The 2016 Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg (CYEL) Awards Ceremony are to be held on 30 June 2016 at 19:00 at the Cercle Cité in Liuxembourg city centre.

The event is being held with the participation of Philippe BLOCH, entrepreneur, writer and radio host on BFM Business, who will give a speech on "Optimism, innovation and entrepreneuship, the best tools against the crisis", and the participation of CYEL finalists. The speaker is the founder of Columbus Café, the leading French chain of Espresso Bars which today operates more than 100 stores in France and the Middle East. As a business angel, he has recently invested in a few French start-up companies.

Three companies (All square golf, motion-s, milepaKr) and their founders (Patrick RAHME, Dr. Raphaël FRANK and Julien BRUNEL) will be rewarded during the gala ceremony that will take place on June 30th in the Cercle-Cité in  Luxembourg-city.

The three finalists of the competition were selected among the ten entrepreneurs presented to a jury on June 20th, after a selection of the best files. Chaired by Xavier BUCK, founder of Datacenter (winner of the second edition of the CYEL competition) and gathering key actors of the local economic field, the jury comprised Laurent SOLAZZI, Conseiller de Direction in the Ministère de l’Economie, Jean KALMES, Chargé d'animation et d'Appui Commercial at BGL BNP PARIBAS, Gilles PONCIN Partner, Advisory at KPMG,  Alexandra KERCKHOF, winner of last year's CYEL competition with her company BEBE 9, Thierry RAIZER, managing editor of PAPERJAM.LU, François SCALAIS winner of the 2013 CYEL edition, head of the Start-up Departement at LUXINNOVATION, and Françoise  HONTOY, cofounder of the CYEL competition and entrepreneur, for the Jeune Chambre Economique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.

Creative and innovative solutions in the companies were the selection criteria, along with having the seat of the company in Luxembourg and a founder aged maximum 40.

- Created in January 2013, Patrick RAHME's All Square golf company was developed to connect the power of people’s love for golf on a completely free, accessible and engaging social media site designed for the current and next generation of golfers.

- Dr. Raphaël FRANK is the operationnal director of MOTION-S, a company established in December 2014, that developps smartphone apps that make your driving safer, smarter and more efficient.

- Julien BRUNEL cofounded Sports Nutrition Trading in July 2015: "milepaKr" is the first web platform that will connect all amateur athletes and sport competition organizers accross Europe, to provide them with information and a wide range of services.

The award ceremony will be followed by a networking cocktail.

To register to attend (deadline 28 June), see www.cyel.lu/en/gala.