OC Innovation 2008

1. Candidates must be a company or organization in Orange County, Calif. (Individual or private citizen candidates are not permitted.)
2. Submissions will be screened by an application review panel. Top candidates will be notified and invited by Sept. 16, 2008 to make a presentation to judges at Toshiba on Sept. 25, 2008.
3. Up to six final candidates will be invited to present at the Green Innovation Award Innovator Showcase and Fast Pitch during the Innovation and Globalization in Green conference on Weds., Oct. 1, 2008 at 10 a.m. at the Hyatt Irvine.
4. Candidates invited to make a presentation should be prepared to make a Fast Pitch for 2-5 minutes with PowerPoint material support to cover:
   • Nature of Business or Organization
   • Description and background of Candidate
   • Benefit to the environment of Candidate
   • Innovation associated with Candidate
5. Panel of Judges will score each presentation on:
   • Environmental Value: Score 1 to 10
   • Innovation Level: Score 1 to 10
6. All presentations and associated material must be non-confidential, non-proprietary and releasable to the public and the media. NO CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, OR SUCH MARKINGS, WILL BE ADMITTED.
7. The Panel of Judges will select Winner based on the presentations made at the Green Innovation Award Innovator Showcase and Fast Pitch. The Winner will be announced and will receive the TOSHIBA AMERICA GREEN INNOVATION AWARD at the conference luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on Weds., Oct. 1.

PRIZES

1. The grand prize winner will receive $5,000 and a Toshiba laptop PC.
2. Second- and third-prize winners will receive $3,000 and $1,000, respectively, and a Toshiba laptop PC.
3. A live audience participation vote at the event will select a “People’s Choice” winner. That winner will win a Toshiba laptop PC.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules, and by decisions of Sponsor, which are final. No transfer, substitution or cash redemption for prize except by Sponsor due to prize unavailability, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, altered, or illegible, or for any computer, on-line, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission (except where prohibited) to use winner’s name and address for advertising and promotional purposes, without additional compensation. By entering, entrants release and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent companies, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability arising from or in connection with the contest. All taxes on prize are winner’s responsibility.

SPONSOR: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, 9740 Irvine Boulevard, Irvine, California 92618.