Youth Think Tank “Create and In(ter)novate!”

Rules of the game

Below the rules of the game are explained. Read them carefully and stick to them, this way the day will go well for everyone. If something is unclear to you please ask clarification from someone of the organisation. 

Computers and other information:
During the day almost every form of information flow is allowed. You may use every form of communication, except the physical presence of non-participants and of course stealing or breaking in on ideas or answer papers of other teams. Every team can use internet on one laptop or their own, wireless internet passwords will be provided to you by the Think Tank organisation. More laptops per group on the internet could seriously slow down the speed of the network also for others, so if the speed is slow the organisation will start controlling on this.

The organisation can’t know nor guarantee the hardware and software on your own computer, so they can never be held responsible for the functioning of your laptop or connecting to internet with it.

Other contestants:
Please give each other space to work and respect each other’s belongings. If any problems might occur, please go to the organisation.

Answer papers:
All answer papers have to be handed in before 17.00 CET. You can do this by printing it at the printer provided at the venue, and handing it in to the organisation. Each answer paper needs to provide the name of the team on it, the question you answered and the names of the participants in the team.

Should two teams end with the same score, the time of handing it in will be used to decide who wins.

Furthermore, you should ask a member of the organisation to come by and put your answer paper on a memory stick.

The answer papers will all have to be made in Microsoft Word. The total amount of text can’t exceed 2 A4 papers: Arial font, size 10 (including pictures). 

The jury will be using the following criteria to judge the answer papers:

-          Innovativity and creativity, how new is the idea?
-          Effectivity, can it work and isn’t implementation too expensive?
-          Argumentation, provide good argumentation for your idea!
-          Feasibility, can it be done and is it acceptable to society?
-          Presentation, is it well presented on paper?
-          Efficiency, is your solution really answering the question?

In cases where these rules do not -or not fully- apply, the organisation reserves the right to decide. This decision is valid for all groups from the moment it has been made public.