Innovate Sindh

Ideathon is an ongoing competition that will take place every two months (6 times a year). The objective of this program is to develop opportunity recognition, ideation and problem solving skills amongst participants as well as explore entrepreneurship as an option for fulfilling lifelong career goals. The ideathon would be conducted online and participants from schools, colleges and universities would be invited to participate. Open to all, prospective teams and individuals are invited to submit their ideas online. The ideas thus submitted, are voted through social media and other channels and judged by a pool of experts, At the end of the cycle the top three ideas would be awarded a cash prize.

Also on the same portal will be an online resource bank that will contain videos, articles and experts related to developing basic skills, knowledge and connections needed to make an idea successful.

Structure:

1- Participant (teams or individuals) would upload a 3-minute video presentation to describe problem/ opportunity and solution.

2- The participants and through our teams, people would be invited to vote on the idea most likely to succeed for the next four weeks

3- Following a 4-week process, 5 experts will form a panel of judges

4- On-going webinars would help participants understand key concepts on opportunity identification, entrepreneurship and business planning and trained accordingly

5- 3 winners would be awarded a cash prize each month.

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TBD: Competition Opens TBD: Last Date of Submission TBD: Competition Winners Announcement

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PURPOSE OF THE IDEATHON

  1. Create a platform for young talent to brainstorm and share new innovative ideas
  2. Market and promote the Blue Economy Initiative. Promising Idea entries will be invited to participate in the Blue Economy challenge Business Plan Competition
  3. Engages Potential Stakeholders: Engages potential stakeholders from Academia, Government and Private Sector
  4. Raises Awareness of Potential of Blue Economy
  5. Offers a fun and exciting and inclusive way to get involved in the Ocean Communities of Pakistan

PROCESS

01

Registration

Online participants register and upload ideas

02

Voting

Online voting begins

03

Judging

Participants ideas will be judged/analyzed

IDEATHON PRIZES

TBD

First Prize

TBD

Runner Up

TBD

2nd Runner Up

TBD

RULES AND REGULATIONS

By registering at or submitting an entry, the applicants represent and warrant the following:

(a) Applicants will not submit content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless the individual is the owner of such rights or has permission from the rightful owner to post the content and participate in the Ideathon;

(b) Applicants will not submit content that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or is otherwise inappropriate;

(c) Applicants will not publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage the reputation of organizers;

(d) Applicants will not post advertisements or solicitations of business;

(e) Organization will not be obligated to pay any compensation to, or permit any participation by, any third party in connection with the use, reproduction, modification, publication, display or other exploitation of any of the content that is submitted;

(f) The content submitted by applicants does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other disabling devices or malicious code; and

(g) Participants will not attempt, create, or use any unauthorized access toorganizers or other digital communication or data storage systems.

(h) SBP reserves the right to initiate any legal action and/or alert authorities in the case of any property damage or theft or any other violation of law or violation of this Agreement.




Intellectual Property 1

Organizers asserts no ownership, through the Blue-A-Thon, in any intellectual property that may result from participation in the event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participant may be subject to general Intellectual Property rules in Pakistan. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to supersede or interfere with other obligations to Participant/ Organizers.

By registering and presenting or submitting an entry (regardless of the form or medium of such content), Participant grants Organizers a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to discuss, publicize, demonstrate, and otherwise display content derived from or relating to such entry for promotional and marketing purposes Participant will not receive any compensation for this use of such entry.

If the participant is member of a team, that team is wholly responsible for determining ownership of any intellectual property rights developed during this period. Participant agrees that organizers will not be responsible for any disputes regarding intellectual property. Participant agrees that there is no obligation of confidentiality on the part of Ideathon staff or other Participants regarding submissions or ideas generated at the. Participant agrees and acknowledges that any idea, conversation or submission may be considered a public disclosure under local laws.