In this year 2010 the Network of Automotive Excellence together with the Automotive-Industry start again their across all branches and international NoAE Innovations-Competition.

What is searched for?
Ideas for the automobile and for the production of the automobile.

Searched for are ideas, innovations and solutions, which have the distinction of having a high customer value and a high transfer potential to the automobile (theme cluster 1- 3).

Searched for are process improvements, methods, processes, technologies and tools to use in the fabrication of the automobile (theme cluster 4).

Who may participate?
Innovators, researchers, freelancers, company founders, companies, research facilities and institutes are called to bring innovative contributions regarding the four theme clusters.

It doesn't matter from which branch the idea comes from (automotive/non-automotive) or if the idea is already used in practice or not (non-automotive).

Participation is not limited to Europe or the German speaking area: Innovations from all around the world are welcomed and will be judged. 

Important Dates
1 April 2010 Start of the online application on www.noae.com
30 Sept. 2010 End of the online application on www.noae.com
31 Oct. 2010 Notification of the award recipients/winners 2010
24 Nov. 2010 Presentation of the award winners on the Wuerzburger Automobil Gipfel 2010 (Automobile Summit)