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AAL call 2018 Austrian Info day Vienna, 15 February 2018

Call 2016 CENTRAL INFO DAY, Brussels, 8 March 2016

Marco Carulli Programme Operations Manager AAL Association, Central Management Unit

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Support

Actions

Tools for projects

• AAL2Business

• Market Observatory

• Challenge Prize

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Support

Actions

Tools for projects

• AAL2Business

• Market Observatory

• Challenge Prize

AAL2Business

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Objectives:

Goal of the AAL Programme is to get AAL solutions to the markets max. 2 years after the end of the project. • AAL2Business Support Action is a mechanism to provide business development

help for AAL projects.

• Aim of the Support action is: • To support AAL projects through all the phases of their lifecycle

(before, during and after the project phase) • To increase the overall success rate of getting AAL solutions to the market • To help each supported project/company to find a way towards successful

commercialisation of solutions developed un the AAL programme.

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AAL2Business

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“Business Modelling in AAL projects” Toolkit

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available at http://www.aal-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Business-model-development-toolkit.pdf

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Support

Actions

Tools for projects

• AAL2Business

• Market Observatory

• Challenge Prize

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Objectives:

• a unified and dynamic AAL information portal and market observatory with up-to-date information about existing products, solutions, funding and investment opportunities in the field of “ICT and ageing well”.

• 2 annual reports on market and investment information

• 1 searchable database of relevant technologies.

• 4 investors events in Europe

Market Observatory

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Support

Actions

Tools for projects

• AAL2Business

• Market Observatory

• Challenge Prize

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Challenge prizes (also called ‘inducement’ prizes) offer a reward to whoever can first or most effectively meet a defined challenge. New way of funding innovation and rewarding innovative ideas/products

The second “Smart Ageing Prize”

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Several incentives foreseen for the 15 semi-finalists and finalists !!!

Non-financial: • Visibility and profile • Networking • Skills development

Financial: • Product development grants (500€ for

prototype preparation) • Travel and subsistence (up to 500€ per

team)

“Pot” of €50,000: €35,000 for the 1st place prize

€10,000 for the 2nd place prize and judges’ choice award of €5,000

The 2nd edition of the AAL Challenge Prize – timeline

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Resources available

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Where to find them? On the AAL website - http://www.aal-europe.eu/

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Our Website: www.aal-europe.eu

The AAL Forum website: www.aalforum.eu

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