CIPTA 2017 Judging Concludes

The judging process of the Crown Prince CIPTA Award 2017 concluded with the Participants’ Presentation and Judges Evaluation that took place in closed-door sessions on 28 & 29 March 2017 at Universiti Teknologi Brunei.

There are two stages in the CIPTA judging process. The first stage is the Preliminary Assessment Stage, and the final stage is the Participant’s Presentation and Judges Evaluation Stage.

In the Preliminary Assessment Stage, submitted project abstracts were assessed to ensure that the projects satisfy the rules and regulations of the competitions. 38 out of 47 entries managed to proceed to the Participants’ Presentation and Judges Evaluation Stage.

In this final stage, participants were required to present their inventions in front of a panel of international and local judges. This year, ten international and local judges have been appointed from various backgrounds including engineering, research, innovation, education and business.

Each participating team or individual was given 20 minutes to demonstrate and explain their products, followed by a 20-minute question and answer session with the panel of judges. The Smart Junior participants were only given half of the above time for their presentation.

The judging panel evaluated the projects based on several criteria in accordance to the category of the competition. The assessed criteria include novelty, deployability of the end product, social, economic and sustainable design considerations, and the quality of the report and the presentation.

 CIPTA 2017 is the seventh installment of the biennial competition organised by Universiti Teknologi Brunei, in partnership with Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd, as the main sponsor. Among the objectives of the Crown Prince CIPTA Award Competition are to inspire the youth and public to develop creative products, processes or technology for the national and ASEAN aspirations, to recognise and award creative talents in the country as well as in the ASEAN region, and to motivate and instill the culture of science, engineering and technology to the youth and to the public.

There are six categories in CIPTA 2017:
i. Category 1 – Creating New Product, Process or Technology;
ii. Category 2 – Modifying Existing Product, Process or Technology;
iii. Category 3 – Creating New or Modifying Existing Product, Process or Technology by Young Inventors;
iv. ASEAN New Invention & Innovation Category;
v. ASEAN Young Inventor Category; and
vi. The Smart Junior Competition