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Application & Implementation

Schedule

Submission Start

July 14th 2011

Submission Deadline

October 31th 2011

Awards Ceremony

December 1st 2011

Awards

  • First prize: 10.000 Euro

Application Requirements

  • Applicants can be companies, groups or individuals of any nationality.
    Applicants are required to submit the contest application in either German or English.
  • The entry should be a new or updated/expanded IPv6 software application.
    If the entry is an update/expansion to an existing application, copyright issues concerning the base application should be confirmed and cleared by the entrant before making the entry.
  • If the entry is not in the form of a software application please indicate so at the entry registration phase.

Application Conditions

  1. Entry Registration must be completed. Software submissions cannot be accepted without an advance registration.
    Software Submission Period: July 14th - October 31th 2011.
  2. Platform/conditions necessary for installation/running the application
    The application should run on one of the following OS versions:
    1. major Linux distributions: Kernel 2.4 or later
      (RedHat Linux/Fedra Core, Turbolinux, VineLinux, SuSe Linux, Debian/GNU Linux etc.)
    2. Windows XP SP1 or later (Home Edition, Professional Edition)

    3. Mac OSX 10.5 or later

    If third party middleware or plug-ins are required to run the application, these should be provided with the entry or be available free of charge to the Contest. For entries running on platforms other than those listed above, please contact the Contest Secretariat or provide details with your advance entry registration.

How to Apply

  1. Advance Entry Registration
    All software submissions MUST be preceded by an Advance Entry Registration.
    Please click here to access the registration form for category Application.

    If you want to participate with more than one entry, you just need to assign once. Later on you can register further Contest applications with your personal account in the Login area. 

  2. After Sending Registration Request

    We will review your request and send you a confirmation email within a few days. With this email you can approve your registration and unlock your account. You will find there your registration number too - please be sure to save it.

  3. Software Submission Format
    Login to upload your submissions.
    Submission Period: July 14th – October 31th 2011

    The following submissions will be required to complete the Implementation entry. A template form can be found here.

    • Implementation Application Form

      The Form will request the following information:

      1. entry registration number (which you will get with the confirmation email)
      2. entry title
      3. entry Outline (purpose/goal of the application)
      4. Operating Platform (including OS version/tools etc)
        Please provide detail if the format/platform differs from the standard guidelines
      5. portion of the software developed for the purpose of the Contest
      6. how does the application employ the merits of IPv6
      7. a detailed visual description of how you envision the application being used
      8. documentation of results (a screen capture/movie file and explanation of the application running)
    • software package and source code
    • all tools necessary for installation (middleware, plug-ins etc.)
    • installer or installation manual

    If the installation requires third party tools that can be provided without copyright issues, please include them with the submission. If the application uses tools that cannot be provided freely, please understand there is the possibility the entry cannot be screened and the entry may not be included in the judging process.
    Please provide an installer with the submission.
    If the software cannot be automatically installed please provide a detailed installation manual that will allow any user to easily install the application.

Application Regulations

  1. The applicant will maintain all applicable intellectual, technology and design copyrights for entries submitted to the contest, but the right for disclosure and distribution of entries submitted will belong to both the applicant and the Contest Organizer.
    Entries must be unpublished and unsold at the time of application.
  2. The number of entries per applicant is unlimited.
  3. Submitted entries will be disclosed on the Contest website.
  4. Costs associated with entry must be paid for by the applicant.
  5. Please submit entries after ensuring that the submission does not invade any copyrights or related rights of others.
    When copyrighted or related rights materials, such as art, motion picture, photography or music are used, please ensure approval from the rights holders before applying. If an invasion of rights or compensation for loss is insisted by a third party, the applicant must take full responsibility and handle the issue.
    The Contest Organizer will not be held responsible for such issues.
  6. Concerning any damage or loss which may occur during transportation or the Contest, or any other related damages, the Contest Organizer will not accept responsibility for compensation. If applicable, applicants must have insurance for entries or related documents.
  7. If the Contest Organizer reproduces or edits the entry for the sake of judgment, the control of the reproduction is endowed to the Contest Organizer.
  8. Entries submitted become the property of the contest and cannot be returned.
  9. Concerning matters not detailed in the Application Procedures, any decision required by the Contest Organizer will be considered final. If the applicant disapproves of the decision, the applicant may withdraw from the Contest within 7 days of notification.
  10. The Application Procedures are based upon, interpreted and made effective by German law. If a legal issue arises, the Amtsgericht Potsdam will be the exclusive agreement jurisdictional court of first instance. 

Judging/Awards Ceremony

  1. Judging Standards
    1. What contribution is made to create a new Internet experience?
    2. How will the contribution promote and spread IPv6, the next Internet protocol?
  2. Judging Criteria
    The Evaluation Committee, which consists of board members of the German IPv6 Council, IPv6-related groups, public organizations and media related companies will select winners. The judgment will be based on the performance of implemented applications and software, and also the supporting material expressing the development concepts.
  3. Announcement of Results
    Winners will be notified from the Contest Secretariat directly. Please note that only Award Winners will be contacted. Also please note that questions cannot be answered concerning decisions of the Judging Committee.
    Winners will be announced both at the Awards Ceremony and on the Contest website.
    Notification to a third party will also be done using publication resources provided by the Contest Organizer.
  4. Awards Ceremony
    The Awards Ceremony will be held as a conference session of 4th German IPv6 Summit 2011 on December 1st 2011.