Submit your solution, or nominate a project for this competition, before February 13, 2012, and help improve health care through an innovation that can cross borders.

Winners’ Prizes: Three winners selected by a panel of expert judges will each receive a cash prize of US $10,000.

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Solutions that Cross Borders

6 weeks  left to enter

To download a Word version of the entry form, click on the resources tab below

Competition Launch

Oct 26, 2011

Early deadline for Ideas

Dec 12, 2011

Deadline for Ideas

Feb 13, 2012

Come celebrate and share your passion for independent film The Canada International Film Festival has firmly established itself among the top film festivals in Canada. Held each year in the beautiful and cosmopolitan city of Vancouver, British Columbia, the festival brings the very best of world cinema to Canada from over 90 countries around the world. The 2012 Canada International Film Festival will be held March 31st – April 1st, 2012 at the beautiful Edgewater Casino in downtown Vancouver.  This year’s Festival Program will showcase a wide variety of North American and International Feature Films to thought-provoking Shorts, Documentaries, Music Videos, Animations, Experimental Films, Student Films, a Screenplay Competition, and more.March 31st – April 1st, 2012.

Film Submissions

We are now accepting entries in all categories for the upcoming Canada International Film Festival.  We accept both domestic and international submissions.

Film Deadlines
Early Bird – May 31st, 2011
Regular Deadline – August 31st, 2011
Late Deadline – November 30th, 2011
Extended Deadline – December 31st, 2011
Screenplay Competition – December 31st, 2011

Fees
Fee information can be found on the Official Entry Form

Contact Information

Canada International Film Festival
991 Hornby Street, Suite 57
Vancouver, BC, V6Z1V3
Canada

Email: info@canadafilmfestival.com

Phone: (604) 608-5522

Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools To Teach What MattersEmpathy is a critical skill in a world defined by rapid change—one that is foundational to the social, teamwork and leadership skills required to contribute successfully to society.

As the pace of change accelerates, the level of empathy required to collaborate in the workplace, or on other types of teams that bring change to the world, is higher than ever before.

If you aren’t proficient in empathy, you’re severely limiting your opportunities to contribute to society, and are at risk of being left behind. If we are to create a world where everyone can be a player, provide input, and create value, we must grasp, practice, and develop empathy.

Empathy is more than just awareness and concern. It is about cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution. It’s about the ability to communicate effectively and understand the motivations of others. Empathy is about standing up, not standing by, uncovering what’s below the surface through active listening and putting words into action.

This is why Ashoka is launching a global initiative to ensure that children master empathy, enabling them to be effective citizens, leaders and trailblazers.

Creating the future we envision demands we rethink our approach to school culture and curricula. By launching an online collaborative competition, Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters, we’re challenging teachers, principals, parents, students, and other innovators to share ideas—whether by a project, a program, or a new learning experience—for advancing empathy in education.

Enter the competition today to share your passion for creating a world guided by empathy and collaboration, one led by empowered young people who succeed in the classroom and in every walk of life.

Activating Empathy is a global collaborative competition to find the best ideas, programs, and learning-models from around the world that:

Encourage social and emotional development
Unlock new ways of viewing problems, opening the door to a new world of potential solutions
Address bullying or aggression in ways that advance understanding of others’ perspectives
Promote community diversity and a respect for differences
Champion children as real-world problem solvers rather than simply bystanders
Prepare to Enter or Nominate an individual, organization, or partnership with a solution online starting now.
Competition Launches January 2012!

The A’ Fashion & Jewelry Design Competition is a freestyle design competition open to both concept stage and realized works designed by professional and young designers, design companies and other business in this industry worldwide.Clothing, Accessories, Rings, Hats, Bags, Watches, Sunglasses, Ties, Pins and More.

The A’ Design Award for Fashion and Jewelry is not just an award, it is the indicator of quality and perfection in design, the award is recognized worldwide and takes the attention of design oriented companies, professionals and interest groups. Winning the A’ Award is a certificate of excellence for designers, an important milestone in your career. Having the A’ Award attracts the eyes of design oriented companies worldwide, winners will be able to find better and higher profile jobs, get a step ahead in their life.

