Teams Eligibility and Regulations:
• Teams may consist of 1 to 3 members per team.
• Each team must have at least one student, currently enrolled at a higher education institution (will graduate not earlier than February 23, 2011 from any accredited university, college or other educational institution).
• If qualified as Grand Award Contenders, all team members will be invited to the C:F Summit 2012.
• All team members are considered with equal share for the payment of Grand Award.
• For any other awards or benefits, the team creator will be the first one to be invited.
• Team members do not have to be affiliated with the same institution or country.
• The competition is open to an unlimited number of teams per university, school or youth organization.
• Each team can have only one mentor
• Having a mentor is advised but not compulsory.

Team Members Eligibility:
• Only born after February 22, 1980 and before February 23, 1993 are eligible to compete.
• Proof of ID (for all team members) and enrollment (for student team members) will be requested of all finalists.
• Each person can compete only in one team.

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 are eligible to become mentors.
• Proof of affiliation with an educational institution will be requested from mentors of the finalist teams.
• 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.

The Competition is organized in four stages:
• First Round: DESIGN THE FUTURE (February 23, 2011 – March 30, 2011)
• Semi-Finals: ENGAGE WITH THE FUTURE (April 21, 2011 – June 15, 2011)
• Finals: FIRST STEP 2 THE FUTURE (July 21, 2011 – November 20, 2011)
• Winners Selected: SUMMIT 2012 (March 2012)

To COMPETE:

1.Register as a member and fill out your profile at the Challenge:Future online platform at any time before March 24, 2011 at 10:00 CET.

2.Register as a competitor between February 23, 2011, 10:00 CET and March 24, 2011 at 10:00 CET by clicking on ‘compete now’ button on the competition page.

3.Browse through full challenge brief, entry details, and resources, and let your imagination fly free.

4.Join or create a team:

• You can only be in one team.
• You can tag yourself as interested so that other teams can invite you to join them.
• You can create a team yourself and invite other members from your school, youth organization, or anyone    worldwide to join you.
• You can 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 Mentor Eligibility above).
• The team formation must finish by March 24, 2011 at 10:00 CET; teams will be formally “closed” at    that moment. A complete team has to have a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 members, at least one of    them being a student. 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 March 24, 2011    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, etc – and get    rewarded with ‘sparks.’ Earn the largest number of sparks – and you get to go to the Challenge:Future    Summit 2012 with all expenses paid!

5.When in a team, fill out the team profile, collaborate in the project room, select a mentor, and start developing your submission as the time to the next deadline is very short.

6.Starting from March 24, 2011 at 18:00 CET till March 30, 2011 at 18:00 CET, you will be able to make your submission. Please note that only the team creator can submit your idea via the submission form, which will appear in the team project room and be only visible to him/her. Crucial: in the First Round, the community will only see your submission’s title and a PowerPoint presentation, so be as creative as possible with it! The judges, however, will see and rate the entire submission your team will prepare, including title, abstract, a PowerPoint presentation, and an extended description. So don’t wait till the last day, you might be too late!

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 March 24, 2011 18:00 CET and March 30, 2011 18:00 CET to ubmit, revise, and re-submit your final idea. You can mark the comments as helpful – that means that both you and the one that gave you the helpful comment gains additional sparks.

8.On March 31, 2011 at 10:00 CET the voting starts: you can vote for ideas of other teams, check your votes, and enjoy reading the comments. Of course, you and your teammates will not be able to vote for your own idea. The voting ends on April 14, 2011 at 10:00 CET. By being an active community voter and providing feedback to other teams, you can also gain lots of extra sparks.

9.On April 20, 2011 at 18:00 CET, the semi-finalists are announced. All teams that are ranked in the top 10% by the community vote OR receive the total score of 51 and higher (out of 100 possible) by expert judges will advance to the Semi-Finals with no limit as to how many teams can proceed.

10.On April 21, 2011 at 18:00 CET, detailed submission requirements and judging criteria for the semi-finals are announced, and the semi-finalists can start working on the next phase of the competition to prepare a more detailed submission accompanied by a maximum 3-minute video to submit between June 1, 2011 at 18:00 CET and June 15, 2011 at 18:00 CET.

11.From June 21, 2011 18:00 CET to July 21, 2011 18:00 CET, the community voting and judges evaluation of the semi-final submissions are taking place. The community votes will contribute 20% to the total grade of each team, and 80% will be provided by the scores of expert judges.

