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DIALOG INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Welcome to the Dialog Innovation Challenge, your chance to harness the transformative potential of technology to solve the issues that matter the most to you, your business and your communities.

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Welcome to the Dialog Innovation Challenge, your chance to harness the transformative potential of technology to solve the issues that matter the most to you, your business and your communities.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Scoring Update: Initial Evaluation Complete!

Our esteemed panel of judges has diligently assessed each submission, employing an eagle-eyed precision that ensures no brilliant spark goes unnoticed.

The journey doesn’t stop here! Teams that have scored above the cutoff mark were sent out an exciting invitation to create a 5-minute video. This provides them with an opportunity to delve deeper into their solutions, presenting their proof of concept, prototype, or even the completed product. The judges will meticulously analyze these presentations, selecting the top 25 teams to advance to the next semi-final round.

Stay tuned, as the future of innovation is set to unfold! 

Why participate

Learn and collaborate with tech luminaries, industry leaders, and innovators.

Receive mentoring and guidance throughout your journey.

Propel your solutions into the mainstream.

Engage with stakeholders, investors, and partners.

Gain valuable learning experiences and cutting-edge insights.

Enhance your abilities through a dynamic program.

Opportunity to secure a share of a substantial LKR 5 Million prize pool.

What are you waiting for? 

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Prizes and Awards

LKR 1.5 Million

LKR 1.5 Million

Grand Prize

LKR 1 Million

1st Runner-up

LKR 0.75 Million

2nd Runner-up

LKR 0.5 Million

Most Innovative

LKR 0.5 Million

Most Sustainable

LKR 0.5 Million

People's Choice

LKR 50,000 each

Consolation Prizes

Top Scoring Teams - Meeting the Cutoff Mark

Video submission Instructions

Refer below steps when submitting your video entry

Step 01

Crafting Your Video

Read the guidelines thoroughly to understand the necessary content for your video. Create a video that explains the points outlined in the guidelines while demonstrating the product you currently have in hand. Ensure that the video does not exceed 5 minutes.

Step 02

Sharing Your Innovation

Upload your video to a cloud platform such as Google Drive, YouTube (unlisted), etc. Grant permission for 'anyone with the link' or 'innovation.challenge@dialog.lk' to access the video.

Step 03

Finalizing Your Submission

Enter the link to your video in the online submission form shared with your email. Provide all the required details and click 'submit' to complete the submission process.

Video Guidelines

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DIALOG INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Welcome to the Dialog Innovation Challenge, your platform to showcase and develop innovative digital solutions that solve the issues that matter the most to you, your business and your communities.

Whether you have a working prototype, a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), or a fully developed solution, we invite submissions across all genres.

Do you have an innovative idea but need time to develop it into a working prototype? No worries! Register now and submit your fully developed prototype before the submission deadline.

At the Dialog Innovation Challenge, we believe in pushing the boundaries and exploring untapped avenues where digital innovation can revolutionize the lives of people in Sri Lanka.

The Dialog Innovation Challenge covers multiple selection stages, where at each stage, participants will have access to an array of mentoring sessions, guidance workshops, engaging activities, and comprehensive learning materials. These invaluable resources will assist you in refining, developing, and elevating your solution or product as you progress through the competition. Additionally, our regional outreach programmes provide an opportunity to connect with our teams on the ground.

Join us in this groundbreaking initiative and become a catalyst for transforming Sri Lanka through the power of digital innovation. “

Rules and Regulations

Participants’ Terms and Conditions for the Digital Innovation Competition

Dialog Axiata PLC (“Dialog”) is conducting an Innovation Competition (“Competition”) focused on creating digital solutions. The following are the Terms and Conditions applicable to the participants.

1.Eligibility

1.1. The Digital Innovation Competition (“Competition”) is open to any Sri Lankan citizen above the age of 16.

1.2. Participants can enter the Competition either as individuals or as teams. Teams may consist of up to a maximum of five (5) members.

