Dates, prizes and criteria
Key Dates
June 30 to September 17, 2010: Submission of Entries
Candidates are required to submit entries via the website no later than August 29, 2010.
September 20, 2010: Announcement of Finalists
The names of the 5 finalists (teams/individuals) will be announced on the competition website.
September 20 to September 30, 2010: Preparation for Final Competition
The five finalists (teams/individuals) will convert their PowerPoint submissions into A1-sized posters for presentation at the AkzoNobel Science Award Event that will take place on October 7.
Posters will be sent to AkzoNobel as PDF files on or before October 1. The company will arrange the printing of the posters (A1 sized).
October 7, 2010: Grand Final
The five finalists (teams/individuals) will be invited to the AkzoNobel Science Award Event that will be held at the home of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschapen (MHMW) in Haarlem to showcase and present their posters to an audience of leading academics, business executives and key technology and business press in the Netherlands. (AkzoNobel will pay reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the finalists in attending the event.)
A winning poster will be selected by a panel including the Laureate of the 2010 AkzoNobel Science Award.
The name of the winner (team/individual) will be announced on the competition website.
Prizes and Souvenirs
There will be souvenirs for participants and prizes for winners.
All entrants (team/individual) will receive an AkzoNobel T-shirt as a souvenir.
The five finalists (individuals/teams) will be invited to the AkzoNobel Science Award Event that will be held at the home of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschapen (MHMW) in Haarlem on October 7, 2010 and a celebration dinner after the event. They will also have the opportunity to meet the CEO of AkzoNobel and a number of industry leaders.
The final winner (team/individual) will be awarded a prize of 1,000 euro and a commemorative plaque.
The runners up will each receive a prize and a certificate AkzoNobel signed by Dr Graeme Armstrong, AkzoNobel Corporate Director of Research, Development & Innovation.
Criteria
The judges will evaluate initial submissions and entries on their:
Relevance to emerging global trends
Potential value to societal needs
Relevance to chemical industries
Scope for global application
Practicality/realistic/achievable
Sustainability
Novelty
In addition, the judges will evaluate the posters of the five finalists on: