Orange partner of the ArtScience Prize

Orange is partner of the ArtScience Prize for the second year. Every year in Paris, about thirty students from the leading engineering and design schools come together to explore a research theme chosen by a scientific committee. Shared by all the cities running the ArtScience Prize, the theme also features a number of related subjects, which constitutes veritable avenues for research for the Prize young researchers.
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The theme of the 2012 edition is Virtual Worlds. Since October 2011, no  fewer than thirty-two students from the École Centrale Paris, Télécom ParisTech, Strate Collège Designers, École Parsons à Paris, and University College London (Management Science and Innovation Department), supported by designers, scientists and professors, have been working on cutting-edge research subjects such as threatened animal species, the virtual placebo, and the future of opera.

Students can avail of the professional expertise of engineers, laboratory managers, or legal persons specialized in research related issues. The students receive regular support from Orange Research experts who help them steer their projects to success. They participate in work sessions in the Orange Innovation Center in Issy-les-Moulineaux outside Paris

During February, and on completion of the research semester, the final presentation of projects took place before the ArtScience Prize scientific committee. The committee takes a vote and decides how selected projects could be further encouraged. In fact, all groups receive some nature of financial support, while two or three groups win the prize and receive more significant financial support to help them realize their innovations. In addition, the winners receive development support from the Art-Science Labs network which encourages each winner to create a startup company.
Lastly, the winning projects are presented in September at the Lab@Harvard University as part of an international session of the ArtScience Prize.
This year, for the first time, all Paris projects of the 2012 season shall be put on display at Le Laboratoire from 15 to 21 March.

Announcement of the winners on March 12th.