The winners of the A’ Fashion and Jewelry Design Award are provided extensive and exclusive marketing and communication services to promote the success of winning the A’ Award. Furthermore, the winning designs appear on the A’ best designs book which is available worldwide, this book is furthermore distributed to the high-profile magazine editors, design oriented companies and relevant parties. The winning designs are also exhibited at our museum, and the best designs will be picked for the permanent exhibition. The winners appear on magazines, newspapers, webzines and many other publishing mediums.

For concept stage works, the A’ Award is an early indicator of success for the concept stage products, this lets young designers and design companies to register and patent winning products for commercial value generation, furthermore the A’ Award connects young designers and design companies to a large industry base and setups the links between the designers, design companies and the producers. The winners ideas becomes reality.

For realized designs, having the A’ Award gives added value to your products and separates them from the rest of commoditized goods, it is an excuse to communicate your product to the media, a reason for press releases. Each winner design receives the trophy, published online and at our best designs book, receives a certificate and sticker templates to be attached to the products, the A’ seal of design excellence is also included in the winners package, this seal is valid for the entire product lifecycle without yearly fees.

The best designs are selected according to form, functional and emotional aspects of the product; the designs are considered for their degree of innovation, aesthetic qualities, functionality and usefulness in addition to ease of realization and realization efficiency, ergonomics and human interaction.

The Jury is composed of both Academic and Professional participants worldwide, such as chief executive officers or head designers of companies and faculty heads or professors. In addition, the A’ Award features the focus group jury, which is composed of ordinary people to normalize the scoring by eliminating the bias on aesthetics and form sections, the votes of Professional, Academic and the Focus Group are weighted to determine the final result.
Submission Requirements:
Dimensions     Format     Notes
Main Image*     3600 x 3600 pixels     JPEG     High-Resolution clear action shot or rendering, showing the work in a preferably white background or a shot with a fashion model
Optional Image #1     1800 x 1800 pixels     JPEG     Action shot of the work being worn by a fashion model or the packaging and identity of the work
Optional Image #2     1800 x 1800 pixels     JPEG     A Shot or rendering showing a detailed view of the product or focusing on a unique feature, explosion, layered or sectional views if required
Optional Image #3     1800 x 1800 pixels     JPEG     Showing the work in a setting where the design is utilized (such as a fashion show etc)
Optional Image #4     1800 x 1800 pixels     JPEG     An additional action shot with a different pose or setting, where a fashion model wears or uses the design work
Documentation     Max. 40 x A4 Pages     PDF     Explaining technical aspects, blue prints, details, commercial presentation or other notes about the design
Video File     Max. 10 MB. 45 Sec.     AVI     Conceptual Video, Footage from Fashion Show, Short Feature or Advertisement of the Product

Submission Deadline:Last day of February,2012.

Standard Pacific Homes is announcing its nationwide debut of all new home designsFees: -About:”In turn, Standard Pacific Homes is announcing its nationwide debut of all new home designs based on the design philosophy, The Artistry of HomeSM. These homes are innovative in how they address everyday needs with rooms large enough to connect with family while cooking dinner, seamless transitions from indoor to outdoor living spaces, flexible rooms that might be a bedroom for one family or a game room for another, storage areas large enough to handle a recent trip to Costco, and an organized and designated space to drop a purse or briefcase when you come home. The Artistry of HomeSM encompasses all of this, plus the beauty and construction quality that Standard Pacific Homes has built a reputation on since its beginning in 1965.

Videos should be :60. Online will be the intended channel of use, with TV being a possibility as well.”

