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Submission Guidelines
There is no prescribed format for submissions, so develop your
submission in a form that meets the technical criteria and best
communicates your proposal. Please include the following in your
submission write-up:
contact information, including name, mailing
address, phone number and email address;
brief professional data
(such as curriculum vitae or resume) on each member of your submission
team, including a description of the expertise of team members
in the areas of technology covered by the challenge;
an abstract
of the proposal;
a non-confidential description of the proposal
with enough details for us to evaluate whether the proposal meets
the technical criteria and offers a promising and viable new
solution to the identified technical obstacle;
information on
how to arrange a demonstration of any prototype or other technology
described in the proposal;
description of any known environmental
or safety issues with the technology.
Submission Deadline
The submission deadline has been extended to December 31, 2008. Submission
dates may change, so please check this site for updates periodically.
Protecting
your intellectual property
Nothing about your submission will
constitute a grant to MovieLabs of any intellectual property rights
owned by you. You should take whatever steps you deem necessary
to protect your intellectual property before making a submission
to MovieLabs.
Confidentiality
MovieLabs will not sign a confidentiality agreement
for any submission. If your idea is very promising, and we are interested
in deeper discussion around the submission, we may sign an agreement
if necessary to enable those deeper discussions. You should be aware
that we will review your submission with our sponsoring studios,
technology consultants, and other advisors on a non-confidential
basis, so please do not submit any information which you deem sensitive
or confidential.
After reviewing these guidelines, please send a write-up
of your submission to challenge@movielabs.com.
