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ICT Excellence Awards – call for entries
INNOVATIVE high-tech companies in the
West Midlands are being urged by
industry leaders to step forward and take part
in the prestigious 2009 ICT Excellence Awards,
which are organised by the Advantage West
Midlands’ ICT Cluster.
Entry is open from early June 2009 and the
deadline for entries is 12 noon on 28th
September 2009. The Award entry form, rules and
criteria and FAQs can be accessed online from
the West Midlands ICT Cluster website:
http://www.wmictcluster.org/events/2009/awards2009
The free to enter technology awards are designed to
recognise the talents and achievements of the
growing regional ICT (Information Communication
Technology) sector. They will be announced and
presented during an evening reception following
the annual West Midlands ICT Cluster Conference
on Tuesday 10th November 2009, at the
National
Motorcycle
Museum
in Bickenhill, Solihull.
This year’s inspirational theme for the awards
and conference is ‘Competing in the New World – Innovate your way to success’.
The categories in this year's awards comprise ICT
Excellence Award for Best Innovative Product,
Best Innovative Service, Best Added Value
Product, Best Added Value Service, Best Added
Value Project, Best Knowledge Transfer Project
and Most Improved Business,
with an overall champion selected from the
winners of each of the seven categories
receiving £2,000.
A showcase for the
industry's high-fliers, the 2009 awards are
expected to attract a record number of companies
eager to be crowned overall champion.
Previous
overall champions include Rapide Communication
from Coventry and
DPS Limited from
Birmingham.
Hosted again this year by Stuart Linnell the
awards are considered as the calendar event for
the region's ICT industry.
Since the launch of the event in 2005, the
winners of previous ICT Excellence Awards have
benefited from an increased portfolio of
clients, improved marketing exposure,
recognition from peers in the industry and
offers of funding. Fledgling and successful
small to medium sized businesses looking to
expand and promote their products and services
are being urged to submit an application by 28th
September and put their business in contention
for regional recognition.
Mike Musson, ICT Cluster Manager urged
competitors not to leave it too late. “In 2008,
we had the highest, both in number and quality
of entries to date, from both within the
Midlands and beyond.
We are expecting entries from a wide
range of ICT sub-sectors including mobile,
enterprise and business software, e-business,
photonics and open source. We encourage all
technology based SMEs to participate, whatever
sub-sector of ICT they operate in, to gain
valuable recognition for the incredible
innovation, skills and expertise there is in
this region."
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Notes to Editors:
About ICT
Cluster
The ICT Cluster is one of thirteen clusters
established by Advantage West Midlands as part
of its economic development strategy. These
clusters have been chosen on the basis of their
current strength in the region and their
potential to create jobs and economic growth.
Advantage West Midlands is one of nine Regional
Development Agencies in
England whose role is to
provide leadership and action to create more,
better jobs and in improve the standard of
living for all in the West
Midlands.
The ICT Cluster will be hosting the Annual West
Midlands ICT Conference and ICT Excellence
Awards on 10 November 2009.
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