SCOPE: proposals by international groups should be relevant to the content of the Village and present prototypes, projects, applications or innovative digital contents.

The Innovation Village will host numerous prototypes and outputs of innovative projects in all digital-related fields and particularly in relation to the themes of Futur en Seine 2013, "Entreprise(s) of the Future!”. Futur en Seine 2013 is a venue for full-scale demonstration and experimentation involving end-users prior to industrialization. Preference should be given to works featuring groundbreaking alternatives to existing technologies and usages.

PARTICIPANTS: this call is addressed to groups of businesses, academic institutions and research labs. Futur en Seine wishes to have a unique counterpart per country to respond to this call. Group leaders should syndicate 4 to 10 exhibitors. The limit of 10 exhibitors may be lifted, if sufficient exhibition space is available, with the festival organizers’ express approval. Futur en Seine will provide an exhibition space, furniture, power supply and internet. Exhibitors and the group leader will cover their own travel expenses (plane tickets, accommodation, sundries), as well as costs related to their equipment’s transportation, handling, installation, as well as third party and theft insurance. Groups may seek additional funding from their own institutions.

CONTENT OF EXHIBITION: Futur en Seine wishes to promote prototypes, software, and innovative digital contents. Group leaders are welcome to bring together a highly diversified group and groundbreaking technologies. Research projects should have tangible results that are understandable for the general public, and be completed or near finalization by the time of submission: robot, prototype, new HCI, content. The presence of at least one team member per project or content is required at the venue for the 4 days of the innovations village.

SUBMISSIONS: applicants are invited to fill the application form that will be available on the Futur en Seine website as of mid-December 2012. Submissions will include:

• Name and contact details of the group leader. A datasheet for prototypes and contents already identified. It is understood by Futur en Seine organizers that the group leader may not have all the detailed information by the time of submission. It is however requested that a tentative number of exhibitors is provided. The group leader will make sure that exhibitors are the authors or co-authors of proposed research works and that they are legally entitled to represent the projects. 
• A tentative description of the requested exhibition space envisioned. 
• A list of furniture and equipment needed for presenting the artwork and hosting the team: table, chairs, required power supply, number of outlets to be provided by Futur en Seine. 
• Required exhibition surface, subject to availability of exhibition space. 
• Proof of third party insurance policy. 

EVALUATION AND SELECTION: all complete proposals will be reviewed and presented at a meeting of the Steering Committee of Futur en Seine in January 2013 for advice on selected partner events. Incomplete submissions and those not relevant to the digital sector will not be presented. Management of the selection process is a prerogative of the Futur en Seine 2012 Executive Board.