Teams Eligibility and Regulations:
• Teams may consist of 1 to 3 members per team.
• The competition is open to an unlimited number of teams per university, school or youth organization.
• Team members do not have to be affiliated with the same institution or country.
• Each team can have only one mentor.
• Having a mentor is advised but not compulsory.
• For awards or benefits, the team creator will have priority, if not otherwise stated in competition guidelines or Awards section.

Team Members Eligibility:
• Only born after February 18, 1982 and before February 18, 1995 are eligible to compete.
• Proof of ID (for all team members) will be requested of all Finalists.
• Each individual member can compete only in one team for each of the three competitions.

Mentors Eligibility:
• Full-time or part-time faculty members (professors, lecturers, teaching assistants, researchers, and alike) of any accredited university, college or other higher educational institution as well as business experts are eligible to become mentors.
• If you have a mentor request, please contact Helpdesk
• A mentor can work with more than one competing team.
• A mentor cannot switch teams during the competition.
• A mentor cannot be a judge at the same time.

Challenge:Future Competitions 2013 are organized in four stages:
• TEAM REGISTRATION: (December 04, 2012 – February 18, 2013)
• FIRST ROUND: (February 18, 2013 – March 20, 2013)
• SEMI-FINALS/SECOND ROUND: (April 3, 2013 – May 20, 2013)
• FINALS: SUMMIT 2013 (19-26 September 2013)

To COMPETE:

1. Register as a member and fill out your profile at the Challenge:Future online platform at any time before February 18, 2013 at 14:00 CET.

2. Register as a competitor between December 04, 2012, 14:00 CET and February 18, 2013 at 14:00 CET.

3. Join or create a team:

• You can only be in one team for each of the three competitions. So max 3 teams!
• Create a team and you can invite other members from your school, youth organization, or anyone worldwide to join you.
• Tag yourself as interested so that other teams can invite you to join them.
• Invite a mentor from the available mentor list to help you with your idea, or invite somebody not yet engaged to register as a Challenge:Future mentor (see Eligibility above).
• The teams have to be formed by February 18, 2013 at 14:00 CET; No changes to the teams will be allowed after that date.
• All registered members of Challenge:Future community who do not belong to any team by February 18, 2013 will have a chance to participate in a number of activities, including voting, quick challenges, discussions, provide feedback to other’ solutions, join action teams and local Challenge:Future chapters.

4. Fill out the team’s profile, collaborate in the project room and start developing your submission!

5. Browse through competitions full briefs, entry details, and resources, and let your imagination fly free.

6. From February 18, 2013 at 16:00 CET untill February 27, 2013 at 14:00 CET, you will be able to submit your entry in the First Round of the competition! Please note that only the team creator can submit.

7. When idea is submitted, the community can post comments and, if you wish, you can revise your idea upon the received comments until the voting starts. In other words, you have time between February 18, 2013 16:00 CET and February 27, 2013 18:00 CET to submit, revise, and re-submit your final idea. You can mark the comments as helpful – that means that both you and the one who gave you the helpful comment gain additional sparks.

8. On March 1, 2013 at 14:00 CET the voting starts: you can vote for ideas of other teams, check your votes, and enjoy reading the comments. You and your team mates will not be able to vote for your own idea. The voting ends on March 13, 2013 at 14:00 CET.

9. On March 20, 2011 at 14:00 CET, the semi-finalists are announced. Top 10 teams by community votes in each competition AND teams receiving the total score of 60 and higher (out of 100 possible) by expert judges will advance to the semi-finals.

10. On March 21, 2013 at 14:00 CET, detailed submission requirements and judging criteria for the Semi-finals are announced. You can start working on semi-finals submission!

11. From April 3, 2013 at 16:00 CET untill April 24, 2013 at 14:00 CET you will be able to submit your entry for the Semi-finals stage of the competitions.

12. From April 26, 2013 14:00 CET to May 13, 2013 14:00 CET, the community voting and judges evaluation of the semi-final submissions are taking place.

