2009 Big Mobile on Campus Challenge

Eligibility.
Open to full-time students and full or part-time staff who attend or work at a Higher Education Institution (accredited, degree issuing) within the continental United States. Entrants must be 18 or older and legal residents of the continental United States. Teams of up to four (4) individuals may submit an entry.

How to Enter.
To enter contest, between 8:00 am (PT) on April 1, 2009 and 5:00 pm (PT) on September 30, 2009, develop an innovative custom wireless application to be used on AT&T wireless devices and submit such application through the online form at www.att.com/higherEDcontest. To be eligible, applications submitted as entries must be a mobile learning, mobile identity, or student system integration application. Applications should ideally operate across multiple platforms (WAP, JAVA, J2ME, Linux, RIM BlackBerry, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile and OS X), and multiple devices (voice centric and data devices such as a PDA, SmartPhone, Blackberry, or iPhone). Entries must include a business case, including distribution concepts and plans, and supporting documents (pdfs or a PowerPoint presentation) with one (1) screen shot of the application on a mobile device. All entries/applications must be received by 5:00 pm (PT) on September 30, 2009. Sponsor's servers and clock shall be deemed the official clock for the contest and entrant's proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt by sponsor. Incomplete and/or duplicate entries will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, misdirected, late, incomplete, illegible or unintelligible entries/applications or for inaccurate entry information, whether caused by participant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of entries/applications. By submitting an entry/application, each entrant represents and warrants that (i) each application is original; (ii) each application does not infringe the intellectual property or any rights of any third party; and (iii) he/she is entitled or duly licensed to submit the entry/application. Entrants may submit multiple entries, but only one (1) prize per entrant will be awarded. All submissions remain the intellectual property of the team submitting the application.

Judging.
Each entry/application will be reviewed by sponsor to determine which entries/applications are qualified entries. Qualified entries/applications will be judged by a panel of qualified judges selected by sponsor using the following judging criteria: (i) application concept; (ii) design, implementation and quality; (iii) impact on the higher education community; and (iv) business case.

On October 5, 2009, sponsor will notify the entrants of the top 9 entries/applications (3 from each of the application categories: mobile learning, mobile identity, and student system integration) (the “Finalists”). The Finalists shall submit their program code for testing and up to ten (10) screen shots of the application on a mobile device, which must be provided to sponsor no later than October 10, 2009. The sponsor will schedule a 45-minute webinar session for each of the Finalists to present and demonstrate their application to a panel of qualified judges selected by sponsor. The presentations will be scheduled between October 12 and 16, 2009. A maximum of four (4) presenters per Finalist may participate in a presentation. Failure to present at the scheduled time will result in disqualification. During the presentations, the judges will judge the applications presented based on the following judging criteria: (i) application concept; (ii) design, implementation and quality; (iii) impact on the higher education community; and (iv) business case. The Finalists' entries will be scored using the foregoing four judging criteria with each criteria receiving a maximum possible score of ten. (The highest total score any entry may receive is 40). In the event there is a tie, the tie will be broken by the judges judging the tied entries using design, implementation and quality as the judging criteria. The Finalist with the highest score will be awarded the Grand Prize, and the two (2) Finalists with the second and third highest scores will be awarded a Runner-up Prize. Winners will be notified by sponsor via the e-mail address and phone number provided by the entrants on the entry forms on October 19, 2009. Each winner will be required to sign and return to sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Public Release within seven (7) calendar days of being notified that he/she is a winner. If any winner is deemed not eligible, an alternate winner will be selected.

Prizes.
Schools whose students/staff become one of the top 9 Finalists will be provided complementary membership to AT&T's Mobility Developer Central Organization. The $750 annual membership fee will be waived for as long as AT&T's Mobility Developer Central Organization is in operation. Sponsor will notify the appropriate schools of their complimentary membership the week of October 19, 2009.

Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded, consisting of one $10,000 scholarship (provided in cash); choice of one (1) AT&T mobile device (limited to devices available through any and all authorized AT&T distribution channels, laptops excluded); and a trip to attend the EduCause Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado on November 3-6, 2009 where they will have the opportunity to showcase their winning application in the AT&T booth in the Exhibit Hall. The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $17,500. In the event the Grand Prize winner consists of a team of up to four members, (a) the $10,000 scholarship may be divided amongst the team members, provided that all team members attend the same institution; (b) one (1) AT&T mobile device will be awarded to each team member; and (c) each team member will have the opportunity to attend the EduCause Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado. The scholarship must be used within two (2) years of the date it is awarded. Trip includes round trip economy class airfare between the major airport nearest winner's home and Denver, Colorado, three (3) nights hotel accommodations and attendance at the convention. Trip does not include, and winner will be responsible for, ground transportation, meals, gratuities, entertainment costs and any other expenses incurred in connection with such trip. Travel times, airline and hotel are at the discretion of sponsor. Sponsor will set up travel arrangements for the winner. The choice of the AT&T mobile device is limited to devices available in the marketplace (e.g. devices available through any authorized AT&T distribution channel; laptops excluded) at the time the prize is awarded. Sponsor will order device on winner's behalf. Awards and prizes do not include taxes and applicable fees. Therefore, all taxes and associated fees associated with awards and prizes shall be due by each winner.

Runner-Up Prizes: Two (2) Runner-Up Prizes will be awarded, each consisting of one $5,000 scholarship; and choice of one (1) AT&T mobile device for each team member (laptops excluded). The approximate retail value of each Runner-Up Prize is $7,000. In the event a Runner-Up Prize winner consists of a team of up to four members, (a) the scholarship may be divided amongst the team members, provided all team members attend the same institution; and (b) one (1) AT&T mobile device will be awarded to each team member. The scholarship must be used within two (2) years of the date it is awarded. The choice of the AT&T mobile device is limited to devices available in the marketplace (devices available through any and all authorized AT&T distribution channel, laptops excluded) at the time the prize is awarded.

The approximate retail value of all prizes is $31,500. Winners are responsible for paying all costs and expenses related to the prizes that are not specifically mentioned, including, but not limited to, taxes and all service charges. In the event a staff member is a winner or a member of a winning team, he/she may elect to be awarded the cash value of the scholarship, or portion thereof awarded to him/her as a member of the winning team.

Additional Terms.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, terminate, or suspend this contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond sponsor's control corrupt or impair the administration, security or fairness of the contest or for any other reason in sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor is not responsible and disclaims all responsibility for any human error that may occur in the processing of the entries/applications. Moreover, sponsor shall have no liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alternation of, entries/applications, whether caused by the sender or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify an individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or web site; to be acting in violation of these rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods will void all such entries submitted by such methods. In the event of a dispute as to entries/applications submitted by multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the contest as the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domains associated with the submit e-mail addresses. Only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules will be awarded.

Miscellaneous.
By entering, participants agree to be bound by these rules. No transfer, assignment, cash redemption or substitution of prizes is permitted except by sponsor due to prize availability and then with a prize of equal or greater value. By accepting a prize, each winner agrees (for himself or herself and his or her heirs) that sponsor and its affiliates, parent and agents will have no liability, and will be no liability, and will be indemnified and held harmless by such winner for any liability, loss, injury or damage to property or to person including death, and reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize or participation in this contest, even if caused or contributed to by the negligence of sponsor. Participants agree that the decisions of sponsor related to this contest and the judging of entries/applications are final. By participating in contest, each winner consents to the use of his/her name, photograph and/or likeness in any manner and in any medium for promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Moreover, each winner contestant releases AT&T of all liability for any and all uses outlined in the foregoing.

Limitation of Liability.
AT&T'S LIABILITY UNDER THESE RULES AND THIS CONTEST IS LIMITED TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE AWARDS AND PRIZES GUARANTEED HEREUNDER WITH NO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY OR OBLIGATIONS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL AT&T BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR FAILURE TO PERFORM REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY.

Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

Winners' List.
For an identification of the top 9 finalists and winners, visit http://higherEDcontestwireless.att.com beginning October 28, 2009 through December 31, 2009; or send your request along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for receipt by November 1, 2009 to: AT&T, Attn: Michele Brittingham, AT&T Business Solutions, P.O. Box 97061, Redmond, WA 98073-9761.