HUAWEI 2026 NUREMBERG TECH ARENA RULES

Tech Arena Nuremberg 2026

(the “Challenge”)

 

CHALLENGE RULES

 (the “Rules”)

 

This Challenge is organized and sponsored by Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH as legal entity for its Huawei Nuremberg Research Center, Südwestpark 100, 90449 Nuremberg (hereinafter referred to as “Huawei”).

 

The aim of these Rules is to set out the terms and conditions governing your participation in the Challenge. By participating in this Challenge, you fully and unconditionally agree to comply with these Rules.  If you do not agree with any of these Rules, do not register for this Challenge and do not submit an entry.

 

1.        TERM

 

This Challenge begins on July 1^st 2026 midnight CET ends on November 20^th, 2026 at 6 pm CET. The Challenge will be accessible 24 hours a day on the dedicated Challenge website operated by Agorize at [https://huawei.agorize.com/en/challenges/2026-nuremberg-tech-arena-digital-power] (“the Challenge website”), subject to possible IT maintenance operations. Dates and times in these Rules refer to Berlin Time.

 

2.       AGREEING TO THE RULES

 

Any eligible person who is registered on the Challenge website and enrolls to participate in the Challenge (“Participant” or “You”), is required to review and accept these Rules. By accessing and accepting these Rules, You:

(i)    enter into a valid and enforceable contractual relationship with Huawei regarding participation in the Challenge. The registration and enrolment in the Challenge does not set up any subordination relationship between Huawei and the Participant, and

(ii)   fully and unconditionally agree to comply with these Rules. Participants express their agreement by checking an online box while enrolling for the Challenge.

 

In case of non-respect of these Rules, the Participant will be immediately disqualified from the Challenge and no prize will be awarded.

 

3.      REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CHALLENGE

 

To take part in the Challenge, Huawei via the website must receive your completed registration by August 16^th, 2026. To register, the Participant must first have created a user account on the Challenge website, and must have truthfully and accurately completed required information, such as full name, email address, etc.

 

Any registration based on inaccurate, false or incomplete information will result in the Participant’s disqualification. Refusing collection, recording and use of their personal data that is strictly necessary to performing the Challenge will result in the Participant’s disqualification. The Participant is solely responsible for the information he/she provides when registering. Any intentional or unintentional mistake, anomaly or inconsistency, regarding this information, may result in the Participant’s disqualification. Huawei reserves the right to proceed with all necessary verifications regarding the Participant’s identity, postal and/or email address.

 

Deletion of a Participant’s user account on the Challenge website will be deemed as a withdrawal from the Challenge. In this case, the Participant, regardless of whether the deletion results from the Participant’s personal action or not, will not participate in the Challenge, and will not obtain any compensation.

 

You must also have accepted the Rules as well as the Terms and Conditions of Use  the Privacy Policy of Agorize and the Privacy statement of Huawei, during the creation of your user account and your registration to the Challenge.

 

Registration for and participation in the Challenge is free, with no purchase or payment obligation.

 

4.      ELIGIBILITY

 

This Challenge is open and offered solely to:

 

●  Students. Any individual person aged eighteen (18) years and/or with full legal capacity, who (i) is currently enrolled at a post-secondary institution or (ii) has recently graduated from a post-secondary institution less than 2 years before the current academic year, with a student card as verification. Each Student may only participate once in each Challenge. If the participant is a minor, he/she must provide this authorization signed by a parent or guardian.

 

Please be informed that all the documents that may confirm the Participant’s eligibility may be required prior to awarding any prizes (e.g. identity document, registration, student card etc.).

 

This Challenge is not open to employees and representatives of Huawei and Agorize and the members of their families. This Challenge is void in countries where it is prohibited or restricted by law.

 

5.      PURPOSE OF THE CHALLENGE AND PARTICIPATION

 

Participation in the Challenge must be an individual person or act as a team of individual persons.

  

● Teams. Individual Participants may elect to form a team (“Team”) of (1) to (3) members maximum. Each Team member must accept these Rules, by clicking a hyperlink through the Agorize interface. Huawei may disqualify the whole Team if one member has not accepted or violates these, Rules.