1.3. Employees of Dialog, its subsidiary companies, and their immediate family members, as well as anyone involved in the organization or judging of the Competition, are not eligible to participate.

2.Registration

2.1. To participate in the Competition, participants must register by completing the online registration form available on the Competition website <URL>.

3.Innovation Requirements

3.1. The submitted innovation must use digital technologies or tools to effectively address problems faced by Sri Lankan communities within industry domains, including but not limited to healthcare, food and agriculture, fintech, logistics and transport, manufacturing, energy and utility management, service management, and education.

3.2. The concept, whether it is a new product or an upgrade to an existing product, should be original and free from any infringement upon intellectual property rights of third parties. Participants must ensure that all materials and content included in their submission are original and are not subject to dispute by any 3rd party.

4.Judging Criteria and Decision Finality

4.1. Dialog reserves the right to determine the judging criteria for the Competition and to select and shortlist concepts based on those criteria. 

4.2. The decision of the judges will be final and binding, and no appeals or further correspondence will be accepted or entertained. The evaluation and selection process of DDIC is designed to create an open, accountable, multi-step selection process based solely on the merit of the submitted products or services. All submissions shall receive the same opportunity for evaluation. Each eligible application will be thoroughly evaluated by industry experts and ecosystem partners nominated by the organizer, and their decisions will be considered final. By participating in the Competition, contestants acknowledge and agree to accept the decisions of the judges as  final.

5.Intellectual Property and Privacy

5.1. The organizers will handle participants’ submissions in accordance with the applicable legal provisions relating to data protection and data privacy and subject to Clause 5.3, will maintain confidentiality with respect to the same. The organizers will implement measures to protect the confidentiality of the submitted materials, ensuring limited access only to authorized individuals involved in the evaluation process. Participants’ submissions will not be disclosed to any third party without his/her prior consent, except as required by law or regulation.

5.2. While Dialog will make every effort within its control to protect the submissions by participants and to maintain confidentiality with respect to the same as stated above, the participants should understand and accept the possibility of similar concepts being independently submitted by multiple participants. The Such submissions should not be interpreted as a violation of obligations of confidentiality by Dialog and the participants hereby agree and acknowledge that no liability shall be imposed on Dialog..

5.3. During the latter part of the Competition, shortlisted concepts may be disclosed to the public through promotional materials and through a reality television show produced as part of the Competition. Participants hereby agree to the disclosure of their submissions for such promotional purposes as and when requested by Dialog in the event of being shortlisted at such stage of the Competition.

Responsibility and Indemnification

6.1. Participants are solely responsible for the originality of their concept and should ensure that they have not copied or stolen their concept/s from a third party/parties. 

Participants shall fully indemnify Dialog against any claims demands and /or actions brought by third parties in relation to their submitted concepts and/or any losses incurred by Dialog in relation to the same.

6.2. In the event of a dispute around the originality of a submission, Dialog reserves the right to disqualify the submission from the Competition.

Disputes and Resolution

7.1. Dialog reserves the right to decide the course of action to be followed in case of disputes or claims related to submitted concepts or any other aspect of the Competition.  

By entering the Competition, participants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and accept the decisions of Dialog and its judges as final.

These Terms and Conditions are subject to change at any time at the discretion of Dialog, and it is the participants’ responsibility to stay informed about any changes.

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Dialog Innovation Challenge Video submission format

