Worldwide contest to promote innovation focusing on Home, Mobility & Health. Each of the three winning projects will receive €50,000 prize money and will benefit from a major advertising campaign across Europe. Go to PULSE.EDF.COM

1. EDF PULSE AWARDS
October 2013

3. ABOUT
•
EDF Pulse is a worldwide programme designed to foster
innovation.
•
It is about EDF inspiring progress with inventors and
innovators.
•
EDF Pulse will be a trigger for the most innovative projects that
use electricity for driving society forward.

4. CATEGORIES FOR
The ‘EDF Pulse Electricity & Smart Living Awards’ represent EDF’s
engagement for progress in three areas: home, mobility and health:
• Home covers projects dealing with clean tech, more energy
efficient and environment friendly housing.
• Mobility covers projects dealing with solutions and services to
meet society’s growing mobility requirements and needs,
particularly those focusing on sustainable transport solutions.
• Health deals with innovations which improve people’s health and
quality of life, intelligent healthcare technology, and
interconnected healthcare services.

5. BENEFITS FROM
All projects will benefit from EDF’s media power, particularly on
PULSE.EDF.COM
Each of the three winning projects will receive €35,000 prize money
and will benefit from a major advertising campaign (including TV,
web and press) promoting the first edition of the EDF Pulse
Awards.

6. COMPANY
PROFILE

7. EDF is the world's biggest electricity producer and has 160,000
employees and almost 40 million customers in some thirty countries.
The company generates over 72 billion euros in annual revenues.
EDF spends over 580 million euros per year on research & development
to develop low CO2 energy sources and solutions as well as to secure
and modernize electrical networks.
Please go to www.edf.com for more information on EDF Group.

8. AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP

9. SCHEDULE

10. KEY STEPS
SOURCING
OCT 2 – DEC 31
2013
20-30
PROJECTS
SOURCED BY
EACH SENSOR
SELECTION
JAN 16 and 17,
2014
12 PROJECTS
NOMINATED BY
THE SENSORS
(4*3: MOBILITY,
HEALTH, HOME)
JURY
FEB 18, 2014
6 FINALIST
PROJECTS
CHOSEN BY
THE JURY
PUBLIC VOTE
MARCH 10 -23
2014
AWARDS
CELEBRATION
MARCH 25
2014
1 EVENT
3 AWARDS
3 WINNERS
The jury will be composed of highly respected public figures and
chaired by Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF
MOBILITY
HEALTH
HOME
(2 other awards in
Science and access to
electricity)

11. DIGITAL PLATFORM
The
pulse.edf.com
platform will
centralize and
aggregate all
contents and
social activities.
It will be
responsive.
EDF Pulse Award Smart living process | Octobre 2013 | 11

12. ENTRY CRITERIA
• Companies with fewer than 50 employees or individuals,
• Innovations due to be launched within 24 months,
• Projects related to electricity (use or alternative sources)
Please contact Bernard Moon at
bernard@sparklabsglobal.com
for any questions or submissions.

13. SELECTION CRITERIA
• The need 'tackled' and the size of the market
• The solution proposed (object or service)
• The technological innovation delivered
• The calibre of the team
• The environmental and societal impact

14. WHAT WE REQUIRE FROM THE PROJECT TEAMS
• A name and a visual of the project concept, as well as a
licence to use for EDF for each of these.
• Candidates should also supply if possible, additional
promotional content such as a video introducing the
project and the team behind it. Licenses to use for EDF
must also be supplied.

15. 8 SENSORS IMMERSED IN INNOVATION
 Italy : Emil Abirascid
Chief Editor of Innov'azione, bi-monthly magazine fully dedicated to the Italian innovation ecosystem.
 France : Stéphane Distinguin
Founder and CEO of faberNovel, an international innovation and also our consultant for these EDF
Pulse Awards. Chairman of Cap Digital, a “world class” cluster dedicated to the digital economy.
 UK : Steven Fawkes
Chairman of Day One Energy Solutions, a developer vehicle for large-scale energy retrofits.
 US : Sheeraz Haji
CEO of Cleantech Group and one of the world’s most influential cleantech thought-leaders.
 Benelux : Kitty Leering
Program Director of PICNIC, an accelerator for game changing ideas, concepts, products and services.
 France : Michel Levy Provençal
Founder and CEO of Joshfire, providing content and brand experience solutions for the web, mobile,
tablet, TV and connected objects. Founder of TEDxParis, the first French TEDx community.
 Asia : Bernard Moon
Co-founder & General Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures, a global seed-stage fund.
 France : Philippe Ringenbach
Venture Partner at Electranova, the investment fund launched by EDF

16. SOME
ILLUSTRATIVE
PROJECTS

17. GLOWING PLANTS
Using synthetic biology and Genome Compiler's
software – the first step in creating sustainable
natural lighting.
LIFX
The Light Bulb Reinvented
UBRICITY
Sockets network integrated everywhere
Ecoupled
| 17
Real time powering of electrical devices
20"

18. ICARE PROJECT
Help the elderly to
stay at home
longer
ALERT ME
A single platform for a connected home
DARMUS
PROJECT
Advanced
detection of
breast cancer
HYDRO MONITORING
Pollution monitoring system
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19. This is just the beginning
Please contact Bernard Moon at bernard@sparklabsglobal.com
for any questions or submissions.