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Innovate Award Key Criteria Clarification


Dale Nacianceno
5-Aug-2024

Guide to Judging, Page 19:

Key criteria of the Innovate Award are:

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This design element, strategy, or other attribute is unique or uncommon among Innovate Award candidates at the event.

I believe this Key Criterion has 2 interpretations:

  1. The submitted attribute is unique or uncommon among other attributes appearing on a valid Innovate Award Submission Information Form at this event.
  2. The submitted attribute is unique or uncommon among other Teams that submitted a valid Innovate Award Submission Information Form at this event.

Which interpretation is correct?

Answered by Competition Judging Committee
14-Aug-2024

Interpretation #1 is correct.

This verbiage will be modified in the upcoming Guide to Judging update to clarify:

This design element, strategy, or other attribute is unique or uncommon among Innovate Award submissions at the event.