The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 19st November during Milipol Paris 2019 for the following categories:
- Cybersecurity (fight against cyberthreats and cybercriminality solutions)
- Safe and smart cities (Transportations & connected car security & safety, smart lightening, videosurveillance, monitoring…)
- Individual Equipment / first responder protection (materials, textiles, fabrics & accessories)
- Drone & anti-drone systems, robotics
- Crisis Management (emergency population warning systems, crisis management, command & control)
Throwback on 2017 winners and finalists.
Why participate
The competition gives you the opportunity to promote your new product or solutions towards all the professionals attending Milipol Paris. As a finalist, you will benefit from a pitch on the innovation stage to present your innovation, a mention on all our communication tools and a sticker on your stand onsite to identify you as a Milipol Innovation Awards finalist.
« Winning the 1st prize [...] generates several benefits, including the opening of discussions with major groups of the CAC40, the overhaul of the model and the business contacts with distributors while consolidating the links between the factory and its representatives... »
Christophe LEMÉE, Chairman of ITCOZEN, winner in the "Crisis management" category. See the interview >
Jury
The jury is composed of international experts in their field.
• CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Emily HOUGH
Crisis Response Journal
Editor in chief
Tim CUTBILL
Protect and Prepare Ltd
Director
• CYBERSECURITY
Frédérick DOUZET
French Institute of Geopolitics
Professor, Chairwoman of the Castex Chair of Cyber Strategy
Loïc GUEZO
European cluster of excellence (CLUSIF)
Board member of CLUSIF
Colonel Eric FREYSSINET
National Gendarmerie (DGGN)
Chief Digital Strategy Officer
• DRONE & ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS, ROBOTICS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe MEINBERG
Brandenburg University of Technology
Head of Chair and Head of Board (CURPAS e.V)
Philippe CHABBOUH
SDMIS 69 SIS Département Rhône and Lyon Metropole
French Firefighter Officer
Mariane RENAUX
Professional Federation of Civil Drone
President
• INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENTS / FIRST RESPONDER PROTECTION
Olivier BRUN
SAILMI - French Ministry of Interior
Deputy Director of innovation and Advisory
Nick BUTLER
Technical Textile International
Editor
• SAFE AND SMART CITIES
Anthony LEATHER
Westlands Advisory
Director
Pascal HOGUET
Capgemini
Head of Connected Territories
Jean-Christophe CHWAT
GPMSE Federation
President
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
1st July 2019
Launch of the competition
4 October 2019
Deadline for entry deposit (Midnight, French time GMT+1)
21 October 2019
Deadline reviewing and evaluation by jury
28 October 2019
Announcement of finalists
19 November 2019
Announcement of winners and Awards Ceremony during the event
ENTRY TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Free competition only open to exhibiting companies (which are not part of the jury members) of Milipol Paris 2019.
- To agree with the competition rules.
- To complete the entries in English on the Exhibitor Area by 27 September 2019 at midnight (French time, GMT+1).
- Competitors may submit one or more entries, and a same entry can be submitted in two different categories max.
- Any technology, product, etc. submitted must:
- Have been released or officially announced between 24 November 2017 and 18 November 2019.
- At least, be prototypes which can be presented to the judges if requested.
The competition rule will be soon available. The evaluation of entries and the selection of the finalists will be done thanks to the innovative nature of the technology, product, etc. proposed by the competitor (10 points), the opportunity for the market (8 points) and the relevance of the arguments (2 points).
