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Jam Rules
In Start Jam, IBM is presenting topics to stimulate collaboration and innovation that can be used to help companies drive sustainability in their own and the broader UK business environment. Start is a national initiative by The Prince’s Charities Foundation to promote and celebrate sustainability. IBM is the Business to Business sponsor of Start. As the goal of Start Jam is to have a free and open exchange of thoughts and ideas in a "public commons" environment, and by taking part in the Jam you agree to the following rules so everyone’s rights can be protected:
- You will not contribute any confidential information or ideas.
- Anyone is free to use and disclose information and ideas you contribute (including any underlying inventions) without royalties or restrictions. This "free licence" however doesn’t apply to patents or applications filed before the information/ideas were submitted. If you know of any pre-existing patents that may relate to your contribution, you will promptly let the other participants know.
- You will not provide any software code.
- You will not discuss any pricing, contract terms, output, or other information that could present any issues under any country’s antitrust or competition laws.
- Ideas presented in the Jam represent the views of the individual, not necessarily the views of the organisation they work for, nor of IBM, the Start initiative or its supporting partners.
- Personal attacks on others, posting personal information about others, profanity or other inappropriate language or behaviour in the Jam is unacceptable. In addition, participants must not post, mail or participate in provocative, heated discussions (flame mail). In either event, these posts will be removed and you may have your access revoked.
- To the extent you provide any of your personal information to us, we will protect it in accordance with IBM's privacy statement which can be accessed by the link provided here: www.ibm.com/privacy/us/ (US)
For IBM Employees
If you are an employee of IBM, we will protect personal information you provide us in accordance with applicable law and IBM's internal policies regarding employee privacy and data security.
Supplemental Jam Rules for media/bloggers/analysts
Even though during the Jam, IBM encourages a free and open exchange of ideas in a "public commons" environment, this does not mean the Jam takes place in a public forum. The Jam is is open only to those who have been invited.
It is important that you respect the privacy of all Jam participants. By taking part in the Jam you agree to the Jam Rules and the following supplemental Rules:
- You will provide your full name, email, and company/employer and identify yourself as a journalist, industry analyst or blogger during the Jam.
- You will not use, report, reference, or otherwise make public under any circumstance the names of, or any information that could be used to identify, any individual and/or company participating in the jam without written consent from the individual or company and IBM.
- You will not record, broadcast and/or reproduce exact content (i.e. screen grabs) or images from the Jam without prior written consent from IBM.
- Provided you follow these and the other Jam Rules, you are permitted to report on, share and/or publish personal accounts of your own experiences and provide general characterizations or an overview of the ideas and exchanges before, during or after the jam.
- IBM reserves the right to remove your access to the Jam in its sole discretion.
Registration
Start Jam registration is still open. No new posts can be made but the site is available in Read Only mode.
Review the Start Jam
The Start Jam is now closed to new posts but you can review existing comments (in Read Only mode). Registration (link resides outside of ibm.com) is mandatory for access.
IBM Summit at Start
Recap and review the outcomes of the IBM Summit at Start.
View the video footage and proceedings papers from the event
