This contest is organized by Atos International SAS, Société par Actions Simplifiée , having its registered head quarters at River Ouest, 80, quai Voltaire, 95870 Bezons, France and registered under number 412 190 977 RCS Pontoise. The objective of this contest is to promote and encourage innovation in an open environment amongst best-in-class Universities and students and support young innovators in taking their ideas forward. These are the terms and conditions that will govern the contest. Please read them carefully. By entering into the competition you agree to abide by the terms and conditions described below (hereinafter the “Rules”).

These Rules are registered with Maître François LIEURADE in France (contact@huissier-95.com, website http://www.huissier-95.com/) which is in charge of verifying the good progress of its implementation. The Rules can be consulted and printed at any time from the contest website at the following address: www.atositchallenge.net or they can be sent to you upon written request to the Contest Administrators at the address indicated in the Atos IT Challenge contacts below.

The challenge for the 2011 Atos IT Challenge will focus on Smart Mobility.
In particular, we are looking for participants to consider:
“WHICH APPLICATIONS COULD LEVERAGE SMART MOBILE DEVICES (SMART PHONES, TABLETS, …) TO ENHANCE PEOPLE’S LIVES THROUGH REAL TIME CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION?” and to be able demonstrate this by building a solution and showing the result in real-life (mobile application, servers application…). For detailed information about this year’s Challenge, please visit the website section about Smart Mobility.

The contest is open to students enrolled in one of the invited Universities during the academic year 2011-2012, from any grade, but excluding Phd students. The contest requires a good command of English both orally and in writing. Each University will be able to present as many teams as they want but each team will have to be composed by a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 members. Each participant needs a valid university email from the invited universities to participate in the Atos It Challenge.

Participation in the contest shall be formalized by each team registering via the online forms.
Step 1 Team Details : Each team must complete online team details.
Step 2 Upload your project : Each team must answer some questions about their project. Each team must also upload a video which presents their project.
Step 3 Validation : Once a project has been validated it cannot be modified.

− Formal registration by teams (by November 30th , 2011)
− Submission of ideas: (by December 1st , 2011)
− Pre-selection decision: (by December 15th, 2011)
− Development Phase: (from January 2012 to May 10th)
− Presentation of solutions (25th of May )
− Selection decision: (May 2012, date tbc)
− Award Ceremony: (5th of June.

The contest shall be conducted in the following phases:
I. Confirmation of Participation
The Universities invited shall confirm their interest in taking part in the contest by returning the invitation letter including the contact details of the University Sponsor.
II. Registration
Each team shall formalize participation in the contest by registering and including their contact details on line via the contest website.
III. Pre-selection Phase: Submission of ideas
Each team shall develop and submit their ideas by the indicated deadline, through the contest website. The initial ideas shall be submitted in the indicated format and by using the official template available on the contest website. For details and further information on the format and structure to be followed for the submission of the initial ideas, please visit the contest website.
IV. Pre-selection decision
The Jury shall select a maximum of 14 teams that shall be invited to participate in the final phase (Development Phase). In addition, the team whose idea is the most voted on the website by the public will also be invited to participate in the final phase, provided the basic admissibility criteria are met (subject to Jury´s decision). The selected teams shall be contacted and the list of selected teams published on the contest website.
V. Development Phase
During this phase, the selected teams will be invited to develop a solution in order to show their ideas in real-life context and will be invited to present the result to the Atos IT Challenge Jury for the final selection. During the Development Phase, each selected team will be assigned an Atos expert that will help them and guide them in taking their idea forward throughout the development and presentation phase. For further details and information on the format and structure to be followed for the development of the solutions, please visit the contest website.
VI. Presentation
The selected teams will be invited to record a video presenting their solutions, which will have to be submitted to assessment by the Atos IT Challenge Jury. During the week following the submission of the video- presentations, the Atos IT Challenge Jury will organize a follow up call with each of the selected teams to clarify potential issues and ask questions in connection with the presented solution. For further details and information about the format and structure for the submission of the video-presentation to the Jury, please visit the contest website.
VII. Final Selection and Award Ceremony
The IT Challenge Jury will select 1 winner and 2 finalists. The winning teams will be contacted and their names published on the contest website during the month of April 2012 The winning teams and their University Sponsors shall be invited to attend to the award ceremony, with attendance of Atos Top executives and selected partners. Details, location and date for the award ceremony shall be communicated to the winning teams in due course Atos will arrange and/or cover the travel and accommodation expenses of the winning teams and their University Sponsors to attend to the award ceremony.

The Atos IT Challenge Jury for the Pre-Selection Phase (Submission of Ideas) shall be integrated by members of the Atos Scientific Community (the Atos community gathering the best scientific experts within the Atos Group worldwide) and the Jury for the Final Phase (Development and Presentation of Solutions) shall be integrated by Atos Top Executives, Technical experts and invited Atos´ Partners. The composition of the Final Jury shall be made available to the teams prior to the Presentation phase. The Criteria to select the finalists and the winning projects will be:
Phase 1- Pre-selection phase: »
− Coherence with Smart mobility 5pts »
− Benefit of the service for end-users 5pts (is it useful? Does it bring something new?) »
− Benefit of the service for business partners 5pts »
− Personal feeling 5pts (originality, I like it ..) »
− Reality of business model 5pts (feasibility, market size, ecosystem, risks, ...) »
− Technical feasibility 5pts (architecture, project plan…)
Phase 2- Development and presentation phase: »
− Benefit of the service for end-users 5pts (Is it useful? Does it brings something new?) »
− Benefit of the service for business partners 5pts »
− Look and feel 5pts (Design, ergonomy, simplicity, I want to use it) »
− How far is go to market? 5pts (key partnership required, risks, market size) »
− Technical quality 5pts »
− Wahoo bonus ! 5pts (only for 1 project by each jury member )

