Solve For Tomorrow 2025 Terms and Conditions

Solve for Tomorrow (the "Competition") is organised by Samsung Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. of 30 Pasir Panjang Road Mapletree Business City #17-31/32 Singapore 117440 ("Samsung") and is open to individuals who are residents of Singapore, and who are full-time students in any secondary school (including schools with six-year Integrated Programmes (IP)) including:
1. Government schools (including autonomous schools)
2. Government-aided schools (including autonomous schools)
3. Independent schools
4. Specialised independent schools (SIS)
5. Specialised schools
6. Special education (SPED) schools
Participants of the Competition (each, a “Participant”) must form and register as a team of minimum two (2) Participants, up to a maximum of four (4) Participants (each, a “Team”). Participants from different schools are allowed to form a Team, however Participants are not allowed to part of more than one (1) Team.
Individuals who are under eighteen (18) years of age (“Minors”) must obtain their parent's or legal guardian's acknowledgment of and consent to their participation in the Competition and to these Terms and Conditions, respectively. The registration of any team consisting of Minors will not be accepted and any entry submitted by such team will not be valid until Samsung has received all duly completed parental consent forms from the parents or legal guardians of all Minors in such team.
Employees and agents of Samsung, STARCOM MEDIA WORLDWIDE and IN.FOM PTE. LTD., and their respective immediate family members are not eligible to enter the Competition.
By registering for and/or participating in the Competition, each participant (each, a “Participant”), or (as the case may be) parent / legal guardian thereof, agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Submissions for the Competition will commence on 1 July 2025 at 3;00 p.m. (Singapore Time), and will close on 31 August 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (Singapore Time) (the “Submission Period”). Entries submitted outside of the Submission Period, or submitted via any means other than specified herein, will not be eligible for the Competition. Each Team may submit only one (1) entry during the Submission Period. Samsung makes no guarantee of the availability of its or any other web services and will not be held responsible for any interruption, delay or failure of service that may interfere with the ability to participate in the Competition.
Each Team must complete all required fields on the Competition microsite (the “Competition Microsite”) and all upload supporting documents (if any) onto the Competition Microsite within the Submission Period, and each entry (each, an “Entry”) must comprise:
1. the selected theme for the Competition;
2. the title of the project;
3. a write-up of the opportunity or problem that will be addressed (100-word limit);
4. a write-up that explains the original, innovative idea on how to solve issues in Singapore using technology (200-word limit); and
5. a teacher-in-charge.
After the conclusion of the Submission Phase, ten (10) Teams (each, a “Finalist Team”) will be selected and notified via email to progress to the second and final phase of the Competition from 15 September 2025 to 31 October 2025) (the “Finalist Phase”).
Each Entry will be individually judged by Samsung, at Samsung’s sole and absolute discretion, based on the following criteria:
1. Submission Period
  1. 20%: Identifying the issues and proposed idea’s relevance in addressing them;
  2. 30%: Practicality of proposed ideas and the ease of implementation;
  3. 25%: Innovativeness, uniqueness and originality of the proposed idea; and
  4. 25%: Use of technology to solve the identified issue;
2. Finalist Phase
  1. 30%: Feasibility - elaboration on how the proposed solution can be created with technology, and implemented in society to address a present challenge;
  2. 20%: Creativity - innovativeness and differentiation of the solution;
  3. 40%: Impact - elaboration on the solution’s impact, feedback from potential users, and its ability to solve the identified issue; and
  4. 10%: Presentation - flow and effectiveness of the presentation.
Awards and Prizes:
1. The three (3) top Teams will be selected from the ten (10) Finalist Teams, and the winning Teams (each, a “Winning Team”) will receive the following prizes (“Prizes”):
  1. First Prize
    1. S$10,000 Samsung products (to be selected from list of Samsung products provided by Samsung)
    2. S$7,000 cash
    3. Trip to South Korea to visit Samsung's headquarters and innovation facilities' for all Team members and the Team mentor
  2. Second Prize
    1. S$6,000 Samsung products (to be selected from list of Samsung products provided by Samsung)
    2. S$4,000 cash prize
  3. Third Prize
    1. S$3,000 Samsung products (to be selected from list of Samsung products provided by Samsung)
    2. S$2,000 cash prize
2. People’s Choice Voting: The Team with the highest number of votes will receive the following prizes:
  1. Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro for each Team member; and
  2. Galaxy A56 for each Team member.
3. Prizes are not are not exchangeable, transferable, or redeemable for cash, or any other items, in full or in part.
Winning Teams will be notified by Samsung via email and will then be provided with instructions on the collection of the Prizes.
Winning teams are required to collect their prize(s) from Samsung’s office within seven (7) days after receiving confirmation from Samsung.
Winning Teams shall nominate any Team member(s) to collect the Prize(s) in person from the Samsung office (at 30 Pasir Panjang Road Mapletree Business City #17-31/32 Singapore 117440), who will be required to present their proof of identity and email verification for verification purposes. If a Winning Team requires a proxy (18 years or older) to collect the Prize on its behalf, a photocopy of a Team member’s identity card / passport, an authorisation letter stating the Team’s authorisation for the proxy to collect the prize on their behalf and duly signed by such Team member, and the proxy’s identity card / passport, must be presented by the proxy for verification purposes. Samsung reserves the right to reject any Prize collection that does not adhere to the process stated herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all of the foregoing documents will only be sighted for verification purposes at the point of prize collection and will not be retained by Samsung.