12.On August 1, 2011 at 18:00 CET, detailed submission requirements and judging criteria for the finals are announced, the 30 finalist teams are announced, and can start working on the Final phase of the competition. Attention: we will also announce ONE WINNER, the author of the best, the most amazing, and inspiring video who will have a chance to travel to Hollywood for an experience of a lifetime!

13.On November 15, 2011 at 18:00 CET all final submissions are due. Your full submission and a maximum 3-minute video (developed further from the previous round) will be evaluated by the expert judges, while the community will be able to vote for the video between November 21, 2011 10:00 CET and December 20, 2011 10:00 CET.

14.Top Five Teams (one team with the most community votes and four best teams by expert judges’ evaluation) – THE GRAND AWARD CONTENDERS – will be announced on January 6, 2012 at 10:00 CET, earning the right to participate in the Challenge:Future Summit 2012 events with an all-expense-paid trip for the entire team.

15.The five Grand Award Contenders will make their final presentations live at the Challenge:Future Summit 2012. The Grand Award Winner, who will receive the EUR 20,000 prize (gross; can be subject to local taxes), will be announced at the Summit 2012 Gala.

SELECTION CRITERIA in the FIRST ROUND:

A) The Challenge:Future community (registered users) votes based on PowerPoint presentation and your idea title a ‘thumbs up’. If you are competing, then you cannot vote for your solution. All teams that are ranked in the top 10% by community votes will advance to the Semi-Finals.

B) All teams that will receive the total score of 51 and higher (out of 100 points possible) by the grades from expert judges, will advance to the Semi-Finals with no limit as to how many teams can proceed. Each solution will be graded by two judges from different countries, institutions and backgrounds, assigned by the specially designed algorithm.

Judges will use the following criteria for evaluating your solutions in the First Round:

1.ORIGINALITY, INSPIRATION, AND ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE VISION …does it have the “wow” effect, is it breakthrough and unique, is it compelling, attractive, and inspiring…(maximum score possible in this category is 30)

2.POTENTIAL FOR POSITIVE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE FUTURE …does the vision have far-reaching positive impact…(maximum score possible in this category is 20)

3.RELEVANCE TO THE THEME…does it reflect and directly represent the annual theme……(maximum score possible in this category is 10)

4.SUSTAINABILITY …does the vision reflect the needs of sustainability and allows for harmony between prosperity, ecology, and society, does it have potential for tremendous improvement towards global sustainable development……(maximum score possible in this category is 20)

5.QUALITY OF THE SUBMISSION …does the submission show high quality of thinking and execution, does it demonstrate the ability of the team to succeed in the later, more complex, stages of the competition……(maximum score possible in this category is 20)

SELECTION CRITERIA in the SEMI-FINALS:

To select the top 30 teams from the Semi-Finals, the community votes AND judges grades will be calculated together. The community votes will contribute 20% to the total grade of each team, and expert judges’ evaluation will contribute 80% of the total grade.

COMMUNITY Votes Share: the Challenge:Future community votes for your team’s idea (title and video) with a ‘thumbs up’. The community score is calculated proportional to the number of votes received by the top team in this challenge. Explanation: number of the community votes that you will receive will be divided by the number of votes that the highest-ranked team receives in the challenge, multiplied by 100. Twenty percent (20%) of your community score will be added to the total grade. So if your team will be the highest-ranked by votes, your community score will be 100 and 20% of that will be added to the final grade (i.e. maximum from community=20 points). IMPORTANT: the community can only see your title and video! And don't forget - you cannot vote for your own proposal. JUDGES Grade Share: Each submission will be graded by three judges from different countries, institutions and backgrounds, assigned by a specially designed algorithm. The judges grade will contribute 80% to the final grade (also presented as 1-100 grade). The judging criteria for evaluating your team’s submission in the Semi-Finals will be announced in project room after April 21, 2011.

SELECTION CRITERIA in the FINALS:

To be selected among the Top Five Teams – THE GRAND AWARD CONTENDERS – there are two ways:
• BY COMMUNITY VOTES. The Challenge:Future community votes for your team’s idea (title and video) with a ‘thumbs up’. The team with the highest community votes will automatically proceed to the Challenge:Future Summit 2012 to compete for the Grand Award.
• BY JUDGES GRADING. Each submission will be evaluated on the basis of the expert judges’ grades. Top four teams by total grade (1-100) will advance to the Challenge:Future Summit 2012 to compete for the Grand Award.

THE GRAND AWARD WINNER: The five Grand Award Contenders will make their final presentations live at the Challenge:Future Summit 2012 and evaluated by THE GRAND JUDGING PANEL. The Grand Award Winner will be announced at the Summit 2012 Gala.