Deadline:
23 jan 2012
41 days, 9 hours, 47 minutes and 43 seconds

Contest’s website: http://www.poptent.net/assignment/384
Open too: International
Prizes:

Guaranteed 1 purchase of $10,000
Guaranteed $1,500 in cash awards

The 2012 Prime Cuts Festival awards is back, so get your creative caps, and get filmmaking. We have a wide range of awards and competitions for you to enter, and we can’t wait to see all your hard works. 2012 AWARDS CATEGORIES

The prizes for this years awards are still to be decided, but last year; we sent grads off on professional work placements, there were cash prizes, useful tools and brilliant screening opportunities for the winners. 2011 AWARDS WINNERS

A list of all of the industry professionals on our judging panel for the 2012 Prime Cuts Festival Awards. We have a brilliant panel, who cover a wide range of the motion arts, so you can be sure that your work will be seen by some of the UK’s leading professionals. 2012 AWARDS JUDGES

We are currently taking submissions for the Prime Cuts 2012 Festival. We know you guys have probably only just starting your final year films, but we’re running all year round competitions that you can enter…AWARDS GUIDLELINES

We are also screening graduate & student films, free of charge. So if you want ot see your work on the big screen, or know someone who is trying to promote their film, drop Elliot or Julian a line and get involved…SIGN UP & UPLOAD

We will be having an awards ceremony at the Picturehouse Hackney Cinema in the near future for the 2011 Awards.

Are you an amateur photographer and a keen photography enthusiast, with an eye for capturing that perfect moment? If so, then this is the competition for you!

The Open Competition offers 10 diverse categories for you to enter, ranging from Action to Travel. As a WPO Member, you can enter up to 3 photographs for free, submitted into one category or spread across multiple categories.

Increase your chances by upgrading to Advanced Membership (enter up to 8 images) or Premium Membership (enter up to 20 images). Find out more about upgrading your membership here.

Photographers of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels are invited to enter this competition where great imagery is everything, and imagination is the key ingredient.

Entering & Judging

Step 1 – Entries will go through pre-selection rounds, conducted by our official Pre-Selection Committee.
Step 2 – The shortlist of 100 images will then be judged by the 2012 Honorary Judging Committee.
Step 3 – The 10 shortlisted images in each category will be announced in February 2012.
Step 4 – The 10 Category Winners will be announced in March 2012.
Step 5 – The overall winner will be selected from the 10 Category Winners by the 2012 Honorary Judging Committee, and will be announced as Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of The Year at the Sony World Photography Awards 2012 gala ceremony on 26th April 2012.

Judges

The winners for each Open category will be decided by a special committee including the Chair of the professional Honorary Jury, and representatives from Sony and the WPO.

Prizes

Winner of the best overall photograph will receive:

Title of “Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of The Year”
$5,000
Winning image showcased in the winners exhibition and the winners book
International exposure on the WPO website
Global media coverage
Flights to London, 2 nights accommodation in a hotel and VIP tickets to attend the Sony World Photograpphy Awards gala ceremony
Digital SLR camera equipment from Sony
on 26th of April 2012.
Digital SLR camera equipment from Sony

Winners of each individual category will receive:

Title of “Sony World Photography Awards category name Winner”
Winning image showcased in the winners exhibition and the winners book
International exposure on the WPO website
Global media coverage
Digital SLR camera equipment from Sony

The Sony World Photography Awards support Pro-Imaging in order to protect the image rights of photographers.

1.1 By entering the Competition You hereby accept these Competition Rules and the Terms and Conditions.

1.2 .1 The Competition is free to enter.

1.2.2 The Open Competition is open to all members of the public.

1.3 Entries must be submitted by 11.59:59pm (GMT) on Wednesday 4th January 2012.

1.4 By entering the Competition, You agree and acknowledge that WPO is permitted to receive Your registration data. All personal information will be used by WPO in accordance with its Privacy Policy.

2. To enter, You must upload Your image via the following website: www.worldphoto.org (the “Website”), following the on-screen instructions carefully.

2.1 Images must be taken in 2011 and entries should be based on the Categories outlined, information on which can be found on the Website.

