How to Submit Entry

PicThe International Solar Technology Awards are open to all companies and organisations involved in the solar industry. Judging criteria has been set to create a level playing field for both small and large organisations participating in the awards program.

Benefits of entering

  • Receive recognition for leading innovation and implementation for technical progress in solar manufacturing.
  • Your award entry will receive a full-page microsite in the online exhibition opening at the end of March 2010 and will stay up until January 2011, providing links to your company’s website.
  • Your entry will be seen by industry-leading judges, some of whom may specify or purchase in your technical area.
  • Shortlisted awards (three per category) will be reproduced at the event's location.
  • Winners of each category receive a customised glass award at the award ceremony.
  • Winners and recognised entrants will receive a logo that can be used in companies’ PR activities for the remainder of 2010.

Cost of entry

Picture courtesy of SunivaThe cost to enter the awards is €200 for your company’s first entry and €150 for all entries thereafter for nominations received before the 6th of April (confirmation and payment only due by this date, entry information can be provided up until 6th of May).

You can enter as many award categories as you wish. All money is used to administer the awards judging process, cater the award ceremony and pay for the production of physical awards.

Entry Submissions

Via our website - preferred method

Step 1 - Register your details on our website.
Step 2 - Pay your entry fee.
Step 3 - Login to your account on the website.
Step 4 - Submit entries using the form under My Account > Submit Entry, by the deadline in April.

If you have any questions or require additional help in filling out your entry form please contact us.

Via email or fax - manual PDF submission

Step 1 - Download the nomination form using the link below (PDF).
Step 2 - Pay your entry fee at www.cellaward.com/payment
Step 3 - Complete the form (provide separate entry details for each entry).
Step 4 - Submit entries and any additional files via email by the deadline in April.

Download nomination form here (PDF)

Submit all files and images to info@cellaward.com, or fax the completed PDF to +44 (0) 20 7871 0101.

 

What is on the entry form

The Entry Form has the following sections to be completed:

  • Summary:  This is where you set out a synopsis of what the process or technology is and does.  This summary will be used in the online catalogue of entries.
  • Description:  Please set out under this heading as much detail as you can to make the technology development, innovation or process understood.  You can include confidential and commercially sensitive information here and it will be treated as such, provided you mark it as “commercially sensitive/confidential”.
  • Innovative aspect:  This is where you explain the really clever bit.  How have you addressed the problem or Picture courtesy of Sumcoavoided the issue or organized the process?  Again, please mark “commercially sensitive” or “confidential information” accordingly.
  • Benefits:  This is where the evaluation of the concept will be made.  Please include in here some sense of financial benefit, cost savings, price adjustments, expected or achieved sales effects, greenhouse gas emission reductions or other directly attributable benefits of the process or technology.
  • Additional information:  No form can cater for all eventualities and so this provides space for further explanation or details.
  • A maximum of two print quality images of your entry should be submitted along with a print quality version of your logo.

Lastly, if the form does not provide enough space or the questions are not directly relevant, then please send further material preferably as an attachment to your entry.