#SantamHackathon: IoT Safety Hackathon

If a prize is awarded to your Team, your Team have no right to transfer or re-sell the prize to any other person or third party.

There is no alternative to the prize(s) awarded.

The following prizes shall be available for award to the winning Team, and the judge's’ decision on awarding these prizes shall be final:

3rd Prize = R5,000.00

2nd Prize = R10,000.00

1st Prize = R20,000.00 (+eligibility for incubation worth R150,000.00)

The judge's’ decision on winners shall be final and shall not be challengeable.

The judges, acting independently and impartially, shall judge each presented solution, and select winners,on the basis of the following criteria:

quality of presentation.

technical completeness and

ease of use,

level of disruption,

At the end of the hackathon period, each team shall present its solution to the panel of judges

The assignment for the hackathon is to create an innovative idea/solution for Santam Ltd.’s Safety challenge utilising IBM’s Bluemix Platform.

Participation in the hackathon shall be limited to a maximum of eighty people divided into  teams of five people per team, which can be pre-organised or formed on the day. We reserve the right to change the number of Teams participating in the event at any time.

The hackathon will take place at the Cape Town Stadium from 5 – 7 September 2017.

You and/or your Team may register online on the SA Innovation Summit Website to apply to participate in the hackathon.  

You and your Team shall be responsible for, and shall hold us harmless against, any loss or damage suffered or incurred by us as a result of your and/or your Team’s acts or omissions.

You and your Team shall comply with our safety, security, site and confidentiality standards and procedures, and any reasonable instructions given to you and your Team by us in relation to the hackathon.

Obtaining time off work/study or related activities to participate in the hackathon will be you and your Team’s responsibility.

We reserve the right at our absolute discretion (without accepting any liability or giving you any compensation) to disqualify and/or remove you and/or your Team from the hackathon and/or withhold or withdraw a prize if:

or it is in our best interests to do so.

your or your Team’s act(s) or omission(s) have or might have an adverse effect on the hackathon and/or on the SA Innovation Summit, Santam Ltd. Ltd or IBM South Africa;

you or your Team’s conduct is inappropriate or contrary to the spirit of these Terms or of the hackathon;

you or your Team do not comply with these Terms;

You and your Team must not do anything which may harm the reputation of the SA Innovation Summit, Santam Ltd. Ltd or IBM South Africa, or do anything which may bring  the SA Innovation Summit, Santam Ltd. Ltd or IBM South Africa into disrepute.

During your participation in the hackathon, you and your Team must not act in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, misleading, malicious or discriminatory.

If your Team is awarded a prize, acceptance of such prize shall be your Team’s responsibility.

You and your Team’s entry and participation in the hackathon is at your and your Team’s own risk and you and your Team’s health and safety is you and your Team’s own responsibility.

Accordingly, we reserve the right to take such action as we require to protect our position in respect of any claim or potential claim of any third party.

We accept no liability whatsoever in respect of our use of the Solution Materials as described in clause 23 which breaches any third party intellectual property rights.

You warrant to us that:

• you and your Team have created the Solution Materials and do not require the permission of any third party to provide the consent given in clause 23,

• no third party has any right title, title and/or interest in or to the Solution Materials, during your and your Team’s participation in the hackathon,

• you and your Team shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, and our use of the Solution Materials (as described in clause 23) shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

You and your Team agree that we will not obtain your or your Team’s approval prior to any such uses of the Solution Materials.

You and your Team hereby consent to the SA Innovation Summit, Santam Ltd. and IBM publishing media (including photos and videos) and information relating to the Solution Materials through printed and online channels (including both on internal and external communications) for all PR activities and editorial relating to the hackathon.

We acknowledge that you and/or your Team shall own your Team’s Solution, together with all materials, software, applications, coding and any other solution materials, which you or your Team creates in relation to the hackathon

By submitting Your Information, you consent to receiving marketing emails from us, our affiliates and/or selected third party partner organisations. If you would not like to receive any such marketing emails, please let us know at the following email address: [email protected]

You and your Team agree that Your Information may be disclosed to and used by our personnel and selected third-party partner organisations and/or used in any form as determined by us subject to compliance with relevant legislation.

You and your Team agree that we will not obtain your or your Team’s approval prior to such uses of Your Information.

We may use Your Information to administer the hackathon, including, for example: preparing for, promoting and advertising the hackathon (including use of Your Information in printed and online publications, editorial and PR activities, on internal and external communications).

By participating in the hackathon, you and your Team consent to our use of and right to capture, reproduce and publish your and your Team’s personal data, photographs, images, recordings, businesses’ name and logo (“Your Information”).

We reserve the right to prohibit use of any SAIS, Santam Ltd. & IBM South Africa at any time upon notice and you agree  immediately to cease use of such SAIS, Santam Ltd. & IBM South Africa and comply with any other reasonable obligations we require.

Subject to our prior written approval in each case and these Terms, you may take part in any marketing or promotional activity or make any press announcements, including on any online social networking or other social media site (including but not limited to Twitter), relating to the hackathon, provided that you ensure that no such activity or announcements is defamatory, disparaging of and/or derogatory to us or any of our affiliates or third parties.

These Terms shall not grant any rights in or affect the ownership of us of any of our intellectual property rights including but not limited to our name, logos and/or trademarks, or those of our affiliates (“SAIS, Santam Ltd. & IBM South Africa”).

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa and South African courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or their subject matter.

If by virtue of your and/or your Team’s participation in the hackathon and/or receipt of a prize causes us to be in breach of our independence or regulatory requirements, we may, at our absolute discretion, remove you or your Team from the hackathon and/or not award your Team or withdraw a prize.

You are required to notify us if you or your Team are aware of any reason why your or your Team’s participation in the hackathon and/or receipt of a prize would cause us to breach of our independence or regulatory requirements.

These Terms shall take precedence to all other information you have previously received about the hackathon and we reserve the right to amend these Terms without notice at any time and any such variations shall be notified to you.

Any delay in the exercise or non-exercise of any such right is not a waiver of that right.

Our rights under these Terms are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law and may  be only waived in writing.

We hereby exclude all liability to you, your Team and/or any third party and shall not be liable to you, your Team and/or any third party for any losses, liabilities, damages, costs, fines, claims and/or expenses suffered or incurred by you, your Team and/or any third party arising out of or in connection with the hackathon, whether in contract, tort, statute or otherwise, provided that nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud, or for any other liability that may not be excluded or limited by law.

For the purpose of this clause, “Confidential Information” means all product, business, market, strategic, methodology or other information or data relating to the hackathon or our business or affairs, but excludes any information which

(ii) is required by law, regulation or order to be disclosed to a Court of competent jurisdiction

(i) is in the public domain in any way without breach of these Terms, or

If you are provided with or otherwise learn of any confidential information, you shall keep such confidential information secret and not disclose it to any third party.