3.1 Entries will be judged between the 6th January 2012 and the 31st January 2012.

3.2 A shortlist of up to ten photographers from each category will be selected and announced in February 2012.

3.3 The individual category winners and the winner of the Sony World Photography Awards, Open Photographer of the Year will be voted for by the Academy. The overall winner, the Open Photographer of the Year, will be notified by email and will receive return flights to London (economy class) and hotel accommodation, for two consecutive nights including the night of Awards presentation in London on the 26th April 2012.

3.4 The decision of the Academy and the WPO is final and no negotiation will be entered into with respect to any such decision.

3.5 Each entrant can submit a up to three images for free. The images entered can be entered in different categories or all images can be entered into a single category.  Judging will be based on the single image and not the series of images.

4.1 WPO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any entry that does not comply with the following requirements, even after the entry is submitted on the Website. You warrant and represent, in respect of each entry submitted by You (“Entry”), as follows:

4.1.1 You are the sole owner and author of each Entry

4.1.2 You have the right to make Your entry available to the Competition

4.1.3 Each Entry does not contain personally identifiable information about You or any other person(s)

4.1.4 Each Entry does not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content

4.1.5 Each Entry does not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct which would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law

4.1.6 Each Entry does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity, or violate any person’s rights of privacy or publicity, and Your Entry does not include:

4.1.6.1 trademarks owned by third parties

4.1.6.2 copyrighted materials owned by third parties (including movie dialogue or musical compositions)

4.1.6.3 names, likenesses, voices or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures, living or dead

4.1.7 Entries which contain any commercial content that promotes any product or service other than that of WPO.

4.1.8 Entries containing screen credits

4.2 You agree to fully indemnify WPO in respect of all royalties, fees and any other monies owing to any person by reason of Your breaching any of the foregoing.

4.3 You confirm that each person depicted in the Entry has granted permission to be portrayed as shown. Any costumes, props or other materials used must be rented or borrowed with the permission of the owner, and all other relevant permissions must have been obtained.

5.1 If You are under 16, You have Your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent to participate in the Competition.

5.2 If WPO does not receive a valid signed parental or legal guardian consent form for any winner under the age of 16 within 7 clear days of the contestant being declared a winner (excluding the day on which such declaration is made by WPO) WPO will be entitled to select an alternative winner from among the contestants.

6 WPO may run an online rating process whereby members of the public may vote for a favorite photograph. If there is sufficient evidence (in WPO’s sole discretion) to suggest malpractice and manipulation of the rating process, then WPO has the right to remove the relevant Entry or Entries and, if necessary, award the prize to a different contestant. WPO’s decisions are final.

7.1 WPO recognizes You, the author of the image, retain full ownership of the copyright in each Entry.

7.2 All entrants understand that any image submitted to the competition may be used by WPO, and its Event Partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the event only, for a maximum of three years after the awards ceremony on 26th April 2012. You hereby grant WPO a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence in each Entry throughout the world for three years in all media for any use connected to the promotion of the SWPA event and/or competition, including, but not limited too:
(a) judging the Competition
(b) displaying the winning entries and runners up at public exhibitions promoting WPO and organised by WPO
(c) inclusion within the Website, a World Photography Awards book, magazine or similar
(d) inclusion within any materials promoting of the Competition and / or any exhibition organised by WPO, in the promotion of the WPO
(e) inclusion on Competition- and exhibition-related products to be sold by the WPO or any third party following the individual agreement by the author
(f) sub-licencing the Entries to the press for reproduction in connection with the Competition and any exhibition
(g) allowing viewers of the Website to view images on a computer screen, PDA or mobile telephone and store such pages in electronic form on disk or on a PDA or mobile telephone (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) for their personal, non-commercial use only. Please also refer to clause 9.

8. Any photograph used by WPO shall carry a credit line. Any failure to provide such credit line shall not be deemed to be a breach, as long as WPO uses its reasonable endeavours to rectify such failure within a reasonable period from the date of notice of such failure.

9 You acknowledge that it is Your responsibility for protecting any Entry against image misuse by any third party, for example, but not limited to the insertion of a watermark. WPO and its Event Partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse.

