15 September to 30 November 2007
Prix Émile Hermès registration.

1 December 2007 to 31 January 2008
Submission packets sent to Hermès International, Prix Émile Hermès, 24, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris.

March 2008
First-round selection process according to geographical zone. Zone-specific selection committees will choose three projects based on submission packets (packets from the Denmark/Sweden zone will be considered by the Benelux committee).

April-May 2008
Candidates selected in the first round realize the prototypes of their project.

Mid-June 2008
Candidates selected in the first round send in the prototypes of their project.

Late June 2008
Final selection of the winners based on prototypes.

September 2008
Awards ceremony at the musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris and exhibition of the prototypes.