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1 Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) Connected Communities, Connected Lives Hackathon General Terms and Conditions NO PURCHASE NECESSARY 1. The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) Connected Communities, Connected Lives Hackathon ( Contest ), organized in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Mexican Ministry of Economy, will take place on 20 June 2016 beginning at 11:00 AM, Cancun Time, at The Moon Palace Hotel. The Administrator and Sponsor of the Contest are BIAC, 13/15, Chaussée de la Muette, Paris, France 75016, and the following BIAC members: AT&T Mobility LLC ( AT&T ), Cisco, Disney, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle and Verisign; the Internet Technical Advisory Committee to the OECD ( ITAC ) and the following ITAC members: IEEE, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and The Internet Society and shall collectively be referred as the Sponsor ). HOW TO ENTER: The Contest is available to Eligible Entrants. The term Entrant as used in these Official Rules refers to each individual that submits a Submission whether individually or as a member of a team and collectively to each team that submits a Submission. Entrants must be registered for the Contest and must be physically present at The Moon Palace Hotel on Monday, 20 June 2016 and Tuesday, 21 June 2016 in order to participate. The period between 20 June 2016 and 21 June 2016 will be referred to as the Contest Period. Registration is free. Entrants may register at and follow the events link to the Eventbrite. Registration will be conducted online only and is open to 200 registered Entrants. There will be no on-site registration. Entrant can either register as an individual, or as a team. Each individual or team member will be required to show a government-issued photo ID upon check-in. If registering as a team, the names of all members of the team must be registered and all team members must meet eligibility requirements for the team Entrant to win a prize. 2. The Contest is subject to Official Rules. By participating in the Contest, Entrants agree to be bound by these General Terms and Conditions along with the Official Rules as well as all decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor which are final and binding on all aspects of the Contest. 3. ELIGIBILITY: Unless otherwise specified in the Official Rules, Entrants must be between the ages of 18 and 29 years of age. Employees, officers and directors of the Sponsor, Administrator, any company providing technical support at the event for the Submission and any prize supplier, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates and their advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies (the Contest Parties ) are not eligible to enter or win. Immediate family members and household members of such individuals are also not eligible to enter or win. Immediate family members shall mean parents, step-parents, legal guardians, children, step-children, siblings, step- 1

2 siblings, or spouses. Household members shall mean those people who share the same residence at least three months a year. Subject to all applicable laws. Void outside the United Mexican States and where prohibited. If a Submission is submitted by a team, each individual member of the team must meet the eligibility requirements set forth herein. The term Entrant as used in these Official Rules refers to each individual that submits a Submission whether individually or as a member of a team and collectively to each team that submits a Submission. 4. During the competition, each team will be asked to create an application ( App or Submission ) that is sustainable on a tablet, Smartphone, personal computer or Internet of Things device. Each team will be asked to within 3 minutes, demonstrate the Submission and provide an oral presentation to the judges describing why the Submission will be successful ( Pitch ). The number of Entrants selected to provide the Pitch to the judges may be limited due to time constraints and shall be determined at the discretion of the judges. Only coding for the Submission completed at the site of and during the Contest Period will be considered during judging. Any additional requirements concerning Submissions will be specified in the Official Rules or provided during the Contest. 5. JUDGING/WINNER SELECTION: The judges and/or Sponsor reserve the right to disqualify, at any time, any App, Submission, Pitch or Entrant that they determine, in their sole and absolute discretion, does not meet these Submission guidelines or any other requirements of these Official Rules. Submissions and oral presentation of the App will be judged by a panel of judges based upon the following equally-weighed criteria: (1) Ability to clearly articulate what the App does (25%); (2) Originality of idea (25%); (3) Completeness of App (25%) and (4) User experience (intuitive, encourages use of app or service) (25%). The judges/sponsor reserve the right to terminate the Contest and not to award any Prize if, in their sole and absolute discretion, they do not receive a sufficient number of eligible or qualified Submissions for the Contest. All decisions of the judges are final and binding in all respects. In the event of a tie, the winning team will be determined by the judges based on the highest score for originality of idea. Each member of a winning team, along with all Submissions, is subject to validation by the judging organization, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects. 6. PRIZES: Entrants who are Finalists and Excellence Award Winners will be notified at or about 6.00 PM, Cancun Time on Tuesday, 21 June 2016 ( Finalists and Excellence Awards Announcement ). The Grand Prize Winning Entrant will be notified at or about 6.00 pm, Cancun Time Wednesday, 22 June 2016 at The Moon Palace Hotel, Cancun, Mexico ( Grand Prize Announcement ). The Finalist and Excellence Award Announcement and the Grand Prize Announcement shall be referred to collectively as the Winner Announcements. ALL WINNING ENTRANTS MUST BE PRESENT AT THE RESPECTIVE WINNER ANNOUCEMENTS OR THEIR PRIZE WILL BE FORFEITED OR AWARDED TO ANOTHER ENTRANT, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SPONSOR. ALL APPLICABLE CASH PRIZES WILL BE SPLIT EVENLY AMONG 2

