Filtration Criteria:

• Filling the registration form, and ensuring that all entered information are correct and complete.
• Participants age must be less than 35 years.
• Registration form must be filled in English language.
• Participants must be fully present for the 2 days of the event on 26th and 27th March, 2017.

Selection Criteria:

• Applicants should have maximum 10 years of work experience.
• Applicants should have a degree in in Marketing or related fields and/or have worked within theses fields.
• Applicants should be fluent in written and spoken English.
• Applicants should have a successful scholar and professional background. Please add your LinkedIn profile page link.
• The 350 delegates will be selected by a professional committee.

General Rule:

• The following stipulations include the official rules and conditions of “Markathon event” which form an integral part of the Next challenge project. Thus, participating in the Markathon means agreeing and complying to these rules and conditions and what comes in relation.
• Markathon online platform is the property of KAEC “King Abdullah Economic City” and managed by “Tam Development LLC” .
• The “Markathon committee” may at its sole discretion withhold, cancel, extend and/or alter the process of the Markathon, and its terms and conditions. The participants agree that such actions fall under the full estimation of the Markathon committee and no participant may object or make any kind of claims. Any changes made to the Markathon will be announced on the official site kaecmarkathon.com and its social media accounts.
• All submissions will undergo screening and evaluation to affirm their eligibility and compatibility with the Markathon terms and conditions, screening criteria and the overall vision of the Markathon.
• All participants must commit to the specified dates and deadlines of the Markathon’s stages.
• There is no refund of payment if the nominated participants decide to withdraw after payment confirmation.
• All participants must acknowledge that they have read and understood the terms and conditions to participate in the Markathon. By applying to the Markathon, the participant acknowledges their agreement to the terms and conditions.
• Any submission proven to be false or violate intellectual property rights and/or copyrights will be disqualified from any stage of the Markathon, and the participant will be subject to questioning by legal authorities; given that the process of evaluation is strict and will inspect all details and intellectual rights of submissions. In the case a winner was later found to violate any of the terms & conditions to win the award , the winner will be subject to questioning by legal authorities and the prize will be returned to the founding committee.
• If the event of the Markathon was cancelled, a message will be released on the Markathon’s official channels and on the website next.kaec.net and kaecmarkathon.com announcing the relevant message.
• The “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC” reserve the right to ask for further information and documents if needed in order to support or validate a submission.
• The “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC” reserve the right to eliminate a participant that does not comply with the terms & conditions, the screening criteria or does not fit with the overall vision of the Markathon at any stage of the Markathon.

Post-acceptance rules:

• The employees of “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC”, members of the nomination and filtration committees are not eligible to participate in the Markathon.
• All submissions/campaigns must be owned, co-owned or started by the participant.
• “Tam Development LLC” and “Markathon Committee” preserve the right to eliminate any participant that breaches the terms and conditions of the Markathon.
• The participant must be a resident of any region in Saudi Arabia.
• In the case of elimination of any participant by the “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC”, the Markathon committee is entitled to select an alternate participant. In such a case, an alternate participant is selected by the Markathon committee in accordance with the same criteria by which the principle participant was selected.
• The participant vows that all information provided by him/her is correct, complete and up to date.
• The participant must have full authority to consent to these terms and conditions. Any obligations or rights to a third party must be fulfilled by the participant. Any contractual relationship or collaborations with a third party that may prevent the participant from participating completely or partly in the Markathon, or limit the authorization of the participant to use the complete submission or part of it, must be declared.
• All participants may withdraw from the Markathon at any stage before the 7th of March 2017 by sending an email to [email protected] requesting withdrawal from the next stage.
• The Markathon committee has the right to publish any data regarding the participant’s submission at any stage of the Markathon for promotional purposes.
• The Markathon committee is committed to not disclose any personal information regarding participants to any third party, unless it is obligated to do so for legal purposes or through cooperation or any governmental bodies by a legal warrant.
• Participants will be formed in group of 10-12 people with whom they will compete as a team.
• Each team should have a Team Leader and should consist of specialists in various fields of marketing.
• It is obligatory to have a client services specialist, a graphic designer and a marketing professional in each team.

Intellectual Property:

• The “Markathon committee” and “Tam Development LLC” will retain all details, information and files from the registration stage of the Markathon and those sent by email.
• By participating in the Markathon, the participant agrees to entrust the rights to the “Markathon committee” and “Tam Development LLC” or any other party the Markathon committee delegates to publish any information or details they see as appropriate from the submissions on the Next Challenge website, or in any other media channel currently known or may develop in the future, which may include websites, mobile devices, television and radio. The participant also agrees to the use of the submission or any information or details related to it for purposes of advertising, promotion, publicity, broadcast, exhibition, distribution and communication to the public for the benefit of the Next Challenge Markathon.
• The submission should not contain any information that may violate the credibility of the initiative in question, such as the mentioning of a third party name that is not in any way or form involved in the campaign.
• The “Markathon committee” and “Tam Development LLC” are not responsible for any legal procedures regarding the violation of any laws the participant has committed on any level.

Legal Responsibility:

• The “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC” are in no way responsible for any financial losses or emotional damages the participants may experience from participating in the award including any damage that may result from being accepted in the award.
• The “Markathon Committee” and “Tam Development LLC” are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information, human error, technical malfunction, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failure of any telephone, computer or other network, computer equipment, software or any combination that may have been caused by entering the Next Challenge website.
• Once you register, you automatically agree to all of the terms and conditions of the Markathon (hereafter referred to as “The Markathon” or the “Markathon Program” and thus will be legally responsible to respect and comply).

Specialty:

• Every conflict that arises in respect to the aforementioned rules and conditions will be settled amicably. In the case that a settlement is not reached or not possible, both parties will return to judgment according to the KSA judicial system judgement will be issued solely by the KSA system and the specialty exclusive to KSA legal authorities.