Please make sure that the following points are covered in the product demonstration video you create.
Problem statement / ගැටලුව ගැන පැහැදිලි කිරීම / பிரச்சனையிை் விவரங்கள்
  • What is the problem you are trying to solve ?
  • ඔබ විසඳීමට උත්සාහ කරන ගැටලුව කුමක්ද?
  • நீங்கள் தீர்க்க முயற்சிக்கும் பிரச்சனை என்ன?
  • Who is affected by this problem / benefitted from the solutions? (Demographic and scale)
  • මෙම ගැටලුවෙන් පීඩාවට පත්වන්නේ / විසඳුම් වලින් ප්‍රතිලාභ ලබන්නේ කවුද? (ජන කොටස සහ පරිමාණය)
  • இந்தப் பிரச்சனையால் யார் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள் / தீர்வுகளால் பயனடைகிறார்கள்? (மக்கள்தொகைசார் மற்றும் மக்கள் அளவு)
  • How did you validate the problem statement ? (What methods (Survey, interviews, research, etc.) did you use to confirm if the problem is real?)
  • ගැටලුව සැබෑ දැයි තහවුරු කිරීමට ඔබ භාවිතා කළ ක්‍රම මොනවාද? (සමීක්ෂණ, සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා, පර්යේෂණ, යනාදී)
  • பிரச்சனை அறிக்கையை எப்படி சரிபார்த்தீர்கள் (பிரச்சினை உண்மையானதா என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்த நீங்கள் என்ன முறைகளை (கணக்கெடுப்பு, நேர்காணல்கள், ஆராய்ச்சி போன்றவை) பயன்படுத்தினீர்கள்?)
  • How urgent is a solution for the mentioned problem? (State if a solution is needed urgently or later in time, and why)
  • විසඳුම කෙතරම් කඩිනමින් අවශ්‍යද? (සඳහන් කළ ගැටලුව සඳහා විසඳුමක් කෙතරම් කඩිනමින් අවශ්‍යද හෝ තීරණාත්මකද යන්න සඳහන් කරන්න)
  • தீர்வு எவ்வளவு அவசரமானது? (குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட பிரச்சனைக்கான தீர்வு எவ்வளவு அவசரமானது அல்லது முக்கியமானது மற்றும் ஏன் என்பதைக் குறிப்பிடவும்)
  • How urgent is a solution for the mentioned problem? (State if a solution is needed urgently or later in time, and why)
  • විසඳුම කෙතරම් කඩිනමින් අවශ්‍යද? (සඳහන් කළ ගැටලුව සඳහා විසඳුමක් කෙතරම් කඩිනමින් අවශ්‍යද හෝ තීරණාත්මකද යන්න සඳහන් කරන්න)
  • தீர்வு எவ்வளவு அவசரமானது? (குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட பிரச்சனைக்கான தீர்வு எவ்வளவு அவசரமானது அல்லது முக்கியமானது மற்றும் ஏன் என்பதைக் குறிப்பிடவும்)
Solution Description / විසඳුමේ විස්තරය / தீர்வின் விளக்கம்
  • What is the proposed solution ?
  • යෝජිත විසඳුම කුමක්ද?
  • முன்மொழியப்பட்ட தீர்வு என்ன?
  • What is the current stage of the solution ? (Market ready/Prototype/PoC)
  • විසඳුමේ වත්මන් අදියර කුමක්ද? (වෙළඳපොළ සූදානම්/මූලාකෘති/PoC)
  • தீர்வின் தற்போதைய நிலை என்ன? (சந்தை தயார்/முன்மாதிரி/PoC)
  • What are the digital technologies used ?
  • භාවිතා කරන ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණයන් මොනවාද?
  • என்ன டிஜிட்டல் தொழில்நுட்பங்கள் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்றன?
  • How does this solution works ? (Briefly explain how your solution uniquely solves the identified problem, functionalities, and technical features)
