1. The following rules are flexible. The judges, all of them very experienced and independent, will use their discretion when considering applications.
2. The qualifying period: IT projects that were primarily undertaken or completed in the period to the end of July 2007. No entrance fee is payable.
3. The deadline for entries is 5pm,  4th October 2007.
4. The short list will be announced on 11th October, 2007.
5. The Awards are for technology projects. Projects should be primarily, but need not be solely, managed in Ireland, and should be applied primarily in Ireland and should demonstrate business value.
6. Companies may nominate their own projects, or projects can be nominated by a third party within an Industry Category. 
7. There will be 8 Industry Category Winners and an additional 4 Overall Inspired Awards which will be selected from entries across any of the 8 Industry Categories.
8. A seperate Category has been added in 2007 called the Value of IT Media Campaign for companies that create, execute or support Media campaigns.
9. iReach will contact nominated companies during the coming months for supporting information. Companies that are nominated by a third party will be considered.
10. All entries must be supported by full contact details for iReach staff and the Judging Panel to discuss entries prior to Short list selection.
11. Multiple projects maybe submitted by any one organisation.
12. The nominated company will be expected:
    1. to support their nomination by supplying additional information as requested during the judging process
    2. in the event that it is short listed,  attend or have a representitive attend the Awards ceremony on 25th Octiber 2007 in The Burlington Hotel, Dublin 4.
13. All entries will be considered in confidence.
14. Judges are expected to declare an interest in any company nominated for an award, or entering an award. The judging panel will decide if a conflict of interest is sufficient to exempt a judge from discussing or voting on that award. A floating judge with replace an exempt judge when considering an entry where a conflict of interest may exist.
    
    For further information or clarification on these Rules, please email Oisin Byrne, Managing Director, iReach, at oisin.byrne@ireach.ie
    
    For further information or general enquiries on the Awards Gala Dinner, please email Averil Jermyn, Events Manager, iReach at averil.jermyn@ireach.ie

The Inspired IT 2007 Awards are completely independent and there is no fee for entering. The awards are designed to recognise genuine excellence in the use of IT. Core managers or representatives of each of the short listed end-user project teams should attended the Inspired IT 2007 Awards Dinner on 25th October in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin 4.