Sports Science and Tech Award 体育风云科技奖
Sports Science and Tech Award 体育风云科技奖
In order to “seize the opportunities of the times and lead the future of the industry”, PricewaterhouseCoopers China, as the official financial and accounting service provider for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games, and the Capital Institute of Physical Education jointly organised the “Sports Science and Tech Award”, which aims to advocate industry innovation concepts, build innovative display platforms, empower industry development, and build a new benchmarks of “industry-university-research”.
The “Sports Science and Tech Award” has two categories – “Commercial” and “Professional”.
The “Commercial” category has five major streams:
1. Sports Performance (including the Sports Consumption and Professional Performance)
2. Mass Sports
3. Sports Training
4. Sports Media
5. Sports Comprehensive APP
The “Professional” category is for research projects from universities or research institutes.
There are 3 nomination awards and 1 official award for each stream under “Commercial” category; while “Professional” category has 10 nomination awards and 5 official awards.
The judging committee of this “Sports Science and Tech Award” is composed of 12 top domestic academics, members of sports associations and business investors. Based on the principle of “contributing to the development of the sports industry and inspiring scientific and technological innovation”, a professional, independent and fair judging will be carried out. The list of winners will be announced at the “Sports Science and Tech Award” presentation ceremony to be held in April 2022.
This event accepts the participation of domestic and foreign outstanding sports industry products, projects and scientific and technological achievements. The closing of application is 31 March 2022.
Application should be submitted through website: https://www.sstaward.com/login
Closing Date of Enrollment: 31 March 2022
Judging: April 2022
Award Presentation Ceremony: April 2022
(1) Sports industry or enterprises related to the upstream and downstream of the sports industry;
(2) The scientific research project party in the sports industry;
(3) Related institutions and research institutions in the sports industry;
(4) Other enterprises/institutions or project subjects related to this event.
I. Sports Performance – Sports Consumption (1) Product design and concept i. Provide product design description and introduce product design ideas ii. Product photo
(2) Product economic benefits i. Provide annual product sales revenue data ii. Provide annual product sales data iii. Provide materials to explain the product’s traditional media reports and social media views
(3) Social benefits and responsibilities i. Are there any results of brand influence selection activities initiated by portals such as Wechat, TikTok, Taobao, etc., if yes, please provide relevant information ii. Provide ecological impact report description and introduce the ecological impact brought by the product
(4) Demonstration effect i. Provide industry impact report description and introduce product industry impact
(1) Product design and concept i. Provide corresponding product design description and introduce product design ideas ii. Product photo
(2) Product professionalism i. Provide a list of product sales partners and contact professional sports organizations to provide relevant information based on the list, and count the number of times the product has been used in sports competitions ii. Provide product test report iii. Provide materials to explain the number of product partners, the number of cooperation and the scale of partners
(3) Social benefits and responsibilities i. Are there any results of brand influence selection activities initiated by portals such as Wechat, Tik Tok, Taobao, etc., if yes, please provide relevant information ii. Provide ecological impact report description and introduce the ecological impact brought by the product
(4) Demonstration effect i. Provide industry impact report description and introduce product industry impact
(1) Public attention i. In the media reports of the event, provide materials explaining the number of traditional media and social media views ii. In terms of the size of the on-site audience, provide materials to explain the number of participants, the number of on-site audiences, and the number of online audiences in the event
(2) Project professionalism i. Explain the competition specifications: which of the world, national, provincial, municipal, and district levels belong to ii. Event operation: adopt referee level, award-presenter level, whether there is a professional operating company, number of operators, etc. iii. Sponsorship marketing: number of sponsors, sponsor level (fortune 500 companies in the world, China 500 companies, listed companies, regional companies, etc.)
