Entry Terms, Conditions & Official Rules

ENTRY TERMS, CONDITIONS & OFFICIAL RULES

2016 CEWeek NYC “10 Under 20: Innovators to Watch”

INFORMATION

Introduction

“10 Under 20: Innovators to Watch” is an initiative of the CE Week (hereby called the “Administrator”).

The Award is intended to provide recognition to 10 individuals (between the ages of 12 and 19) for developing products that demonstrate exceptional creativity, user design, scalability, civic mindedness and exemplify an application of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) and related fields. This may include innovations that may be categorized as being applications in media, technology, fashion, bioengineering, digital arts, health, manufacturing, product design, industrial design, clean technology, and other industries or sectors. Award winners may receive in-kind prizes, media promotion and other benefits through the Award. Winners will be notified by June 14, 2016 and will be invited to attend a reception at CE Week NY on June 23, 2016 in NYC at the Metropolitan Pavilion where they will be presented with their awards.

Eligibility

The Award is open to individuals that meet eligibility requirements stated on the Award website. Products may include, but are not limited to, web apps, mobile apps, data visualizations or visualization tools, social games, or products considered a component of the “internet of things,” which may include wearable technology and tech-enabled consumer products. Products may have been developed as a result of school, extracurricular, or outside-of-school activities, including hackathons, community events, consulting projects or entrepreneurial activities. All submissions must:

Have an applicant that has fully complied with all of the Official Rules of the Award. The applicant has committed no fraud or deception in any element of the Award including, but not limited to, entering the Award or in claiming the Prize. The applicant specifically represents that the Submission made in the Award was original, the work of the applicants’ team, Organization, or themselves, and does not violate the intellectual property, common law or privacy rights of other parties. The applicant further represents that as of the date entered into this Award and date of this declaration, the applicant was an eligible entrant of the 10 under 20 award.
Projects that were the result of a team effort may be submitted for an award. Teams are limited to submitting one application form that lists all affiliated team members. Any application form that contains a list of multiple team members must identify a single delegate as the individual eligible to receive a 10 Under 20 award. Recommendation letters should reflect the recommender’s familiarity with the teams work, process and character.
Be either in English or, if in a language other than English, be accompanied by an English translation of the text.
Not be indecent, defamatory, in obvious bad taste, demonstrate a lack of respect for public morals or conduct, or adversely affect the reputation of the Administrator, partner and affiliates; be illegal under applicable laws; depict hatred, defame, threaten a specific community in the society or incite violence; contain vulgar language or violence; or contain pornography, obscenity, or sexual activity.

Failure to comply with any of these requirements may result in disqualification from the Award at the Administrator, partner and affiliates sole discretion.
Submissions will not be accepted after the Closing Date of May 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM EDT. If the Administrator, partner and affiliates requests additional information from any Applicant, that Applicant will have the opportunity to update the initial submission. The Administrator, partner and affiliates reserve the right to request additional information from any Applicant at any time.
All individuals participating in the Award must be between the age of 13 and 19 years old at the time of the closing date. In addition, all individuals participating must be either currently enrolled in high school or a two- or four-year accredited college or university in the 5 boroughs of New York City or be a permanent resident of New York City and enrolled in a two- or four-year accredited college outside of the 5 boroughs. Minors must identify themselves as such on their application and will require parental or legal guardian consent to participate.

The Award is not open to:
1. A CEWeek affiliate, which includes any officer, director, or employee of CEWeek or of CEWeek subcontractors for the Award, or to the immediate family (spouses, parents, step-parents, legal guardian, siblings, step-siblings, children or step-children), or to the household members (people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year) of each such CEWeek affiliate;

Judges or any of their respective employees, affiliates, immediate family, household members, or subsidiaries.

The Award is subject to all applicable United States federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and the Administrator, partner and affiliate’s decisions, which are final and binding on all matters related to the Award. Winning an award is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Evaluation Criteria

Award
Eligible Projects will be evaluated by selected representatives of the Administrator, partner and affiliates (“Evaluators”) and by a panel of judges (to be announced prior to June 1, 2016). Evaluators will rate each Project according to the Evaluator’s perception of how successfully the project meets the judging criterion.

Evaluators will compare projects within five Issue Categories:

Creativity & Innovation: (25%) – How creative and unique is the submission?

User Interface & Design (25%) – Is the project easy to use, understandable and clear in its mission?

STEAM (25%) – How well does the project utilize and apply knowledge from the Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Art and Math fields?

Civic Minded: (15%) – How will your application improve the quality of life for New Yorkers?

Scalability (10%) – Does the project have what it takes to become the stepping stone for a commercial project?

The Administrator, partner and affiliates are unable to provide feedback on individual applications while the Award is ongoing. The Administrator, partner and affiliates, and Evaluators reserve the right to consider criteria other than the aforementioned, and to assign to each of the above and to any such other criteria such weights as the Administrator, partner and affiliates, and Judges, may determine at their sole discretion.

