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The Aid Innovation Challenge aims to find the next big invention that
will help those who supply aid products to developing countries around
the world.
All entries must be submitted before 5pm BST on Friday 6th September.
Who can enter
The Aid Innovation Challenge is open to design agencies and
engineering companies and also budding young designers and engineers who
are not currently working at a company/organisation. It is a unique
chance to pitch life-changing inventions to a panel of experts from the
community.
There will be two categories for the competition:
- Individuals – Entrants might consist of Design or Engineering students or sole inventors.
- Businesses – Entrants might consist of design agencies, manufacturers or suppliers of aid products.
Criteria for Entries
- The concept must serve the needs of aid relief and either be in current development or have been launched onto the market no earlier than January 2013.
- Entrants must be over 18 years of age.
- All entrants must be able to available to attend the show from the 13-14 November 2013 in the event that they are shortlisted.
- AidEx will organise one night's complimentary stay in Brussels for the four shortlisted entrants, as well as up to £500 towards travel expenses.
Themes
AidEx is aimed at helping the community improve the delivery of aid,
so your concept should take into account the issues facing the sector
and look to offer a solution.
Concepts could include solutions to:
- Assist water or food aid
- Provide better medical care, particularly in rural and basic conditions
- Allow improved sanitation
- Provide better security
- Assist efforts to shelter the homeless
- Enable more people to access education
N.B: These are only our suggested concepts and should not restrict
any other creative ideas you might have that reflect your own knowledge
of the humanitarian aid sector and vision of a viable solution.
General entry information
* NOW OPEN - Submit your application by completing the online application form here *
It is free-of-charge to enter the Aid Innovation Challenge.
You will need to fill in an entry form, which will be uploaded to this page soon!
All entries must be submitted before 5pm BST on Friday 6th September.
Each entrant will be required to send over a design or prototype of their concept as part of their entry.
The best four inventions will be shortlisted; two from each category.
The entrants will be required to attend AidEx from 13-14 November 2013.
Shortlisted entrants will be required to create a short video about
their concept - discussing the strategy behind it. This will be uploaded
onto the AidEx website, as well as other relevant social media
platforms prior to the show.
Judges
Entries to the Aid Innovation Challenge will be judged by an expert
panel of the most influential people in the humanitarian and development
aid sector, including charities and NGOs, designers, engineers and
suppliers of aid. The panel of judges is carefully chosen to ensure
competition is impartial.
The judging of the Aid Innovation Challenge takes part in two stages:
Stage One: Online entries and long list
Each judge on the panel reviews submissions from entrants and then
vote in a secret ballot – no judge is allowed to see other judges’
scores. The average of the votes is calculated and a shortlist of
entrants put together.
Stage Two: Shortlisted entrants
The four shortlisted entrants (two individuals and two companies)
will be required to attend AidEx from 13-14 November 2013 to pitch their
concept to the panel of judges and live audience. They will each also
be given an area in which to display their product for the duration of
the show.
The audience will play an important role in asking entrants questions
about their inventions and then the panel will have the final decision,
with the winner from each category named at the show.
Prizes
Prizes are determined by category:
- The best individual entry will win a grant to to develop his/her invention further.
- The best business entry will win a free 9m2 stand at AidEx 2014
Eligibility, publication, IP and confidentiality
Your concept will remain confidential within AidEx unless it is
chosen for the shortlist. You may wish to consider the need to put in
place a confidentiality and intellectual property agreement for your
concept. If you would like to protect your idea then you should do so
either once it has been shortlisted or before submission, in the country
relevant to your residence.
The organisers reserve the right to retain entries for subsequent
publication. Descriptions of submissions from winners will be published
in connection with the competition.
Additional benefits
AidEx will use the official PR agency, Weber Shandwick, to help
publicise your entry to visitors in advance of the event. This will take
place via the show’s ongoing PR programme, on the show website and in
the show guide, in press releases to media and potential journalists
visiting the show and through emails to visitors.
Contact
If you have any questions about the Aid Innovation Challenge, which are not answered above please email natalie.turner@centaur.co.uk
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