Rules of Entry
The Data Strategy Awards 2011 are now closed for entry, but please see below for the rules of entry that applied for this year's Awards.
1. The Data Strategy Awards is open to anyone who is involved in the collection, processing, managing, manipulation, analysis or interpretation and use of data. Products are not limited to the UK and can be global
2. Entries are invited from client companies and commercial data services providers alike. Entries can be made independently, or as joint client/supplier submissions
3. Activities on which entries are based must have taken place between Tuesday 1st June 2010 and Tuesday 5th July 2011 inclusive
4. When entries are submitted on behalf of clients by agencies or other parties, client sign off is assumed. If any issues arise concerning client sign off once the entry has been submitted, no refund will be given
5. Entries must be made online using the official entry template for that specific category. Each category has a different template, which can be found on the categories page. Entries will not be accepted by any other means.
All questions on the category-specific entry template must be answered. The answer boxes are expandable, however once complete the entry template should not exceed 3 A4 pages in length
6. When making your entry you may upload a piece of supporting material if necessary - for example a pdf, Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Jpeg file. Please ensure that the file and your entry template together do not exceed the maximum upload limit of 5MB per entry.
Please bear in mind that the first round of judging will be done solely on the basis of the information supplied in the category-specific entry template. Please note when uploading entry templates or supporting material, file names must not include any 'special' characters e.g. _ / ( ) & * "
7. Projects may be entered into more than one category as appropriate, but an entry fee of £235 + UK VAT must be paid for each category entered
8. Please make sure any website access details, usernames and passwords needed for judging are supplied, that they work, and that they will continue to work until Wednesday 19th October 2011. The second stage of judging will be based on the judges viewing the projects. Sites that cannot be viewed will be eliminated from the judging
9. The judges reserve the right to re-categorise entries if they think another category would be more suitable. However, they cannot be expected to routinely re-categorise incorrectly entered projects
10. Extended Entry Deadline: Friday 15th July 2011. Once submitted, entries are confirmed and non-refundable. Payments must be cleared by Friday 15th July 2011. Once payment has been received your entry/ies will be passed to the judges for review
11. Any entry may be withdrawn for any reason up until 5.30pm on Friday 15th July 2011 upon written request to the organisers; however the entry fee is non-refundable
12. Sponsors are not permitted to enter the category that they are sponsoring
13. The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding them
14. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the Lancaster London on Wednesday 19th October 2011. To book your table at the Awards, please click here. Payment is due within one week of your booking. Unfortunately we are not able to invoice for table bookings
COMMERCIAL CONFIDENCE
It is very important that you fully complete the entry template. In particular, details of return on investment should be provided. The more information you supply, the better the judges will be able to assess your entry.
For the purposes of judging, all information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence and will only be viewed by the judging panel and the Chair of Judges. However, in order to compile the Online Awards Supplement, some information may be needed from the winners' written entries.
Any information that is commercially sensitive and which may not be used in the Online Awards Supplement should be clearly marked 'judges eyes only'.