  • මෙම විසදුම ක්‍රියාකරන්නේ කෙසේද? (ඔබේ විසඳුමේ ක්‍රියාකාරීත්වය සහ තාක්ෂණික විශේෂාංග කෙටියෙන් පැහැදිලි කරන්න)
  • இது எப்படி வேலை செய்கிறது? (உங்கள் தீர்வு எவ்வாறு தனித்துவமாக அடையாளம் காணப்பட்ட சிக்கலைத் தீர்க்கிறது, செயல்பாடுகள் மற்றும் தொழில்நுட்ப அம்சங்களைச் சுருக்கமாக விளக்கவும்)
  • What are the unique features of your solution ? (Emphasize your unique features and advantages over existing products in the market)
  • ඔබේ විසඳුමේ ඇති සුවිශේෂී ලක්ෂණ මොනවාද? (වෙළඳපොලේ පවතින නිෂ්පාදනවලට වඩා ඔබේ විසඳුමේ ඇති සුවිශේෂී විශේෂාංග සහ වාසි සඳහන් කරන්න)
  • உங்கள் தீர்வின் தனித்துவமான அம்சங்கள் என்ன? (சந்தையில் இருக்கும் தயாரிப்புகளை விட உங்களின் தனித்துவமான அம்சங்கள் மற்றும் நன்மைகளை வலியுறுத்துங்கள்)
Impact / විසඳුම මගින් ඇතිවන බලපෑම / தாக்கம்
  • To what extent does it solve the problem ? 
  • ඔබේ විසඳුම කොතරම් දුරට ගැටලුව විසඳන්නේද?
  • எந்த அளவிற்கு பிரச்சனையை தீர்க்கிறது?
  • What is the impact it creates ? (such as reducing effort, time, cost of getting some work done, opening the service to a larger population of customers, etc.)
  • එමගින් ඇතිවන බලපෑම කුමක්ද? (යම් කාර්යයක් ඉටු කර ගැනීමේ පිරිවැය, කාලය සහ උත්සාහය අඩුකිරීම, විශාල පාරිභෝගික පිරිසකට සේවාව විවෘත කිරීම යනාදිය) ​
  • அது உருவாக்கும் தாக்கம் என்ன? (முயற்சி, நேரம், சில வேலைகளைச் செய்வதற்கான செலவு, அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு சேவையைத் திறப்பது போன்றவை)
Business model / ව්‍යාපාර සැලසුම / வியாபார மாதிரி
  • Have you thought of a business or a revenue model ? (How do you plan to earn money from this product / cover the cost of production and maintain sustainability?)
  • ඔබට ව්‍යාපාර ආකෘතියක් හෝ මූල්‍ය ආකෘතියක් තිබේද ? (මෙම නිෂ්පාදනයෙන් මුදල් ඉපැයීමට / නිෂ්පාදන පිරිවැය ආවරණය කිරීමට සහ තිරසාරත්වය පවත්වා ගැනීමට ඔබ සැලසුම් කරන්නේ කෙසේද?)
  • நீங்கள் ஒரு வணிகம் அல்லது வருவாய் மாதிரியைப் பற்றி யோசித்தீர்களா? (இந்த தயாரிப்பில் இருந்து பணம் சம்பாதிப்பது / உற்பத்திச் செலவை ஈடுகட்டுவது மற்றும் நிலைத்தன்மையைப் பராமரிப்பது எப்படி?)
What is next ? / අනාගත පියවර කුමක්ද? / அடுத்தது என்ன ?
  • What is your product roadmap ? (what you have achieved & where you plan to be)
  • ඔබේ නිෂ්පාදනයේ ගමන් මග කුමක්ද? (ඔබ දැනට අත්කර ගෙන ඇත්තේ මොනවාද සහ ඔබ කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ කුමක් ද)​
  • உங்கள் தயாரிப்பில் அடுத்த படிகள் மற்றும் முன்னேற்றம் என்ன? (நீங்கள் என்ன சாதித்துள்ளீர்கள் & எங்கு இருக்க திட்டமிட்டுள்ளீர்கள்)
  • What do you expect from DIC if you are selected to the next round?
  • ඔබ ඊළඟ වටයට තේරී පත් වුවහොත් DIC වෙතින් ඔබ අපේක්ෂා කරන්නේ කුමක්ද?
  • நீங்கள் அடுத்த சுற்றுக்கு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டால் DIC இலிருந்து என்ன எதிர்பார்க்கிறீர்கள்?
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