Participants of the contest can win valuable prizes. The jury determines the final winners for freely created and configured designs.
The members with the three best freely created designs amongst all three topics win monetary prizes. The members with the three best configured designs also win monetary prizes. The members with the 4th to the 10th best freely created designs win netbooks.
The winning design will be built as a prototype and will be exposed on the InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin! Besides, the designer of that winning design will be invited by Bombardier to visit the InnoTrans 2010 In addition, the most active member as well as the best freely created and configured designs according to the community evaluation are rewarded with a netbook, too. Finally, one idea will also win a netbook (and a signature book about Bombardier) by the “president’s pick” where the jury select the most unconventional idea.
The members with the three best freely created designs amongst all three topics win monetary prizes. The members with the three best configured designs also win monetary prizes. The members with the 4th to the 10th best freely created designs win netbooks.
The winning design will be built as a prototype and will be exposed on the InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin! Besides, the designer of that winning design will be invited by Bombardier to visit the InnoTrans 2010 In addition, the most active member as well as the best freely created and configured designs according to the community evaluation are rewarded with a netbook, too. Finally, one idea will also win a netbook (and a signature book about Bombardier) by the “president’s pick” where the jury select the most unconventional idea.
The prizes for the best designs are:
Best freely created designs overall (amongst all topics):
Best configured design:
- 1st prize: 2.000 €
- 2nd prize: 1.500 €
- 3rd prize: 1.000 €
- 4th-10th: Netbook
Best configured design:
- 1st prize: 600 €
- 2nd prize: 400 €
- 3rd prize: 200 €
Activity Counter
Your activity on the platform is measured by your Activity Counter. In order to identify the most active member objectively, the different possibilities of activity are rewarded with a certain value which are summed up in your activity counter. Besides being active on the platform to win the valuable prize for the most active member, evaluating, voting and discussing enhances the quality of any design on the platform. Even yours!
Value for activities on the platform:
| Activity | Value |
|---|---|
| Contribution of 1 freely created design | 20 |
| Contribution of 1 configured design | 10 |
| Provide a design with 1 comment | 3 |
| Leaving a message to another member | 2 |
| Community vote of 1 design | 1 |
You have the possibility to check your activity index in "My Area" and to see the activity index of others.
How are the winners determined?
The winners of the design contest are selected by a jury of high-profile experts from Bombardier and experts in the fields of design and transportation. In this determination process the jury will evaluate the creativity and the quality of the designs in accordance with the contest topic and consider criteria such as degree of innovation, applicability or business impact. An expert evaluation as well as the community evaluation will support the jury members in making their decision yet do not have direct influence on the determination of the winning designs.