3 REGISTERED TEAM MEMBERS. The Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for any disputes among team members of an Entrant, or between the Entrant and any third parties concerning prize, prize components or the associated income taxes. 7. All taxes and any other expenses incurred by the Entrant and winners in participating in the Contest not stated herein, including meals, gratuities, transportation and other incidentals, are the sole responsibility of the Entrants and winners. No substitutions or transfers of a prize are permitted, except in the Sponsor s discretion. Coordination of any and all travel and any other expenses is the responsibility of the Entrant and/or Winner Team members. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE PRIZES IN FULL, EACH WINNING ENTRANT MUST RETURN TO THE SPONSOR A DULY COMPLETED FORM W-8BEN ( WITHIN [30] DAYS OF THE RESPECTIVE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS, OTHERWISE A 30% WITHHOLDING TAX CHARGED BY THE US INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WILL APPLY AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE SAME WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE PRIZE BEFORE PAYMENT OF SUCH PRIZE TO THE RELEVANT WINNING ENTRANT WHO FAILED TO RETURN A DULY COMPLETED FORM W-8BEN WITHIN THE ABOVE TIMEFRAME. ANY APPLICABLE INCOME TAXES ON THE PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENTRANT. There shall be no substitutions or transfers of a prize, except at the Sponsor s discretion. Any prizes not claimed within 1 month after the Contest end date will be forfeited. For the purpose of the Contest, BIAC is responsible to provide funding for the Grand Prize and Category Prize Winners. Excellence Awards, including in-kind services or products and cash prizes will be the sole responsibility of the sponsor of the prize. Coordination of any and all travel and any other expenses incurred by the Entrant in order to attend the Contest and Winner Announcement is the sole responsibility of the Entrant, unless otherwise notified. Only the stated number and components of prizes will be awarded. 8. PRIVACY & LICENSING: Participation in the Contest shall constitute and signify each Entrant s agreement and consent that the Sponsor and its designees may use each Entrant s name, city, state, likeness, and the team s Submission and/or prize information (if any) in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing in the General Terms and Conditions or Official Rules may be construed as expressly or impliedly transferring any rights of ownership or license, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, of either party s products, technology or intellectual property, including but not limited to, such party s copyrights or registered trademarks. The Entrant is not to use the Sponsor s name or intellectual property, for any purpose without the express agreement of the Sponsor in writing. 9. AT&T S APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES ( APIs ). Entrants choosing to utilize the AT&T APIs as part of the Contest will be given access to 3

