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Eligibility to Enter/Nominate
Before entering/nominating for the iAwards please review the Fine Print and be sure you are eligble to enter. You are responsible for ensuring that you meet all Terms & Conditions.
For Group Awards
The iAwards are open to companies and organisations registered and operating in Australia (Australian Business Number required);
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The entrant/nominee must own the IP of the solution which they are nominating for the award.
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At least 51% of product development efforts including research, development and design must have taken place in Australia;
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The State/Territory of the entrant/nomination is where the majority of the product/project was undertaken. If a national organisation is entering jointly with a client outside their head office then the client project location would be the appropriate State/Territory to submit under. If your organisation is entering in more than one State/Territory you may need to register each State/Territory office and submit the relevant product/project/soluton in the appropriate State/Territory.
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Any innovation which has won a National iAward or Merit in the previous three years is ineligible to enter the award, with or without product enhancement. The exception are Winners/Merit of the R&D category may enter within the 3 year restriction if their product/solution is now commercialised and fits the criteria of another relevant category.
For Individual Awards
Nominations for the iAwards individual categories in the Professional Domain are invited from all sectors of the Australian ICT profession.
- All entrants must be 18 years of age and an Australian citizen or permanent resident in Australia;
- The nominee can NOT nominate themselves but needs a separate Nominator.
- Nominations may be made with or without the knowledge of the person being nominated;
- Nominators can be Sponsors, ACS, AIIA and Pearcey Foundation representatives, colleagues or other persons.
- No current office bearers or directors of the host organisations can be nominated for the individual categories.
- ACS ICT Award or WAITTA winners may be nominated as their state representative for the category.
- Nominations will only be accepted via the online system using the appropriate nomination form as it ensures that all nominations are assessed in the same manner.
- Individual Category nominations are free of charge.
Judging will be based on the information provided on the nomination form;
- The judging panel reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of nominations including conducting phone interviews.
- Nominations received after the deadline will not be considered.
- The decision of the judging panel is final.
- There is only one phase of judging which occurs during Phase 1 Judging in April.
- There is only one winner in each category at State and National level.
- No Merits or Commendations are awarded for the Individual Categories.
- Nominees are not publically acknowledged as finalists.
- Only the State Winner in each category is notified and announced at the state events in June.
- Only the National Winner in each category is notified and announced at the national celebrations in Melbourne in August.
For Pioneer Awards
Rick Harvey is the Associate Judge for the Pioneer Awards.