Timeline

Applicants may submit applications only through http://ceweekny.com/10-under-20-awards-program/ and only between March 28, 2016 (the “Opening Date”) and May 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) (the “Closing Date”) (the “Award Submission Period”). The Administrator, partner and affiliate’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Award. The Awards Ceremony will take place in New York City at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18^th Street, on June 23, 2016.

March 28-May 31, 2016: Project Submission Period
June 14, 2016 – Winners are notified.
June 23, 2016 – Awards Ceremony

Evaluation Process

Following the Closing Date, the Administrator, partner and affiliates will screen Projects for eligibility and may request additional information from any Applicant in order to evaluate eligibility. Eligible Projects will be evaluated by a group of Evaluators selected by the Administrator, partner and affiliates. Evaluators will assess each project based on the Evaluation Criteria, and Evaluators will select a group of Finalists to be evaluated by the Administrator, partner and affiliate’s selected Judges. Judges will assess finalists on how successfully the project meets judging criterion and will select up to 10 winners to be awarded.
Administrator, partner and affiliates reserve the right to substitute or modify the list of Evaluators or Judges at any time for any reason. Judges have the right to withdraw without advance notice. Judges will be fair and impartial. A judge may elect to recuse himself or herself from judging an Project, if in the judge’s sole discretion it is not appropriate for him or her to judge that particular project because of a past or current relationship with that particular Applicant. Applicants will not be at a disadvantage if any judge recuses himself or herself.
Decisions made by the Administrator, partner and affiliates, Evaluators and Judges are binding and final on all matters relating to this Award, and are not subject to appeal or dispute.

Submission Requirements
All Applicants must submit application materials including the recommendation form by closing date May 31, 2016, at 11:59 EDT. To be deemed eligible for awards the applicant must meet all eligibility requirements and all Project Submissions must contain the following:

A completed application form
A picture, video or website of their project to be considered for submission
A picture of the Applicant
If under 18, applicant must obtain parental/guardian consent.
Affirmation that the submission does not infringe upon copy right law or the intellectual property of an uncredited party.

A completed recommendation form is optional.

PLEASE NOTE: A video, Photo or website of the functioning project is REQUIRED.

Entry Conditions and Release
By entering, Applicants agree to the following conditions and release:
(1) Each Applicant agrees to comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Administrator, partner and affiliates, and/or Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Award.
(2) Each Applicant also agrees to release and hold harmless the Administrator, partner and affiliates, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the award suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Award, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability. These claims, expenses, and liability include, but are not limited to, negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to an Applicant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Award, acceptance or use or misuse of award (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of entry.
(3) Each Applicant also agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrator, partner and affiliates from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an Applicant’s participation in the Award and/or Applicant’s acceptance, use or misuse of prize.

(4) Applicants are solely responsible for the intellectual property of their ideas including the Project used to apply for the Award. Applicants have complete discretion over what details they provide Administrator, partner and affiliates with. Applicants must exercise discretion while providing Project details and verify that they possess the knowledge that the provided details of their Project may be made public. Applicants who do not wish to have certain project details disclosed to the public should refrain from including such details in their application.

Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Award constitutes the Applicant’s consent to Administrator, partner and affiliate’s and their agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, school information, voice, opinions, hometown and state, and project screenshots, videos, descriptions and commentary for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

General Conditions
The Administrator, partner and affiliates reserve the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Award, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond the Administrator’s, partner’s and affiliate’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Award, as determined by the Administrator, partner and affiliates in their sole discretion. The Administrator, partner and affiliates reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Applicant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Award or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.
Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Award may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Administrator, partner and affiliates reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Administrator, partner and affiliate’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Limitations of Liability
The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Award; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Award; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Award or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Award or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Award may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Administrator, partner and affiliates reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Administrator, partner and affiliate’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Disputes
Disputes and/or decisions arising under this Award that relates to the award of material or monetary prizes shall be resolved by the Administrator and partners and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. With respect to any disputes and/or decisions between the applicant the Administrator, partner and affiliates, and/or Judges herein, the applicant expressly waives and relinquishes any and all rights it might otherwise have to contest any such disputes and/or decisions.

Privacy
Administrator, partner and affiliates collect personal information from Applicants when Applicants enter the Award. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, Applicants authorize the Administrator, partner and affiliates to share personal information with Award partner, including, but not limited to, Strategic Partner and Sponsors.
Award Results
Results of the Award will be made available on http://ceweekny.com/10-under-20-young-innovators-to-watch/

Administrator

Administrator: CE Week, 1500 Spring Garden Street, Ste. 1200 Philadelphia, PA 19130.

Additional Terms
The Administrator, partner and affiliates reserve the right to modify the Official Rules, Terms & Conditions, and/or Award format at any time. It is anticipated that any such modifications will be posted to the Award website and that it will be the responsibility of the Applicants to check the website for any such changes.

Verification of Potential Winners
All Applicants must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules. Any Applicant that is awarded and elects to accept any cash prize must also comply with any requirements imposed by the Administrator, partner and affiliates in connection with the award of material or monetary prizes. In the event that a Winner is disqualified for any reason, the Administrator, partner and affiliates may award the applicable prize to an alternate Winner who was evaluated highest of the remaining eligible entries.