4 the AT&T APIs, strictly for the purpose of enabling the Entrant to develop applications that are part of the Entrant s Submission. At all times, the APIs are and will remain the proprietary intellectual property of AT&T, and the Entrant agrees to not use the APIs for any purpose, other than developing applications as part of the Entrant s Submission. Specifically, the Entrant is not to use the APIs for developing applications that are not used as part of the Submission, nor should the Entrant attempt to reverse engineer or deconstruct the APIs, or use any part of the code in the APIs for any purpose. In the event that an Entrant is found to have used the APIs in a manner not authorized by AT&T, the Entrant will be disqualified, and AT&T reserves its rights to take any action against the Entrant to the fullest extent of the law, including but not limited to commencing civil and criminal proceedings against the Entrant. 10. GENERAL CONDITIONS/INDEMNIFICATION: By entering the contest, entrants warrant and represent that their team is the sole creator of the Submission and that they have obtained necessary permission from all persons or copyright or trademark owners whose likeness, work or mark are depicted in the Submission, including but not limited to all permissions necessary for the Sponsor to publish or use their Submission in any media worldwide for promotional and/or advertising purposes, and agree to confirm any of the foregoing in writing. Further, by participating in this Contest and/or by accepting any prize, contestants agree that the Sponsor and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, successors, representatives and assigns shall not be liable for any and all actions, claims, including any third party claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, arising from or relating to the Contest, including entry and participation, or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting any prize, contestants agree to fully indemnify the Sponsor and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, successors, representatives and assigns from any and all such claims by third parties without limitation. Contestants authorize the Sponsor to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner's list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. The Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at the Sponsor s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation. The sponsor shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, postage-due, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or submissions, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of Submission or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by participation in this Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest. The Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any 4

5 electronic device resulting from participating in, or accessing, uploading or downloading information, AT&T API(s) in connection with this Contest, and The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest should a virus, bug, computer or phone problem, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond The Sponsor s control, corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Contest. The Sponsor may prohibit certain contestants or teams from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that a contestant or team has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices of intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or Sponsor representatives. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST, THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHALL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY S FEES) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. 11. The Entrant acknowledges that the Sponsor engages, has engaged and will in the future engage in the development, preparation, production, acquisition and dissemination of creative, educational, artistic and other material (collectively, the Materials ), including without limitation Materials that are similar or identical to a Submission. The Entrants also acknowledge that other persons, including employees of the Sponsor, may previously have originated and may hereafter originate Materials that are similar or identical to the Entrant Submission. The Entrants agree that they will not be entitled to any compensation because of the use by the Sponsor of any such similar or identical material. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Sponsor may use, any part of the Materials, and any idea or concept contained therein, that (a) is similar or identical to, or contains significant elements encompassed in, a concept that is under consideration or in development by the Sponsor before or at the time of entry, (b) is not unique, novel, original, and concrete so as to be entitled to protection under applicable laws, (c) has been made public by anyone at the time of its submission to the Sponsor or otherwise is in the public domain, (d) would be freely usable by a third person if it had not been accepted as a Submission or the subject of any agreement, (e) is not protected by applicable copyright law, or (f) is similar or identical to, or contains significant elements encompassed in, an idea, concept or material that is independently created by the Sponsor or any third party. Contestants agree that the Sponsor s development, preparation, production, acquisition, dissemination and/or exploitation of Materials similar or identical to a Submission or containing features, ideas, material and/or elements similar to or identical with those contained in a Submission shall not entitle any contestant or team to any compensation or other right or remedy. As an inducement to the Sponsor s to accept each Submission for entry into the contest, contestants hereby waive any claim or right of action against the Sponsor or its successors in 5

6 connection with the Sponsor s use of any Materials (or any portions thereof) whether or not such Materials are similar or identical to a Submission or contain any features, ideas, material and/or elements that are similar or identical to those contained in a Submission. Acceptance by the Sponsor of a Submission is not an admission by the Sponsor of the novelty or originality of the Submission. 12. CODE OF CONDUCT: Possession and/or use of alcohol or illicit drugs will result in team disqualification. The Sponsor may prohibit the Entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that the Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices of intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrants or Sponsor representatives. 6