Entries Invited for the 2009 Open Source Business Award
21/07/2008 12:51
PR Newswire
NUREMBERG, Germany, July 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- EUR 78,000 Prize Money, Coaching and Venture Capital Financing at the
OSBA
Headquartered in Nuremberg, Open Source Business Foundation e.V.
(http://www.osbf.de), the European network of the open source sector, is now
inviting entries for the 2009 Open Source Business Award. The OSBA is the
largest European business plan competition, and is open to all companies,
consortia, public authorities and private individuals concerned with
innovative solutions that are based on open source software. Participants
have until November 30, 2008 to submit their business plans and concepts to
win prize money totaling EUR 78,000, coaching offerings by established
experts and venture capital financing. The awards ceremony will be held on
January 28, 2009, during the "Open Source Meets Business" congress, which
publishers Heise Verlag are staging in cooperation with OSBF in Nuremberg.
The award winners will also be able to present themselves at the congress and
to establish interesting contacts with IT decision makers and the open source
community. To be eligible for the OSBA 2009, entrants must have a permanent
place of business or residence in a European country and a business model
with an OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved license. Business plans and
concepts should be submitted to the OSBF office, c/o Mr Christian Rastätter,
Theresienstrasse 9, 90403 Nürnberg (Nuremberg) by November 30, 2008. For
further information go to www.osbf.de/de/project/osba. Details on the Heise
"Open Source Meets Business" congress are available at
http://www.heise.de/events/2009/open_source_meets_business.
Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (OSBF)
Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (OSBF), an association headquartered
in Nuremberg, is the European network of companies, institutions and
individuals whose shared interests lie in open source development and
business models. For business founders and established companies, OSBF is a
business platform that not only offers them contacts but also supports and
promotes their business ideas. In its wide-ranging activities, OSFB always
has its focus on the commercial use of open source software. OSBF was
established at the end of 2007 as the successor organisation of Linux
Business Campus Nürnberg. Today, OSBF already has more than 120 members from
all over Germany, Europe and the USA.
Contact
Open Source Business Foundation e.V. Möller Horcher Public Relations GmbH
Richard Seibt Esther Mahr
Maxfeldstrasse 9 Ludwigstrasse 74
D-90409 Nuremberg D-63067 Offenbach
Phone +49(0)911-376500-150 +49(0)69-809096-57
Fax +49(0)911-376500-299 +49 (0)69-809096-59
Email: richard.seibt@osbf.de esther.mahr@moeller-horcher.de
Internet: http://www.osbf.de http://www.moeller-horcher.de
Contact: Open Source Business Foundation e.V., Richard Seibt, Maxfeldstrasse 9, D-90409 Nuremberg, Phone +49(0)911-376500-150, Fax +49(0)911-376500-299, Email: richard.seibt@osbf.de; Esther Mahr, Ludwigstrasse 74, D-63067 Offenbach, +49(0)69-809096-57, +49 (0)69-809096-59, esther.mahr@moeller-horcher.de
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