Orange - Invite for Proposals

OSCR is an open innovation project that is being run as a collaboration between NESTA (The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) and Orange, in partnership with live|work and Wireless Innovation. The project is based on the underlying concept of "shared risk and shared reward" and aims to demonstrate how corporates can work with partners outside of their organisations on a mutually beneficial basis

We have launched online today: http://oscrproject.com/. I'm also attaching the Service Innovation brief that will be provided to all potential Start-Up / SMEs applicants.

OSCR is an open innovation project that is being run as a collaboration between NESTA (The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) and Orange, in partnership with live|work and Wireless Innovation. The project is based on the underlying concept of "shared risk and shared reward" and aims to demonstrate how corporates can work with partners outside of their organisations on a mutually beneficial basis.

I am confident that this challenge is an excellent opportunity for the Start-Up / SME members of Wireless Innovation and beyond which can lead to an ongoing business relationship with Orange that can embrace a range of different models, including licensing, joint ventures, or other forms of partnership.

As this is a call for innovations in services (which are difficult to patent), we are aiming for an ongoing business relationship with Orange that can embrace a range of different business models, including licensing, joint ventures or other forms of partnership.

OSCR will launch on October 22nd, when companies interested in submitting ideas can meet with representatives from Orange to further understand their requirements (sign up for the event here).

Responses to the brief will then be submitted to the "Trusted Agent Team" (NESTA, live|work and Wireless Innovation) who will select the most promising to enter the "airlock". It is important to note that Orange will not see any ideas at the selection stage and will not see any ideas until they leave the "airlock" (Trusted Agents will act on Orange's behalf).

Companies selected to enter the "airlock" will receive funding and support from the Trusted Agent Team to develop, protect and present their idea. After leaving the "airlock", they will pitch their ideas to Orange who will then have 90 days to decide which ideas to pursue further. After this "right of first refusal", those ideas that Orange rejects remain the intellectual property of the originator.