(3) Innovation and competitiveness i. Provide materials to explain whether the competition type and format are innovative, whether there are competitions of the same type, if so, please briefly explain the difference ii. Provide materials to explain whether innovative technology, technology, and application technology awards have been applied in the competition
(4) Demonstration effect i. Relevant industry impact report description, introducing product industry impact
(5) Social benefits and responsibilities i. Provide materials to explain whether the event will have direct or indirect economic effects on the economic impact of the venue ii. Provide materials to explain whether the hosting of the event promotes the development of sports and whether it contributes to the cultivation of mass sports interest iii. Provide materials to explain whether the event meets environmental protection standards and the long-term impact on the environment
(1) Economic benefits i. Provide authoritative data to illustrate the annual operating income of the website or media ii. Provide authoritative data to explain the number of website visitors, page views or click-through rates, paper media sales, and the number of viewers on live broadcast platforms, etc. iii. Provide the corresponding report description and introduce the innovation and diversity of product commercial operation
(2) Social benefits and responsibilities i. Provide the corresponding report description, introduce the social benefit impact of the product, whether it promotes the development of sports, and whether it contributes to the cultivation of mass sports interest
(3) Demonstration benefits i. Provide the corresponding report description, introduce the industry impact brought by the product, whether it has a positive demonstration effect within the industry or leads the transformation and development of the industry
(1) Product design i. Provide training scale data, including: specific data on the number of teachers and students, as well as pictures and videos of the training environment and related data ii. Provide relevant materials to illustrate the innovation of training programs and methods, for example: to stimulate students’ interest in learning, mobilize students’ enthusiasm in the classroom, so that students can master the basic knowledge of sports while improving their own sports quality, so as to better face future learning and development needs. Whether to use group cooperation and multimedia teaching methods iii. Provide relevant materials to explain whether the training method is scientific, appropriate, and widely accessible, for example, whether the training method provides a reasonable plan from the comprehensive aspects of physical fitness, diet and nutrition, and competition training. Can conduct a questionnaire survey of participants in the early stage to understand the public’s feedback and satisfaction with the training institutions’ suggestions, as well as the index of recommending people around them iv. Provide relevant materials to explain whether the product’s business model, sales channel or operating model is innovative and diverse. You can query relevant influence data on major mainstream media, and conduct questionnaire surveys of relevant local populations to obtain data
(2) Economic benefits i. Provide annual operating income data of training institutions
(3) Social benefits and responsibilities i. Provide the corresponding report description, introduce the social benefit impact of the product, whether it promotes the development of sports, and whether it contributes to the cultivation of mass sports interest
(4) Demonstration benefits i. Provide corresponding report descriptions and introduce whether the product service is exemplary for the development of other sports training institutions or the construction of training programs
(1) Application performance and design i. Provide authoritative data on product performance, including response speed, crash rate, memory consumption, CPU usage, and power consumption
(2) Economic and social benefits i. Provide authoritative data to illustrate the total annual revenue of the product ii. Provide data on the number of downloads of the product in major application stores in the past year iii. Provide the corresponding report description and introduce the social benefit impact brought by the product
(3) Innovation and competitiveness i. Provide corresponding report descriptions to introduce product design ideas ii. Provide authoritative data to explain the frequency of use of the product, the number of visits, and the retention time iii. Provide a corresponding report description, introducing whether the product has caused a technological revolution in the industry/the influence of technology on the development concept or wind direction of the industry
1. Participant’s obligations:
Participants must ensure that the entries comply with Chinese laws, regulations and management regulations, and ensure that the information reported is true and accurate. If losses are caused to the organizer due to infringement of the rights and interests of others, the contestant shall bear all legal liabilities and compensate all related losses.
Before registering for all entries, you must obtain the consent and authorization of the owner of the work before you can register for the competition. After the participant obtains the authorization, it will be deemed to have the complete and legal copyright of the work. If there is any dispute that causes a third party to be investigated by law, the participant agrees to cancel his qualifications and bear all responsibilities.
Participants who submit their works for the competition are deemed to have agreed to transfer the rights of review, publication, mass publication, and promotion (including traditional media and interactive electronic media) of their works to the organizing committee.
2. Obligations of the competition party:
The organiser abides by the internationally recognized technical and operational safety guidelines to protect the information of the participants and avoid loss, abuse, alteration and damage. Only authorized persons can access the participant information collected through this event, and they have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
The organiser has established a policy and procedural framework for data protection, confidentiality and security, and regularly check whether they have taken appropriate measures to ensure the security of the information they hold.
Although the organiser has implemented appropriate security measures when receiving the data of the participants, the transmission of data via the Internet (including e-mail) cannot be completely secure. The organiser will try their best to protect the data of the participants, but they cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted electronically via the Internet.
In the event of a participant’s information security incident, the organiser will respond, evaluate the possible impact of the incident, and take necessary measures to control the incident. When necessary, the organiser will report the accident to the relevant authorities and inform the participating parties in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
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