2006 Press Releases
Winner of Global Security Challenge 2006 Announced
"The judges when announcing the result said: "Our decision to select Ingenia Technology was unanimous. Ingenia has developed a potentially disruptive technology with global opportunities."
Full Press Release: 31.10.2006
5 Finalist Start-ups Are Selected
"The five finalists have developed technologies that can identify people by the way they walk, prevent passport counterfeiting, protect databases, detect bioterrorism agents and carry out accurate surveillance at a distance of up to 5,000 feet in the dark" (...)
Full Press Release: 21.09.2006
Challenge Reaches Submission Deadline
"The competition is now in its judging phase, having closed to entries. The plans come from the UK, USA, Israel, Asia, Western and Eastern Europe and deal with technology solutions in secure communications, contingency software, data integrity, chemical detection, biometrics, access control and bio-technology. " (...)
Full Press Release 17.08.2006
Global Security Challenge Partners with NATO
"NATO will provide the Global Security Challenge with technical mentorship and strategic guidance. Assistant Secretary General of NATO Marshall Billingslea says: "Across North America andEurope, there are tens of thousands of large and small companies, universities, government institutes and - in some cases - garages and hobby shops of inventors, all of whom may have something to offer the fight against terrorism." (...)
Full Press Release 05.07.2006
Siemens Venture Capital Partners with Global Security Challenge
"Although entrepreneurship is a key agent for innovation, entrepreneurs have found it difficult to make inroads in the security sector, citing high barriers to entry and the difficulty of reaching out to government procurement channels. Dr. Uwe Albrecht, Managing Partner of Siemens Venture Capital, says: "the Global Security Challenge offers a chance for entrepreneurs to overcome these hurdles and find partners and customers." (...)
Full Press Release 08.06.2006
Launch of Global Security Challenge
The Global Security Challenge - a worldwide competition hosted by the prestigious London Business School - was launched today. This initiative, the first of its type, is seeking proposals from inventors of products that employ new and existing technologies in security solutions. Simon Schneider, founder of the Global Security
Challenge said: "Terror and crime are becoming ever more sophisticated, and so too must our response." (...)
Full Press Release 19.04.2006
