IAPA INNOVATION AWARD 2024 - The Perfect Pitch
As part of VERTICAL PRO 2024 in Friedrichshafen, IAPA, in cooperation with the trade magazine Oben (german) will once again be presenting an innovation award for pioneering developments in the ropes course industry.
As in the previous year, only one winner from the possible categories listed below will receive the INNOVATION AWARD 2024.
The categories and evaluation criteria for the IAPA INNOVATION AWARD 2024 - THE PERFECT PITCH serve as a basis for evaluation for both the jury and the trade fair participants.
Therefore, we would like to advise all applicants to pay attention to the questions defined in the categories and answer them in your poster presentations and your 3-minute pitch.
JURY
The expert jury is made up of a group of international, independent experts from the adventure park, adventure sports and adventure education sectors. Once again this year, the trade fair audience will be able to cast their vote. The submitted applications and innovations will be presented in short 3-minute presentations and can be viewed throughout the event in the form of poster presentations in the IAPA AREA at VERTICAL PRO.
AWARD, WINNER & BENEFIT
The award ceremony will take place on Friday, November 22, 2024. The winner will receive a labeled trophy and the “IAPA Award-Winner” logo. All participants and the winner will be presented in the trade magazine Oben in spring 2025 and will also be listed on the IAPA website.
CATEGORIES - BASIS OF APPLICATION
BEST PRODUCT
Degree of innovation
- Is the product new?
- What is the task of the product?
- What is the practical benefit of the product in terms of:
- Economic efficiency
- Increase of safety
- Resource efficiency
- Environmental protection
- Improvement of jobs in the ropes course industry
- What is the technical advantage or technical advancement of the product with respect to:
- existing products and competitors
- existing processes and technologies
Technical maturity
- Is the product already commercially available?
Market relevance
- Final question: Is the product a viable innovation for the ropes course industry?
BEST PROJECT
The project meets one of the two requirements:
1. The project is directly related to EN 15567 Part 1: Construction or Part 2: Operation. The project can be something
new, unprecedented or an existing element in a new context.
2. The project is complementary to the ropes course industry and its concept is an innovative solution to existing
construction or operational concepts.
Degree of innovation
- Is the project unique or has such a project been implemented before in this form? Unique and innovative can be
- Technical requirement
- Constructional peculiarities
- Inclusion of unusual conditions such as location or environmental influences
- Old familiar in a new context
- Does the project improve existing construction or operational concepts?
- Does the project solve limiting factors in the ropes course facility?
Market relevance
Are the conception and installation of the project as well as its execution groundbreaking for future projects?
BEST IT-SOLUTION
Degree of innovation
- What is new about the software/ complementary program/ interface solution/ IT solution?
- What is the task of the IT solution?
- What is the benefit of the product for the practice regarding:
- Economic efficiency
- Efficiency increase
- Conservation of resources
- Ease of work
- What is the technical advantage or the technical advancement of the product with regard to:
- vexisting products and competitors
- existing software solutions
Technical maturity level
- Is the product already commercially available?
Market relevance
- Concluding question: Is the product a sustainable innovation for the ropes course industry?
PARTICIPATION AND APPLICATION
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Anyone can participate. Please note that only fully completed poster submissions received by Friday, October 25, 2024 will be accepted.
Please note: Submissions from previous years are not valid.
APPLICATION
The dummy texts in the poster template must be replaced by your own texts. In addition to the integration of graphics and photos, the integration of external visual content via QR codes is also possible.
NOTES FOR DATA DELIVERY
- completed poster template in PDF format
- images as single files (max, 3 images in high resolution)
- company logo (vectorized .eps or .pdf or a cropped .tiff in high resolution)
- QR-codes as .png, .tiff, .eps
DOWNLOADS
You can find the poster templates for the application here:
Template IAPA Innovation Award 2024 - BEST PRODUCT
PHASES AND DATES
1st Application/ download - possible from now on!
2nd Submission deadline: Friday, October 25, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
3rd Poster exhibition in the IAPA Area: November 22 + 23, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.
4th Perfect pitch: Friday, November 22, 2024, approx. 12:00 noon
5th Award ceremony: Friday, Novemer 22, 2024, approx. 7:30 p.m.
6th Publication trade journal Oben & IAPA homepage: Spring 2025
Please send us the completed poster template with high-resolution image material, max. 3 images, by e-mail to: office@iapa.cc.
Submissions after October 25, 2024 will not be accepted for organizational reasons! If fewer than 3 applications are received, the award will not be presented.