 

The goal of the Challenge is for Participants to submit contributions (or projects) meeting the requirements determined by Huawei in the Challenge brief, and that are formalized by Deliverables. The brief includes information regarding various deadlines, details of the prizes, Huawei’s requirements etc. (the “Brief”). The Brief is accessible through the Challenge website.

 

6.      DELIVERABLES

 

During the Challenge, Participants may upload any documents or other materials (such as texts, presentations, videos, etc.) relating to their project to the Challenge website in response and as a solution to the Huawei’s Challenge (the “Deliverable”).

 

To be eligible, Deliverables must (i) address the specific issue set out in the Brief, (ii) be in a common digital format, such as, DOC, DOCX, PDF, PPT, PPTX, KEY, ODT, MP3, MPEG, MOV, MP4, and (iii) be in English and (iii) in general terms must comply with these Rules.

 

If a Deliverable cannot be downloaded, is not in the right format or is incompatible, illegible, or unintelligible, the Deliverable will be disqualified.

 

By submitting a Deliverable, the following needs must be respected:

 

●  The Deliverable includes exclusive contributions from an Individual Participant or aTeam.

 

o Otherwise, if content from a third party has been used in the development of the Deliverable, all rights, authorizations and agreements necessary to submit the Deliverable and grant the rights mentioned herein have been obtained. The existence of uncredited third-party contributions in the Deliverable will result in the disqualification of the Deliverable and the related Participants;

 

●   No other individual and/or entity is entitled to claim any rights from the use of the Deliverable; and

 

●  The content of the Deliverable does not and will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party or entity, including, without limitation, intellectual property rights, privacy, competition law, confidentiality, or any contractual or extracontractual right. All deliverables suspected of any law(s) and/or any third party’s right will be ineligible.

 

Participants are responsible for and shall bear any costs or expenses associated with preparing and submitting Deliverables. Participants assume all risk for damaged, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, incorrect or misdirected Deliverables.

 

All Round One Deliverables must be submitted before August 24^th, 2026 by midnight CET. All Round Two Deliverables must be submitted before November 8^th  2026 by midnight CET.

 

Each Participant or Team is required to submit the following materials：

a)    Technical Report (3–8 pages). The report shall cover the data acquisition and preprocessing strategy (including data source selection, missing-value treatment, timestamp alignment, and spatial matching strategies), the feature engineering methodology together with its underlying rationale, the model architecture and training strategy, the class-imbalance handling scheme, and the experimental results accompanied by ablation analysis. All data sources used, together with their associated licensing information, must be explicitly documented within the report.

b)     Prediction Results File. For the designated test time window, participants shall submit a CSV file containing the prediction results, formatted in accordance with the specifications stipulated in the problem definition.

c)     Complete Codebase and Reproducibility Guide. The submission shall include executable code covering the full pipeline from data acquisition, preprocessing, and feature construction through model training to prediction output, accompanied by an operational manual. The level of detail must be sufficient to enable reviewers to reproduce the results from scratch by following the guide, encompassing environment configuration, data acquisition scripts, the prescribed execution sequence, and expected runtime estimates.

 

Final Round:

Participants who have been selected to participate in the Final Round will be directly notified by email to the address provided during registration. In the event a Participant does not confirm his/her attendance at the final event, Huawei reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify this Participant. This disqualification shall not entitle the Participant to claim any kind of compensation from Huawei.

 

The Final Round consists of an oral presentation of the selected projects by the Participants. Participants are not required to upload a Deliverable to the Challenge website before the Final Round.

At the end of the Final Round, the jury will choose the winning projects and will rank the finalists.

 

 

7.       CHALLENGE PROCESS

 

Challenge Rounds. The Challenge consists of several rounds:

 

● Round One. Deliverables will be accepted from July 20^th, 2026/midnight CET to August 24^th 2026 midnight CET.

● Round Two. Deliverables will be accepted from September 3^rd, 2026/midnight CET to November 8^th, 2026 midnight CET.

●  Final Round. Participants are required to upload a Deliverable on the Challenge website for this Final Round.

 

Uploading of Deliverable and Deadlines. If a Participant does not upload a Deliverable on the Challenge website before the deadline, this will be considered as a withdrawal from the Challenge. The Participant may not join the Challenge, and may not obtain any compensation from Huawei.

