The UK's 5G Showcase Awards

Celebrating the achievements and outcomes of the UK's 5G projects

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The UK's 5G Showcase Awards

Introduction to the UK's 5G Showcase Awards

As many of the UK's 5G Testbeds & Trials projects come towards a conclusion, UK5G and DCMS are celebrating their achievements and outcomes, as well as the great effort and determination by the participants to overcome the considerable challenges thrown up over the last two to three years.

The UK's 5G Showcase Awards will be open for nominations from 20 January 2022 until 22 February 2022 and are open to any consortia, organisation or individual involved in a 5G project in the United Kingdom.  Winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner during The UK's 5G Showcase (22-23 March). The Award Categories recognise project consortia and organisations as well as specific individuals who have made an outstanding contribution. 

Award Categories

This award is for the project or organisation that can demonstrate the most potentially disruptive business impact through the application of their technology to a use case. The judges will be looking for creative, novel ideas and the development or use of technology which has the opportunity to transform current or future business processes or service provision.

Judging criteria:

  • What potential business impact is there through the use cases deployed in the projects?  
  • What plans are there for commercial roll out?
  • The judges will be looking for a creative novel design or technology
  • Provide evidence that the technology will drive real business benefit
  • Overall quality and clarity of the application

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This award recognises the most innovative use of 5G technology from an organisation or project – there is no restriction on the field/arena. Ensure that you outline the technology including a brief summary of its uses. Entries should be able to demonstrate innovative uses of the various technologies used to deliver benefits.

Judging criteria:

  • What makes the technology innovative? Identify the unique uses/processes or systems being deployed
  • Demonstrate benefits of the technology (clients, society, supply chain etc.)
  • Summarise relevant outcomes/results of the technology
  • The potential for wider application in the industry
  • Overall quality and clarity of the application

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This award celebrates an organisation or project which is or will have a substantially positive impact on society. The winner will clearly demonstrate the potential benefits of their innovation within the community or the environment. They seek to evolve their technology for the public-good and are able to describe their future plans to widen their impact within society.

Judging criteria:

  • Implementation of an innovative digital technology to improve society or the environment
  • Demonstrate the success of the project in achieving a direct positive social objective, such as digital inclusion, education and skills, health, sustainability etc.
  • Demonstrate how the project has reached out to a community or group to gain acceptance and support for their ideas.
  • Demonstrate a clear vision and evidence of future plans to widen their impact within society
  • Overall quality and clarity of the application

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This award recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to 5G industry deployment through their work within or between 5G projects. The individual has demonstrated a commitment to the ideas behind their project, an understanding of other projects, and a determination to inspire and encourage others.  

Judging criteria:

  • Contribution to 5G industry deployment (technical proficiency, vision and leadership)
  • Impact the individual has had within their project and within the wider eco-system
  • Pioneered extensive 5G developments (either a product, research technology or a concept within the industry)
  • Inspired the wider technology community
  • Overall quality and clarity of the application

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This award recognises an individual who has made an exceptional contribution by developing robust links between 5G projects and across the wider 5G community and through outstanding partnership and collaboration.

Judging criteria:

  • Depth and breadth of collaboration across the programme
  • The impact, outputs and outcomes of the partnerships and collaborations inspired or fostered by the individual
  • Demonstrate future plans and partnerships arising from the collaboration
  • Demonstrate potential business benefit
  • Overall quality and clarity of the application

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Sponsorship

Sponsorship options are available for one or more of the award categories, or the full awards ceremony.

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Nomination & Awards Process

Nominations must be in the form of a written submission, to be a maximum of 200 words. Only nominations submitted through the online form by noon on 22nd February will be considered.  We can accept both self-nominations and your nominations of others.  All nominations will be assessed by our judging panel and a shortlist of finalists will be selected.  The composition of the judging panel will be announced shortly.  All finalists will be featured in conference literature and invited to attend the Awards Dinner on the evening of the 22nd March.  The winners will be invited to give a short pitch to the attendees at the event.

FINALISTS WILL RECEIVE: IN ADDITION, WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
1. Two invites to the Awards Dinner on the evening of 22 March 1. A short pitch to the Awards Dinner guests
2. Publicity through the UK5G media channels 2. A trophy
3. Inclusion in the conference brochure for The UK's 5G Showcase (22-23 March) 3. Livestreaming with the sponsor at the Awards Dinner
4. Additional publicity through UK5G media channels
5. Highlighting in a UK5G Innovation Briefing magazine article (Edition 10)

Key Dates

DATE ACTION
Thursday 20 January Awards announced and nominations opened
Tuesday 22 February Nominations close at 12 noon
Monday 7 March Finalists announced
Tuesday 22 March Winners to be announced during the Awards Dinner at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham as part of The UK's 5G Showcase

The Smallprint

  • The scope of these Awards are not restricted just to those projects supported with DCMS funding, but can include any 5G project consortia delivering results within the United Kingdom
  • Organisations, projects and individuals may nominate themselves or be nominated by others
  • Nominees can enter more than one category, but a separate form must be completed for each nomination
  • Eligible nominations will include a written submission of no longer than 200 words
  • Further supporting documentation may be requested in the event of shortlisting
  • Nominations must be received by 12pm, Tuesday 22nd February 2022
  • All winners must have a representative available to attend the Awards Dinner on 22nd March 2022 in Birmingham
  • The judging committee reserves the right to nominate projects or individuals themselves to ensure balance and diversity
  • The judging committee’s decisions are final

Download a PDF summary of the UK's 5G Showcase Awards 

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