Geant4 collaboration is organizing a competition for the creation of its new logo.
The competition is open from 29th October midnight (GMT) to 12th
14th November 2016 midnight (GMT). The organizer reserve the
right to shorten, extend, modify, terminate, or cancel the contest, at
its discretion, at any time
The new logo will be used on all means of communication of Geant4, web-pages (e.g. companies, universities, documentation, conferences...), video platforms (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, ...). The products must meet the following requirements:
The form submitted must include the first name, last name; address, zip code, city, country, e-mail address of the participant, must accept the "terms and conditions" and must "certify to be 18 years or old"
Any proposal received after the closing date or not meeting the requirements will be excluded from the competition.
Each participant submitting a proposal acknowledges he/she is the sole author of the logos and slogan (if created). The participant must also certify that the design of the logo not affect the rights of third parties and does not infringe copyright, directly or indirectly.
The winner undertakes to give for free the full copyrights to the Geant4 Collaboration. The winning logo and banner will become the sole property of the Geant4 collaboration which reserves the right to use, modify, adapt and reproduce it on any media without time limit and without such use conferring the winner, or their family, any rights whatsoever other than the award of a prize. The designer of that logo and banner is prohibited from using or selling them again.
The jury comprises all Geant4 members at the date of the competition. In the event of a tie for the vote the chair of the jury (collaboration spokesperson) shall cast an extra deciding vote
Each logo will be examined according to the following criteria:
The winner will be announced on 21st of November 2016 on the contest web site. He/She will also be contacted directly by email. The jury decision will be final.
One prize of 150€ will be awarded to the winner
If the jury considers that there are not enough proposals or that none is suitable, the organizer reserves the right to postpone, suspend or cancel the competition at any time during the procedure. No claims from the candidates will be entertained.
The organizer reserves the right to exclude from the competition any entrant having plagiarized the work of another candidate or having plagiarized a graphic element protected by copyright. In addition any entrant who is in breach of any of these aforementioned terms and conditions.