10. WPO assumes no responsibility for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in the Competition, and WPO assumes no responsibility for technical, hardware or software failure of any kind, for lost network connections, garbled computer transmissions, other problems or technical malfunctions with regard to the Competition. WPO assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, corruption, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alteration of Entries. WPO is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail addressed to WPO on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the internet or any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Your or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Competition. If for any reason a contestant’s entry cannot be viewed or is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer viruses, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failures, WPO assumes no responsibility.

11. In no event will WPO, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and related companies, Event Partners, its advertising or promotion agencies, or its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives or agents be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages arising out of any contestant’s access to and use of the Website. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, everything on the Website is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose or use or non-infringement.

12. You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of Your name and likeness for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation.

13. All entrants must be able to supply a high resolution image suitable for printing in media and an exhibition should the image be required.

14. There are no cash alternatives available for prize winners.

15. Winners will be announced online.

Promoter: World Photography Awards Limited, 9 Manchester Square, London.

Categories

Architecture,Arts & Culture,Enhanced,Split Second,Low Light,Nature & Wildlife,Panoramic,People,Smile,Travel.

Entry Start:  1st June 2011
Entry Close:  4th January 2012.

The Bellwether Prize, which was established in 2000 by Barbara Kingsolver

and is funded entirely by her, was created to promote fiction that addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics on human relationships. Beginning in 2012, the $25,000 prize will be awarded biennially to the author of a previously unpublished novel of high literary caliber that exemplifies the prize’s founding principles. The winner will also receive a publishing contract with Algonquin Books, which will be the participating publisher for at least the next two awards cycles. Candidates must have some publishing experience, but must not have published a work that has sold more than 10,000 copies. The submission must be an original, previously unpublished novel, written by one person, in English, at least 80,000 words in length. Eligible authors must be U.S. citizens.

Prize: $1,500.00. Entry fee: $25.00. Deadline: 12-31-2011.

Riding high on the success of ‘Nokia Music Connects’ in the past, Nokia India is back with the newest edition of the definitive annual music industry summit – Nokia Music Connects 2011, in association with Hong Kong-based Branded/Music Matters and Mumbai-based media firm Indiantelevision.com’s Radioandmusic.com. The event to be held at ITC Grand Central on 16-17 Nov, will see some of the finest minds in the International and Indian music industry converge to discuss the Indian music business embracing new challenges and paradigms.

Active Public Relations and Marketing Communications Consultancy (Active PR) announced the winner of the Entrepreneur Loudspeaker Competition 2011, Wild Planet Productions. A panel of judges including Hamdan Mohamed, President and Chairman of the Board, Arab Business Club, Dave Reeder, Editorial Director, CPI, and the Managing Partners of Active PR, reviewed the 5 semi-finalist video entries against pre-agreed criteria. This was the culmination of a 3 month grassroots initiative that saw entries from start-ups across the ME region from Palestine, Egypt, Jordan and the UAE. Wild Planet Productions is the MENA region’s only dedicated natural history production company aimed at educating and connecting the public to wildlife in Arabia. Sawsan Ghanem, Managing Partner of Active PR and one of the judges of the competition, said, “We had some outstanding entries from very confident and passionate ME start-up entrepreneurs making our job of selecting a winner very difficult indeed. We are excited to work with Wild Planet Productions and help to support them in their communications objectives through a three month PR campaign.” Launched in June 2011 via Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn, the Entrepreneur Loudspeaker competition was aimed at start-ups in the Middle East to give an elevator pitch about their business in a 2min video with a view to becoming the winner of $20,000 worth of PR consultancy. Hamdan Mohamed, President and Chairman of Arab Business Club and also one of the judges of the competition, said, “The Arab Business Club has always played an active role in supporting entrepreneurs and growing businesses in the Middle East region and I am honored to be able to support this initiative by Active PR. The Entrepreneur’s Loudspeaker Competition is an innovative and creative concept for indentifying new talent and gauging potential. Being an entrepreneur myself, I am excited to see how the current and future generation of entrepreneurs will progress.”