Apps for Europe is a network that connects open data events and competitions to facilitate turning open data into viable businesses. It hosts a European competition for open data apps and provides support and knowledge sharing. The network organizes business lounges at events for app developers to meet clients, investors, and businesses, and for investors to meet the open data community and potential investments. The document provides information for competition organizers, developers, and investors on how to get involved in the Apps for Europe network and competitions.

1. Turning data into business

3. What is Apps for Europe
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We are a thematic network
We create a business lounge format to connect to open data events
We host an EU competition for open data apps
We o!er support and aggregate knowledge
We want to turn open data into viable business

5. Are you a competition organiser
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Are you working with open data events, hackathons or competitions?
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Interact with other organisers and share experiences
Prove the value (economic or social) of open data
Connect app makers to potential clients, incubators, successful
businesses and investors
Create a business lounge at your own event

7. Are you a developer
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Meet local (and international) clients, incubators, businesses and
investors
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Get feedback on your app or idea
Explore the business opportunities of your app or service
Enter the EU competition and get selected for the international business
lounge @ FutureEverything next year

9. Are you an investor
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Are you working with startups, or want to invest in a great open data app
or service?
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Get to know the EU open data community
Bene"t from the knowledge of contest organisers
Meet other investors with similar interests

10. Business Lounge setup
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Expert interviews (or presentations)
Speed dates with investors
Networking opportunities
Scorecards
Winner announced main stage

11. Lessons learnt
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Investors networking is important motivator
Maturity and quality of the team is important
Focus on market, rather than product
Ready for incubator or investor?
Pitch preparation

12. Join the competition
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18th of September 2013: O#cial kicko! Apps for Europe Competition
@ OKCon in Geneva
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September to February: Several Business Lounges will be organised
throughout Europe
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7th of February 2014: O#cial deadline
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31st of March / 1st of April 2014: Winners participate in Business
Lounge event @ FutureEverything
20th of February 2014: Winners are informed of their selection to
participate in the Business Lounge @ Future Everything

13. Thank you
Ivonne Jansen-Dings, ivonne@waag.org
www.appsforeurope.eu
The Apps for Europe consortium consists of: Waag Society, Forum Virium, NISV,
Kennisland, ESADE Business School, V-ICT-OR, Topix, CCSS, OKF, Future Everything, NESTA,
PTC Portugal Telecom, iMinds, Rooter, OKFN DE, OKFN BE, Europeana, EURECOM