Judging Process

After the closing date for submissions all nominations will be collected and reviewed by a panel of internationally & regionally recognised and respected judges drawn from a variety on industry sectors and disciplines – guaranteeing objectivity and credibility.

The judges will use the published criteria against which to score the entry. Each Award winner will be decided by consensus among the judges and no correspondence will be entered into by outside parties. Judging will be based on the strength of the submissions and according to the Award key criteria.

The judges will then submit their individual scores which are collated and sit down as a group to deliberate on the final shortlist to select the winners.  Winners will be announced only on the night of the Awards ceremony itself.

The judges’ decision is final and neither the organisers nor the judging panel will enter into any correspondence about the results.

Judging Criteria
Each entry will be scored by the judges using a simple scoring system based on the criteria for each Award.  The scoring system will involve a judge allocating a maximum of 25 marks per criteria.

Confidentiality
We recognise and respect the sensitive nature of the information submitted in the entries.  Entries are not disclosed or discussed outside the judging process.  We do not publish the names of companies, organisations or individuals that have not won an Award, nor will we reproduce any information from your entry. Therefore if you enter the Awards, but are not successful, this will remain confidential.

In addition, entrants may mark any commercially sensitive information contained in their entry as ‘not for publication’.

All entries and supporting material will be destroyed after the Awards presentation.