Dr. Christian Buchmann, Member of the Styrian Government, and SFG-CEO Dr. Burghard Kaltenbeck visit evolaris
Member of the provincial government responsible for economics, innovation and finance Dr. Christian Buchmann and SFG-CEO Dr. Burghard Kaltenbeck visited evolaris on August 10th in order to get a picture of the current activities of the competence center in the Hugo-Wolf-Gasse. evolaris CEOs Dr. Christian Kittl and Dr. Udo Kögl visualized the research focus mobile technologies and applications theoretically and practically for the visitors. Innovative developments concerning the iPad which the visitors could try themselves were especially interesting as well as newest smartphones and mobile Web 2.0 services based on them.In their current projects evolaris' staff deals with creative approaches to get through to customers via mobile devices such as mobile phones or the iPad based on profitable business models. In order to do so evolaris develops strategic concepts as well as suitable applications for various smartphone platforms like iPhone or Android. Current trends in the area of mobile and web are continuously analysed and enables the company to find new possibilities of communication and business opportunities for business customers of all sizes and branches
evolaris Mobile Living Lab
A community for all interested people that want to take part in evolaris surveys was established: The evolaris Mobile Living Lab.As a member of evolaris Mobile Living Lab you will participate in decision processes that move business, science and the public by providing your feedback. You take part in opinion polls, innovation projects and product and service tests of reputable companies. As an expense allowance we raffle off exciting "goodies" such as iPods or iPads regularly.
We cordially invite you to become a member of evolaris Mobile Living Lab. You will find further information concerning evolaris Mobile Living Lab and the possibility to register following this link:
http://web.evolaris.net/phpPanelAdmin/
Astrid Tarkus is at your disposal for any further questions at astrid.tarkus@evolaris.net.
evolaris on Tour – Sommer 2010
In order to circulate exciting topics and to make innovative evolaris projects accessible to the public there were two checkpoints within event schedules of innovation enthusiasts:
evolaris took part in Research Austria 2010 in the Grazer Messe (Fair of Graz) and presented next to Bluetooth interactivation, an SMS-based raffle in the context of the World Cup and many innovative project presentations also the twitter wall for moderation and discussion of the whole fair. Within two days a huge number of visitors interested in science and innovation could get to know the company and was able to try out the possibilities of evolaris mobile marketing platform.
The second event took place in the new Viennese office of evolaris next level GmbH recently. Customers and those that want to become customers were invited to an evening of encounter future topics in mobile communication. Next to experimenting with provided iPads together with the evolaris newspaper application there were intense discussions and networking was done by means of radio-based business cards that were issued by evolaris.
And of course the tour will go on... Latest information concerning congresses and events in which we take part is available on Facebook.
evolaris develops new online platform for AVL
Next to the freely accessible online platform (www.avl.com) there is an extensive customer area (extranet) where customers of AVL can access various information offers and web applications. Migration and integration of existing data was a central requirement next to support of multi-linguality and different browser platforms.
By dint of this project evolaris proves its outstanding competence not only in the mobile area but also in the area of web.
La Strada – the international festival of figure and street theatre is counting on evolaris again this year.
Many of the figure and street theatre productions will take place outdoors and count on the spontaneity of the visitors. A limited number of interested people will be informed about place and time of La Grosse Couture’s and Kud Ljud & die Raschelband’s acts via SMS.
You can register at http://meinlastrada.at if you are interested in this service of La Strada.
Presentation in the European Parliament
By invitation of Alojz Peterle, Slovenian MEP, evolaris Managing Director Christian Kittl presented perspectives of the ALADIN (ALpe Adria Danube universities INitiative) consortium regarding the EU Strategy for the Danube region in a meeting with high-ranking representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament in Brussels on June 1st.
The central concern of his speech was ensuring support for the further enlargement of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL, http://www.openlivinglabs.eu) in the Danube Region as especially in the Eastern countries this instrument for implementing a modern Open Innovation paradigm has hardly taken root so far.
evolaris has been one of four Austrian members of ENoLL since 2008 and actively supports cross-border cooperation of Living Labs.
See also: http://www.elivinglab.org/CrossBordereRegion/EuropeanInitiativeAmber&SilkRoads/
Congress: „Tools for identifying biodiversity” - www.bioidentify.eu
evolaris CEO Dr. Christian Kittl as project communications manager of EU eContentplus project KeyToNature is co-host of this congress. evolaris staff are going to present results of international research concerning development of interactive and mobile tools in order to identify plants and animals together with colleagues from many EU-countries.
Precise identification of organisms is not only of vital importance for quantification and preservation of biodiversity but also for agriculture, forestry, food and pharma industry, forensic biology and for the broad area of formal and informal formation on all levels. During the past decades important progress has been made concerning ways of identification. Modes range from molecular and biochemical methods for quick identification to development of interactive systems based on morpho-anatomic data. This congress offers an overview of recent progress in this area. It will foster integration of existing methods and systems, intensify communication among various research groups and elaborate the basics for integrated projects for the upcoming ten years.