13. On May 20, 2013 at 14:00 CET the Finalists are announced. Top Three Teams in each competition will advance to the next stage. The Community Choice Winner (team with most votes) will be announced.

14. The Finalists will make their final presentations live at the Challenge:Future Summit 2013 on September 25, 2013. The Winner in each competition will be announced on September 26, 2013 at the C:F Summit Gala 2013.

FIRST ROUND:

A) The Challenge:Future community (registered users) votes based on your Title and Presentation with a "thumbs up". If you are competing, you cannot vote for your solution. All teams that are ranked top 10 by community votes will advance to the semi-finals.

B) All teams that will receive the total score of 60 and higher (out of 100 points possible) by the expert judges’ grades, will advance to the semi-finals. Each solution will be graded by minimum two judges from different countries and backgrounds, assigned by our specially designed algorithm

SEMI-FINALS:

Among all semi-finalists, the community will vote with „thumbs-up”. The Community Choice Winner will be the submission with most number of votes.

Each solution will be graded by Expert Judges from different countries and different backgrounds.

Top 3 teams in each of the three competitions, by expert judges grades, will be selected for the finals.

FINALS:

Among the 3 finalists in each of the three competitions, Expert Judging panel will select the WINNER at the Challenge:Future Summit 2013.

The winners will be announced at UN PRME Summit 2013 on 26th September 2013, in Bled, Slovenia

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Participate in C:F Competitions and get your hands on amazing awards:

• Paid Internship in AT Kearney
• 3.000 EUR in cash
• 70 Scholarships for C:F Summit 2013
• Scolarship for Discover Management Program
• Speaking Opportunities

Make.it.Work. How can YOUth fight youth unemployment?

THE GRAND WINNER:

• The Winning team will receive EUR 3.000 Prize for idea development.
• Two scholarships for C:F Summit 2013 (5 events, 3 cities), one with paid travel (up to 700 EUR), full accommodation, food and program and one with paid travel(up to 300 EUR), full accommodation, food and program.
• Two Scholarships for IEDC Young Managers Program

SECOND AND THIRD PLACE:

• each team will receive two C:F Scholarships for C:F Summit 2013 (5 events, 3 cities), one with paid travel (up to 700 EUR), full accommodation, food and program and one with paid travel(up to 300 EUR), full accommodation, food and program.
• Scholarship for IEDC Discovery Management programme, in 2014 (nine-day summer school) covering the tuition fee for up to 2 team members (http://www.iedc.si/programs/summer-schools/dmp.aspx

The Future of Work. Competitiveness of Eastern Europe?

THE GRAND WINNER:

• One winning team member will receive 3 months paid internship in AT Kearney Ljubljana, Slovenia office or in AT Kearney Warsaw, Poland office.

ALL THREE FINALIST TEAMS:

• each team will receive two C:F Scholarships for C:F Summit 2013 (5 events, 3 cities), one with paid travel (up to 700 EUR), full accommodation, food and program and one with paid travel(up to 300 EUR), full accommodation, food and program.

My Dream Job. Towards Perfect Education.

THE GRAND WINNER:

• Special Speaking Opportunity at “Out of The Box” Youth conference on September 24th 2013 in Maribor, Slovenia

ALL THREE FINALIST TEAMS:

• each team will receive two C:F Scholarships for C:F Summit 2013 (5 events, 3 cities), one with paid travel (up to 700 EUR), full accommodation, food and program and one with paid travel(up to 300 EUR), full accommodation, food and program.

Community Winner and Mentors Awards

The Community Choice Winner:

• The Community Choice Winner (team with most number of votes in each Competition) will receive green card for C:F Summit 2013 events registration (5 events in 3 cities) (excluding travel and accommodation costs)

MENTORS AWARDS:

• The mentors of the TOP 3 winning teams in each Competition will have tuition fee covered for UN PRME Summit and CEEMAN Annual Conference on September 26th-27th 2013, in Bled.