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Mashup Awards: Introduction to Open Data Awards

Mashup Awards (MA) is a technology contest launched in 2006, in which designs and ideas used for Web sites and smart phone applications developed by Web developers compete. About 500 entries from developers, who are at the cutting edge of technology, have been received and their ideas for the future of the Web and the Internet are presented.

Open Data Award was established at Mashup Awards in 2014

In cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, we invite entries from businesses that use open data, including not only those that are at an experimental stage but also those that have already been commercialized.
Besides, as Open data partners, participation of administrative agencies that provide open data is also expected in the Open Data Award.

Entry qualifications

  • We invite entries from businesses that use open data, including not only those that are at an experimental stage but also those that have already commercialized products.
  • Applicants are requested to choose one of the two following divisions below and apply.
  • Entries are evaluated and prizes are awarded by a selection board consisting of experts.
Business division
  • Businesses already using open data, or businesses that in the future intend to capitalize on using open data.
  • Describe the business scheme (earnings structure, most recent sales performance (or forecast), etc.) on the application form.
Prototype division
  • Applications and web services developed, but not intended for commercialization yet, but are actually available.

Application method

  • Register entries from the web site "Apply for MA10" below.
    (Applicants are required to log in with an ID such as Facebook.)

MA site
http://mashupaward.jp/

・Write the following in the “Details” section of the application form when you submit an entry for the Open Data Award.

・Also write the API or open data you used in the “API utilization” section. Non-API is acceptable.

<Describe the following in the “Details” section.>

Submission to Business division
  • Write Submit to the Business division in Open Data Award.
  • Details of application submitted.
  • Business scheme (main source of income)
  • The most recent sales performance (or forecast)
Submission to Prototype division
  • Write submit to the Prototype section in Open Data Award.
  • Details of application submitted.

<Describe the following in the “API Utilization” division.>

For both business division and prototype division.
  • Describe the open data used. If there are many, then the main open data are acceptable.
  • Details of application submitted.
  • Description of open data used.
  • Body providing the open data.
  • Location (URL) of open data used.

If an application does not state the category,
the secretariat will determine whether open data are used or not, and if so the application will be accepted for evaluation.

udging Guideline and Schedule

Date Contents
October 26 (Sun.)
Application period closes 		Application deadline/starting examination.
(Establishment of selection board of experts)
Because there was a two-day delay in the application deadline of MA10, the deadline for the Open Data Award has also been postponed for two days.
November 5 (Wed.) Announcement of results to applicants
November 19 (Wed.) The Highest Award winner advances to the MA10 final stage.

Besides the above, an award ceremony will be held at the open data symposium, which is scheduled for early December.

Selection

1. Open Data Division: Highest Award
  • 1 application (selected from winners of business award and prototype award)
2. Business award
  • 2 -3 applications
  • Businesses already using open data, or businesses that in the future intend to capitalize on using open data.
3. Prototype award
  • 2-3 applications
  • Applications and web services developed, but not intended for commercialization yet, but are actually available.

Special prize

1. Open data division: highest Award
  • Prize 200,000 (JPY) + Incentive 800,000 (JPY) Total 1,000,000 (JPY)
  • Certificate of appreciation from government CIO
  • Advance to the final stage
2. Business Award
  • 50,000 (JPY) for each
  • The prize winners can participate in “human resources　matching event" (tentative name)” (the event matches an application using open data or talented person who creates an idea with a person who supports commercialization).
    It is scheduled for early December and will be hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Prize winners will be informed about details of the event individually.
3. Prototype Award
  • 50,000 (JPY) for each

Partner organization (sponsors of open data award)

  • The Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society, Cabinet secretariat
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Open data promotion consortium (ODPC)
  • Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC)
Sponsorship
  • National Institute of Technology

※ The main organizer of MA is the Mashup Awards Executive Committee

Contact Information about Open Data Award

Secretariat: Open data promotion consortium
opendata-c@mri.co.jp

※Contact the secretariat of MA10 for inquiries about MA10 through “Contact details for inquiries” at the footer of the page below

MA10 site
http://mashupaward.jp/awards/10