The congress covers 4 topical areas:
1. Interactive tools for identification based on morpho-anatomic data (incl. image analysis)
2. Molecular and biochemical methods for identification of organisms
3. Identification of organisms in formation
4. Application of new identification tools: case studies
Final event of this congress is a round table discussion with representatives from UNESCO and EU commission as well as coordinators of the most important projects concerning biodiversity. The congress is hosted by three big European projects concerning biodiversity (KeyToNature www.key2nature.eu, EDIT www.e-taxonomy.eu und STERNA www.sterna-net.eu) in cooperation with UNESCO Office Venedig.
20.-22. September 2010, Paris, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Grand Amphithéâtre, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005.
Registration on congress website (http://www.bioidentify.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=56)
Download:
bioidentify poster
bioidentify folder
Presentation on the Digital Agenda for the Danube Region
ALADIN (ALpe Adria Danube universities INitiative), a network of 18 universities and associated Living Labs, developed a position paper (Link einfügen und PDF uploaden) for the current consultation process of formulating the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.
From 19.-21. April an international conference on this topic was held in Vienna and Bratislava, in which high-ranking representatives of the European Commission (in front of all Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy) and countries in the region participated. In the course of this conference Christian Kittl, evolaris Mobile Living Lab, representing the ALADIN network, presented the position paper by invitation from Colin Wolfe, Head of Unit, European Commission, Regional Policy Directorate-General. Central message of the presentation was to prominently include ICT (information and communication technologies) as well as Open Innovation approaches in the form of the Living Lab concept and methodology in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region: “The Danube Region as the Living Lab for economic and social innovation.”
TU Ilmenau is new scientific partner of evolaris
evolaris won the Technical University of Ilmenau situated at the northern hillside of Thuringian Forest as a new scientific partner.
Renowned scientists -like the inventors of the mp3-format -teach and conduct research at TU Ilmenau concerning achievements that are unimaginable to do without in today’s lives. Overall there are 6400 students, 84 professors, 630 scientific staff and 540 technical and other staff at the university. Courses of study include Engineering, Mathematics and Natural Sciences as well as Social and Economic Sciences. Technical University of Ilmenau occupies national and international top-ranks in selected fields of competence in basic research as well as in applied research like for example in the area of picture processing and interpretation for mobile communication systems for catastrophe scenarios.
With respect to applied research and technology transfer students of Prof. Dr. Nicola Döring at the Institute for Media and Communication Sciences at TU Ilmenau will be given the possibility to write their master thesis within the area of media design and media psychology at evolaris. We are looking forward to an intense and mutually profitable cooperation.
Further information concerning TU Ilmenau can be found here: http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/
Pitagora Information Management GmbH is new business partner
evolaris at Mobile Research Conference 2010 in London
The second conference presenting latest research results in mobile market research took place on March 8th and 9th 2010 in London. Evolaris was represented by Emanuel Maxl and a talk concerning effects of different invitation options for mobile web surveys by means of a case study for Raiffeisen. Paul Perney, Managing Director of MMA EMEA, presented numerous examples of successful campaigns on the basis of 3 goals of mobile marketing - acquisition, retention and brand building - in his keynote speech. In his following talk Mick Couper referred insistently to the impact of different graphical visualisations of mobile web surveys on users answering behaviour. Research and practice collided in the course of a panel discussion. Prof. Marek Fuchs from TU Darmstadt stressed the importance of research under controlled conditions. Liz Nelson from Fly Research replied that the prove of methods in practice is a sufficient evidence for their usefulness. Guy Rolfe, Mobile Knowledge Leader at Kantar, provided an outlook on future developments. The next evolutional step will be increased connection of machines via wireless networks and augmented reality solutions in combination with mobile search. Prof. Döring from TU Ilmenau presented in her keynote the effects of psychological mechanisms on acceptance and usage of mobile technologies.
Presentations are available for download at: http://www.mobileresearchconference.com/index.php/page/presentations-mrc-2010
Presentation of the study „advertising funding and mobile TV“
Together with Prof. Dr. Otto Petrovic and Mag. Emanuel Maxl Dr. DI Christian Kittl presented a new study on behalf of the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH) that analyses possibilities to increase user numbers of broadcasting based mobile TV in Austria that is advertising funded.
Differents kinds of advertisement for mobile TV and business models were examined in an international benchmark. The results served as a basis for a discussion with experts from Austrian broadcasters, telecommunication and advertising branch. Recommendations for action were derived and handed over to these stakeholders as well as the public authorities. Development of broadcasting based mobile TV in important European countries, especially Germany, turned out to be a central general requirement for the success of the measures because a concentrated course of action is expedient in many areas (such as availability of devices, roaming possibilities etc.).
The study was published in the series of the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH) and is accessible at http://www.rtr.at/de/komp/Publikationen/SchriftenreiheNr32009.pdf