− Acceptance of the Rules
By entering into this contest, the participants agree to abide by the Rules. This includes acceptance of the Rules by each individual member of the participating teams. By submitting the registration form, each member of the team, warrants that he/she has all required authorizations and consents to enter into this competition on behalf of the relevant University and that all the consents and authorizations required from the members of the team, in case the registration is made by one team member on behalf of the rest of the members of the team, have also been duly obtained. Atos reserves the right to disqualify from the contest, at any time, any team that in Atos opinion fails to comply with the Rules or whose participation may be contrary to or damaging the development of the Atos IT Challenge, Atos or other participants or third parties´ interests, image or reputation .
− Language
All official communications in relation to the Atos IT Challenge (oral and written) shall be in English. All materials and documents submitted for the purposes of the contest shall be in English, including but not limited to the submission of ideas and the presentations of the solutions.
− IPR
By conducting the Atos IT Challenge, Atos´ intention is to promote and encourage innovation and competition amongst young graduates in a fair and collaborative way. Therefore, all intellectual property rights (IPR) in the solutions submitted as part of the contest shall remain with the authors/ team submitting such solutions. Atos shall not acquire any right or interest to the IPR in the materials and solutions submitted by the participating teams, save as stated below for the purpose of organizing the contest and related marketing activities. Generic knowledge not subject to IPR resulting from the Atos IT Challenge may be freely used for inspiration by Atos and any participants upon the conduct of the Atos IT Challenge. For the avoidance of doubt, this shall not affect, prejudice or otherwise interfere with Atos´ ability to develop and commercialize, concurrently with the occurrence in time of the Atos IT Challenge or in the future, solutions which may be similar in nature but for which Atos is able to demonstrate that such solutions have been developed ´ independently from contest submissions. By entering into the contest the participants represent and warrant that all the ideas, documents, presentations, drawings and other materials, including but not limited to the solution submitted for the contest (the “Materials”) shall be exclusively self-generated and will-to the best of their knowledge-not incorporate any third party IPR. The participants agree to take full and sole responsibility for the contents of such Materials and to ensure, on a good faith basis, the absence of any third party intellectual property rights infringement. The participants agree to grant to Atos International SAS and its affiliates, a world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable, non-exclusive and royalty free license to use, copy, adapt, modify, reproduce and publicly display and communicate in any way and format and through any media and support, the Materials submitted, for marketing and promotional purposes in connection with the Atos IT Challenge and as required for the organisation of the IT Challenge.
− Data protection
In order to be able to develop the different phases of the contest and keep in touch with the participants, we may need to handle certain personal information provided by the participants.
Atos undertakes that any personal information received from the participants will be used for the exclusive purposes of conducting the contest and communicating with the participants and will not be otherwise used or disclosed to third parties. Any personal information provided by the participants to Atos during the development of the contest will be handled in accordance with the Data Protection French Laws. If you have any questions regarding the way we handle your personal data or you want to have access, modify or cancel this information, please contact the Atos IT Challenge administrator.
− Image Rights
The participants agree to grant Atos International SAS and its affiliates , a world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferrable and sub- licensable royalty free right to quote their names and use, publish, communicate and distribute in any media and format images taken during the celebration of the different phases of the contest (including but not limited to the pre-selection, development, presentation and award ceremony) for marketing activities in connection with the promotion of the Atos IT Challenge.
− Miscellaneous
Atos reserves the right to revise, complete and/or amend at any time the Rules, on reasonable basis and as required on its opinion to ensure the successful development of the Atos IT Challenge, in which case Atos will notify the participants in due course. All teams should specify a contact detail for notifications, and such notification shall be sent to this contact person. Atos reserves the right to suspend, postpone or cancel the Atos IT Challenge at any time and/or modify or vary at any time any of the dates mentioned for the development of the contest , in which case the participants shall be informed in due course. Atos reserves the right not to select any winner should the minimum eligibility criteria not be fulfilled by any of the entries, as may be decided by the Jury. Atos shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of Materials or other type of information or data submitted nor for any technical failures or errors, including but not limited to failure to properly process submission of entries and Materials , nor loss or damage caused by computer viruses or otherwise resulting to any computer from participants access to or interaction with the contest site, nor caused by any malfunction, errors, delays, or non-availability or otherwise caused by or in relation to the contest website. It is the responsibility of each participant to take all necessary measures to protect his/her Material from any infringement, loss or damage, including data and\or software stored in their IT and phone equipments. The connection of every participant to the contest website and the participation in contest is made at participant’s sole risk. The decision of the Jury regarding the selection of winners and Atos´ decisions regarding the running of the contest will be final. The contest shall be governed by the Laws of France.By participating in the contest the participants acknowledge and agree, without reserve, that in relation to any dispute or controversy which could arise in relation to the contest, the present rules or other matters which otherwise may be directly or indirectly connected to this contest, they will be subject to the French laws, without prejudice to existing rules of conflicts of laws. The participants are thus subjected to the French regulations applicable to contests. Any dispute which cannot be amicably settled between us will be submitted to the competent courts of Paris, included but not limited in case of plurality of defendants, incidental demand or appeal in guarantee.

For any further information, please contact the Atos IT Challenge administrator or your local IT Challenge contact below:
Atos IT Challenge local contacts:
- The Netherlands: Gineke Slob at gineke.slob@atos.net
- France: Annick Riou at annick.riou@atos.net
- Spain: Juan Carlos Carabias at juancarlos.carabias@atos.net
- Germany: Nicola Lang at nicola.lang@atos.net
- UK: Michelle Tayler at michelle.tayler@atos.net
- India : Sachin Shinde at sachin.shinde@atos.net