Samsung does not undertake any responsibility or obligation to ensure that any Prize(s) will be delivered to any Winning Team. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, Samsung disclaims all warranties and representations of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation any warranty or representation that the Prize(s) will meet the winner(s)’ requirements, or that any Prize(s) will be delivered or transferred to the Winning Team. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, Samsung (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including for negligence), for any personal injury, or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the Competition, including but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (i) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under Samsung's control); (ii) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (iii) any Entry, claim or prize that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after receipt by Samsung) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of Samsung; (iv) any variation to the prize(s) value from that stated in these Terms & Conditions; (v) any tax liability incurred by participant(s); or (vi) use of the prize(s). The prize(s) may be subject to additional terms and conditions, and the winner(s) agree to comply with all terms and conditions applicable to the prize(s).
Samsung collects participants' personal information in order to conduct the Competition, and may, for this purpose, use, process and/or disclose (including to third parties overseas) such personal information in accordance with these Terms & Conditions and the Samsung Privacy Policy (www.samsung.com/sg/info/privacy). Each Participant, or (as the case may be) parent / legal guardian thereof, consents to such collection, use, processing and disclosure of his/her personal information, and represents and warrants that all information provided is true and accurate in all respects.
By participating in the Competition, each Participant agrees to receive communications from Samsung electronically. Samsung will communicate by electronic mail at the electronic mail address provided by such Participant and/or posting notices on the Competition Microsite. Each Participant consents to receiving electronically all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that Samsung provides in relation to the Competition.
Each Team represents and warrants that: (i) its Entry has not been previously entered in other competitions or made available to the general public outside of the Team members’ schools; (ii) they possess the exclusive rights to its Entry submitted hereunder and have the full and unrestricted right to transfer the same to Samsung free and clear of any claims or encumbrances; (iii) its Entry shall not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights or interest of any third party or result in any other liability; (iv) its Entry does not contain anything that may be deemed by Samsung to be false, misleading, pornographic, libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, sexually explicit, hateful, political, racist, religious, blasphemous, harassing, threatening, or otherwise illegal, offensive or objectionable; and (v) its Entry shall not solicit funds or include programmes that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or any other programmes designed to impair the operation and functionality of the Competition Microsite or websites linked to the Competition Microsite. Samsung reserves the right to moderate the Entries and remove any non-compliant entry, and to report any violations to the authorities if deemed necessary.
Each Participant agrees that he/she may be required by Samsung to take part in marketing, promotional and/or publicity exercises with respect to the Competition, and may be requested by Samsung to grant to Samsung such consents and waivers in respect of Samsung’s use and/or disclosure of his/her name, voice, photograph, likeness or other personal identifiable information in any media (including such personal identifiable information contained in any promotional photographs and/or audio/video recordings taken in respect of the Competition), for the promotion and publicity of the Competition, the Samsung brand and/or Samsung products. Each Participant agrees that he/she is free to decline to participate or to provide such consents and waivers; however, in such an event then such Participant or his/her Team may be disqualified from participating in the Competition. For the avoidance of doubt, each Team agrees that Samsung shall be at liberty to publish, promote, copy, reproduce, transmit, display, edit, adapt, modify, create derivative works of and/or otherwise distribute or use its Entry (or any part thereof, including to add Samsung branding, logo, name, mark, and/or product image): (i) in connection with (including for the promotion and publicity of) the Competition, the Samsung brand and/or Samsung products; (ii) in any manner, format or media whether now known or hereinafter created (including without limitation on online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, X (Twitter), TikTok and Instagram) and in any part of the world; (iii) at Samsung's sole and absolute direction; and (iv) royalty-free and without any obligation of attribution or further consent. Each Participant hereby irrevocably grants to Samsung all consents and waivers necessary in connection with the above, without further compensation to the Team and where not prohibited by applicable law.
Each Team consents and agrees that their Entry may be made available by Samsung for viewing (in any manner and format) and commenting on by the public, and that comments or ratings that they disagree with or are unhappy about may be published or otherwise become associated with the Entry. By submitting their Entry, each Team waives any privacy expectations that they may have with respect to their Entry.
Each Participant shall not, without the prior written approval of Samsung, disclose (including without limitation on online platforms and social media) any confidential information provided to him/her or which he/she has access to as a result of his/her participation in the Competition, or speak or give any interviews or comments to the press or any other media relating to the Competition without Samsung’s prior written consent.
Samsung reserves the right to disqualify any Participant or Team suspected of fraud, or whose Entry and/or results Samsung believes have been manipulated in any way by machines or computers, or who otherwise interferes with the Competition or does not adhere to these Terms and Conditions.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Participant agrees to indemnify and hold Samsung harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal costs on an indemnity basis) arising from the alleged or actual infringement of any third party copyright, patent, trademark or other intellectual property rights, or other rights, any breach by the participant of these Terms and Conditions and/or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the participant’s participation in the Competition.
Except where expressly provided herein, each Participant shall bear his/her own costs and expenses incurred and/or arising from his/her participation in the Competition, and no reimbursement may be sought from Samsung.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore, and each participant irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.
In the event of any dispute arising from the Competition or relating to the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision of Samsung shall be final and binding on all parties.
Samsung reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time, and modify, cancel or suspend the Competition at its sole discretion at any time and without notice.

[Version dated 2 July 2025]