The New Technologies / Liedts-Meesen Foundation Award will be bestowed upon an artwork exploiting state-of-the-art technology and media in its quest for creativity and renewal. Ten projects will be chosen by an international jury. The composition of the jury and the competition rules may be found on the website.

The presentation of the selected works will take place at the same time as Update II, an exposition of interactive artworks from the Centre for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe (Germany); the ZKM is internationally known as the leading museum of new media. During Update II (April 20-July 6, 2008), to be held at the Zebrastraat Ghent, one of the projects will be awarded a cash prize of 5000 euros.