Information and Entry Form UKCeB Excellence Award 2017
ENTRY DEADLINE: 31 January 2017
All finalists win two attendee places and an
Exhibition Stand to showcase their entries in the
UKCeB Good Practice Market Place at the
Defence Information 2017 Event at the
Defence Academy Shrivenham 26th & 27th April
Judging & Announcement of Overall Winner on Day Two
of this premier annual Event for MOD & Industry
Defence Information is a premier annual 2-day Event that brings together MOD and Industry. The
UKCeB Good Practice Market Place at this Event (26th & 27th April 2017) provides an unrivalled
opportunity for MOD/Industry to showcase and share bright ideas and collaborative ways of working
amongst suppliers, customers and Defence users. It celebrates innovative Team Defence activities
and is keenly supported by the MOD who, along with Industry, recognise the value of learning from
innovative joint endeavours involving companies of all sizes - from Defence primes to the smallest
micro-businesses.
The UKCeB Excellence Award competition is open to MOD and industry teams (including hybrids of
both) or individual entrants. Within a broad scope of 'demonstrating improvements - or potential
improvements - to collaboration across defence'. The scope for subjects is deliberately wide with the
following offered as indicative guidance: business improvement and transformation; secure
information sharing; human factors; valuing information as an asset; support chain management; and,
enabling business agility. In other words, the Good Practice Market Place is an ideas forum where
finalists share project experiences and good practices with conference delegates and peers.
Benefits of participation in the UKCeB Excellence Award & Good Practice Market Place:
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Peer/industry recognition for innovation and good practices; publicity
Free stand in the Good Practice Market Place plus 2 free DI’17 attendee places – this premier
annual conference attracts over 200 attendees from both MOD & Industry
Networking and shared learning opportunities at DI’17
Diverse, constructive feedback from a wider defence audience
Entries showcasing how technology, people and processes strands interplay are particularly
welcomed. After visiting the finalists’ stands in the DI'17 Market Place, attendees are encouraged to
vote for the overall winner using the Conference App to nominate their choice. These attendee votes
will be taken into consideration by the independent panel of judges who will make the final decision.
During the second day of DI’17, the presentations will be made to the overall winner of the UKCeB
Excellence Award and to Highly Commended and Commended finalists. The winner has the
opportunity to present a short submission as part of the final plenary session of DI’17 to an audience
comprising MOD and Industry.
The criteria for judging submissions are:
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Degree of collaboration involved
Impact of work
Innovative approach
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Potential for application in other areas
Ease of implementation
Originality
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There is a wealth of material about entries by previous finalists and overall winners under the Key
Word UKCeB Excellence Awards & Good Practice Market Place on the UKCeB website. The link is:
https://secure.ukceb.net/keyword.php?keyword=1000128
To submit your entry to the UKCeB Excellence Award
2017, please complete the following pages and email to
Tony Butler ([email protected]) by the deadline of
28 February 2017.
UKCeB Excellence Award
presentation 2016
The UKCeB will down-select and announce the shortlist of finalists by 10th March
2017. A condition of entry is that all finalists participate in DI’17 – taking
advantage of a free stand and 2 free attendee places to demonstrate and discuss
with attendees their entries, as part of the Good Practice Market Place - held at
Shrivenham on 26th and 27th April, 2017.
The DI’17 Event has a dedicated App and DI’17 website that will showcase the
submissions of finalists to the UKCeB Excellence Award - as will the UKCeB
website at www.ukceb.net.
The DI’17 App and website will include extracts from the finalists’ submissions
for the Excellence Award. This provides another excellent opportunity to
showcase project and teamwork achievements.
DI’17 dedicated App
& website
If you have any questions about your entry for the UKCeB Excellence Award
2017, please contact Tony Butler (07939 722 836).
Pictures from previous UKCeB Good Practice Market Place Events & Excellence Awards
Thank you - we look forward to your submission
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UKCeB Excellence Award – Entry Form
Your Entry Title: ………………………………………………………………………………
Organisation(s) :……………………………………………………………………………………
Entry Overview: please provide a brief description of your submission, limit 150 words.
We will
publish Overviews from the finalists in the Excellence Awards section on the DI’17 App & website.
Also, nearer the date, finalists will be invited to provide other documentation - e.g. your choice of
documents, diagrams, videos etc. - to accompany the Overview on the App/website. The latter
additional collateral is optional and is not required for this Entry Form. Providing such supporting
material is not a requirement for the judging.
Contact Details
Main Point of Contact
 Name: ………………………………………………..
 Email Address: ……………………………………...
 Telephone Number: ………………………………….
Additional Submission Team Members: (there is no limit to associated members;
however, entry at DI’17 will be restricted to two per submission)
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Please complete further entry details on the following pages, keeping within the
allocated space provided of a single page per section.
If required, diagrams and/or images can be referenced as separate items.
Entry Criterion 1: Degree of collaboration involved
Please describe the nature of collaboration: this may include working with Customers, Partners
and/or Suppliers. How did this collaboration enable your work?
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Entry Criterion 2: Impact of work
Please describe the effect of the work undertaken – what has been the impact on business? This
might include more efficient working, reduced costs, improved product quality etc.
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Entry Criterion 3: Innovative approach
Please describe how your work has been innovative – what is different about the way you worked, or
the product/service provided that others could learn from?
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Entry Criterion 4: Potential for application in other areas
Please describe how your work, or lessons learned from it, could be transferred to other teams or
organisations for application in other areas.
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Entry Criterion 5: Ease of implementation
Please describe features of your work that assisted implementation, and how this might influence future
applications.
Entry Criterion 6: Application of past learning
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Please describe any examples where learning from past activities or from other teams influenced and improved
your work and the impact of doing so.
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