Presentation

JEC World 2018

The Agenda

The JEC Innovation Awards pay tribute to the cooperation of raw material producers, processors and end-users in the composite field.
The result of 30 international collaborative programs will be presented at the show.
10 of these programs will be rewarded for their exceptional impact and performance.

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Wednesday 7 March 2018

Awards ceremony at 5:00 pm
Agora stage - Hall 5

The Jury

For this new edition of Innovation Awards, JEC Group is proud to announce the following prestigious jury - confirmed today:

ACCIONA INFRAESTRURAS (Spain) - Anurag BANSAL, Manager Global Business development
AIRBUS (France) - Chantal FUALDES, Airbus Composite Airframe Executive Expert
CARBOMAN Group (France) - Dominique DUBOIS, CEO
DAIMLER (Germany) - Karl-Heinz FULLER, Manager hybrid materials, concepts and AMG
DAS ENERGY (Austria) - Robert BUCHINGER, Chief Technology Officer
ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES (France) - Christophe BINETRUY, Professor
HANYANG UNIVERSITY (Korea) - Sung HA, Professor
INNOVATIVE COMPOSITE CENTER (Japan) - Kiyoshi UZAWA, Professor/Director (Ph.D)
KORDSA (Turquie) - Ali CALISKAN, CEO
MAGNA (USA) - Grahame BURROW, Global President

Check out the 30 Innovation Awards finalists

The Competition

A simple goal: identify, promote and reward the most innovative composite solutions worldwide

The winners and their partners gain:

International recognition
Greater public exposure
Business opportunities
Customer conﬁdence

Who can apply?

Any company or R&D centre with a genuine innovation or concept to present in a specific application sector among:

Automotive and road transportation
Aerospace
Defence, Security & Ballistics
Renewable energy
Building & Construction
Infrastructure & Civil Engineering
Oil and gas
Medical & prosthetics
Electrical, Electronics and Appliances
Industrial Equipment
Furniture & Appliances
Sports & leisure
Marine

What to expect?

International recognition from the global composite community.

Selection criteria

Impact on Mankind
Ratio “Cost of the solution / Acceptable price for the targeted audience”
Innovative character
Environmental impact (Recyclability/reuse/emission/life cycle...)
Other (mandatory to specify)

The full value chain, partnerhips and collective intelligence are, in all cases, really important.

Process

The international Jury will choose 30 nominees. The 10 Winners will be announced during JEC World. An online vote will be organised for the People Choice Award which will be given the last day of the Show.

Coverage

JEC Composites’ comprehensive communication plan includes press releases, magazine articles and website content on the programme and its entries. We have a growing number of press partners, and international trade magazines give broad coverage of the programme. JEC Composites networks with 1,200 trade magazines worldwide – we generally spot more than a hundred articles about the innovations each year.

An Institution

Over the past 15 years, the JEC Innovation programme has brought in 1,800 companies worldwide; 177 companies and 433 partners have been rewarded for the excellence of their composite innovations.