That contest is entitled, aptly, 'Hear and Now - Noise Safety Challenge.' It has dual goals: to inspire inspiring creative ideas and to raise business awareness of the market for workplace safety innovation. Ten finalists will get to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges at an October 27, 2016 event in Washington, D.C. that will include investors, representatives of the NIOSH Research to Practice Program and representatives of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.