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Participants shall:

1) Complete and submit an online application by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 12, 2023
2) Certify that any documentation shared in the application process is their own work;
3) Certify that they abide by all guidelines of the Forum; and
4) Be limited to submitting only one application per participant.

Any submissions received by the Organizers, which are illegible or have not been received through legitimate channels are automatically void.

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Participants must be residents and business owners in Ontario, Canada. Innovation Factory clients, and/or members of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce are eligible to participate in the Competition. Any corporation or enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 million are not eligible for the Competition.  Applicants who have previously participated in both, LiONS LAIR and the Synapse Competition, or either competition more than once; and/or who placed in the top ten at a previous LiONS LAIR, and/or placed in the top three at a previous Synapse Competition shall be precluded from participating in this Competition. 

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The Organizer assumes no responsibility for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network, telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, or the failure of any application to be received by the Organizer on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof.

Participants selected to participate in the Forum will be notified by telephone or email. Up to three (3) attempts will be made to contact the selected participants within three days following their selection. The Organizers accept no liability for incorrect, incomplete or illegible contact information provided. If a selected participant cannot be contacted in the manner described above or fails to respond in a timely manner, its application will receive no further consideration by the evaluation panel.

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Impartial third-party judges will evaluate and score all applications, from which up to 15 (fifteen) finalists will be selected.

The participants chosen are required to:

• participate in training sessions from January to March;

• submit a commercialization plan;

• deliver a verbal pitch that will be recorded and made available online;

• participate in sponsor related engagements;

• participate in the in-person or virtual production of the Competition