The Apps4Finland 2010 judging is on its way. The winners are chosen among the 13 finalists. However, you can still vote for your favorite, just do it before 6 October 2010! The competition culminates in awards totalling 13 000 euros which will be presented at the MindTrek conference in Tampere on 7 October.

The goal of the competition is to find new ways to utilize public sector data sources. It also aims to speed up activities that turn lively discussion about open data into concrete services and applications.

The Apps4Finland competition is open to everyone, with categories for individuals and enterprises.

The competition was now held for the second time. Organized by the Finnish Society for Online Democracy (Suomen Verkkodemokratiaseura) and Forum Virium Helsinki, both parties will also serve as the competition’s panel of judges.

In cooperation with the competition, open and free-to-use resources have been collected on the Suomi.fi website and mapped as part of the Helsinki Region Infoshare project.

“The opening of public sector data will facilitate significant new services for citizens. Finnish companies have a unique opportunity to create revolutionary new services by combining data that has previously been unavailable. In best case scenarios, these innovations could even give rise to high-growth, international enterprises,” suggests competition supporter Risto Siilasmaa from F-Secure Corporation.