WATERLOO, Canada – Developers, the Ryerson Entrepreneurship Green Team, in association with RIM, SAP Canada, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and the BlackBerry Partners Fund, are holding the first annual BlackBerry Green Application Challenge, to boost the number of green applications at the BlackBerry App World catalog.

The Challenge is to create concept plan for an application that solves a common environmental or sustainability issue within a company. The winning app developer can receive up to US$10,000 a Storm 9530 smartphone, and the opportunity to work with RIM developers to further develop their application. Two runners-up will receive US$1,000 and a 9530 smartphone.

To be eligible, the developer must be 19 years of age, or older. The submissions consist of a viable detailed concept plan that can be used to create an application. The winner will receive US$1000 for the concept and the remainder of the prize when the app is in development, either with RIM or a third party. Developers that submit concepts, retain the intellectual property rights to their ideas. There are a few more rules to consider, be sure to check them out at the web site.

The judges include John Smiciklas, Senior Manager of Corporate Responsibility, RIM; Delvin Fletcher, VP Sustainability, SAP Canada; David Earthy, Entrepreneur in residence, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University; Nadine Gudz, Director, Sustainability Strategy, InterfaceFLOR; Pete Watson, Sr. Business Development, Consumer Partners, RIM; and Peter Johnson, Director, Sustainable Business Solutions, PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

The challenge is open now through April 14th.

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US$10,000 BlackBerry Green Applications Challenge