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**Fly Your Ideas Brief **

__Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2013 __
Airbus is inviting teams of students from around the world to participate in Fly Your Ideas, a contest that challenges teams of students to develop ideas for a greener aviation industry. The competition involves 3 progressively challenging rounds, starting in September 2012. Five teams will be selected to present their ideas to a panel of experts in June 2013 during the Airbus Fly Your Ideas final for a chance to win €30,000, the runners up winning €15,000. Fly Your Ideas was launched in 2008. The first two editions attracted over 5000 students from 82 countries and more than 280 universities around the world. More information about the projects and finalists from Fly Your Ideas 2009 and 2011, as well as details of the current competition challenges and evaluation criteria, can be found at  www.airbus-fyi.com . 

__Who Can Participate in Airbus Fly Your Ideas? __
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">College & University students from around the world studying: === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students should form a team of 3 to 5 people and must be supported by one member of academic staff. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Teams can be made of students from the same institution or from institutions miles apart – even in different countries! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students can create their own team, or go to the **//Airbus Careers Facebook //** to meet other students who want to join the competition and form a team together. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Foundation, Bachelors, Masters, MBA or PhD level degrees
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Any academic subject
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Full-time or part-time students (as long as they are not working at Airbus or <span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">EADS <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">__<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fly Your Ideas 2013 – Key Dates __
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fly Your Ideas involves three progressively competitive and challenging rounds – judged by a panel of Airbus and industry experts – concluding with a live final in June 2013: === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Phase Starts Ends ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Round One of Fly Your Ideas each team must submit their ‘Proposal’ – an online questionnaire about their idea, including its origin, potential benefits and development. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Round Two up to 100 teams will be selected to participate. All must develop and submit a more detailed ‘Project’ consisting of a written document and relevant appendices such as charts or calculations. They must also create and upload a short video about their team and proposal to support their written work. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">– <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Round Three five finalist teams must prepare a ‘Presentation’ to be delivered to the jury at the final. An Airbus Mentor (Airbus member of staff working with students from Round 2) and the Academic Mentor (one Academic member of staff supporting the team) continue to work with the team during this stage of the competition. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Registration July 2012 30 November 2012
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Round 1 3 September 2012 7 December 2012
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Round 2 January 2013 April 2013
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Round 3 May 2013
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Final Presentations & Awards June 2013 – date and venue to be confirmed

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">__<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Why should students get involved? __
===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In addition to the chance to present to a panel of experts at the final, Airbus is offering: === <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Prizes ** ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">More importantly, all participants will have the opportunity to: ===
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">First Team Prize €30,000
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Runner-up Team Prize €15,000
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learn about Airbus, the aviation sector and <span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">eco <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-efficiency.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Network and engage directly with Airbus Mentors – one member of staff assigned to support each team during round 2 of the challenge.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Round 2 each team will also be assigned an expert from Airbus in their subject area, to feedback on critical aspects of the project development.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Acquire and develop essential skills, such as planning, presentation skills, team work and communication.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Projects will be evaluated by industry experts so that students can gather feedback and suggestions. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you would like more information about the competition, a detailed briefing pack on the challenges and evaluation criteria, or the role for academic staff, please contact us at <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> uni@airbus-fyi.com <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please share this information with your students if you think they may be interested in forming teams.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please note that Fly Your Ideas has been launched to stimulate ideas and exchange between Airbus and the global student and academic community, and is not part of Airbus’ recruitment process or a vehicle to recruitment at Airbus.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">__<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How can you and your students get involved? __
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> · <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For further information about the Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge please go to our website: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> www.airbus-fyi.com <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> or email: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> uni@airbus-fyi.com  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">!