 

Selection Criteria. Deliverables will be judged according to the Selection Criteria, described below. You agree and acknowledge that the Challenge relies on your creativity, capacity, ability, and ingenuity to solve difficult problems. The Challenge does not depend, even partially, on chance or luck, and therefore should not be considered as a lottery. Under no circumstances are factors such as appearance, religion, membership in a trade union, political opinions or sexual orientation considered. 

 

Notification to Participants. Once selection has been completed, Participants will be notified by email, phone, or by other means of the results of each Round. Huawei will be free to alter the dates on which results are released should this become necessary due to the number of projects to be assessed.  The ranking decided by the final jury will be announced on the day that presentations are made and will identify the Participants that are finalists.

 

 

8.      PRIZES

 

The prizes are awarded to the winners (Individual Participants or as participating Team) of the Challenge and are subject to compliance with the following cumulative conditions:

 

●      The Deliverables comply with Section 6 (“Deliverables”);

●      Each Participant or Participating Team of a winning project complies with Sections 9 and 11;

●      It can be proven that the winning Participants or participating Teams fulfil the conditions of eligibility of Section 4.

 

No prize will be awarded to winners who do not fulfill the above conditions. Please take carefully note of the disqualification regulation.

 

Subject to these Terms and Conditions, once confirmed by Huawei, the winner(s) will receive the following:

 

●      First Prize         6000 Euro         2 times

●      Second Prize    4000 Euro         2 times

●      Third Prize        2000 Euro         2 times

 

No assignment or transfer of prizes is allowed by a winner. If a potential winner cannot be reached, is unable to accept the prize or any portion of the prize for any reason, Huawei shall have no further obligation to such potential winner.

 

In the event a Participant (a winner) cannot be reached, by email or by phone, for more than three (3) months after the first attempt to reach them was made, he/she will be deemed as having waived their right to claim the prize and will not be entitled to any prize or any kind of compensation.

Any Participant who does not fulfil the conditions of Participation as provided in the Rules during their registration and/or at any time during the Challenge will be summarily disqualified from the Challenge without prior notice and will not be entitled to any prize. In the event that a prize is awarded to a Participant who does not meet the conditions of Participation when registering or throughout the duration of the Challenge, and was not disqualified before receiving the awarded prize, Huawei reserves the right to require the Participant to return the awarded prize.

 

9.      COMMUNICATION

 

The Participant acknowledges and consents that Huawei may, throughout the European Union and for the duration of the Challenge and for a period of one (1) year following the Final Round use the Challenge for publicity, including for Huawei’s advertising or other marketing purposes, (by any means and through any format (website, advertising banners, social networks, newsletter, press release) now known or unknown to date, free of charge or for a consideration.

 

For this purpose, Huawei may use your name and surname, your city and region of residence, the name of the institution in which you studied or in which you obtained your diplomas and other biographical information, your image, the information regarding the Prize (if you are a winner), and any other personal data that you submit with your Deliverables as well as the content of your Deliverables relating to the Challenge.

As an example, each Participant authorizes Huawei to use the photographs taken during the Final to disseminate them via any communication medium.

Please take note of the Privacy statement.

 

Such use does not entitle the winner to any other payment than the Prize he/she received. Huawei agrees to cease use of the aforementioned elements in connection with the Participant at the end of the aforementioned period.

 

10.    CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Huawei has no obligation to keep the information contained in the Deliverables confidential. In general terms, when submitting any Deliverables, the Participants understand, agree and accept that any information contained therein may be publicly disclosed by Huawei.

 

If you are a prize winner, Huawei may request that you execute a confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement for the purpose of entering into negotiations regarding the further development of your project, as described in your Deliverable.  Such confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement will be directed to your Deliverable and all intellectual property that it may contain.

 

Furthermore, Participants acknowledge that Huawei may currently or in the future be developing information internally, or receiving information from other parties, that is similar to the information contained in any of the projects. Accordingly, nothing herein shall prohibit Huawei from independently acquiring, developing, or having developed for it, products, concepts, systems, services, or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, concepts, systems or techniques contemplated by or embodied in any Deliverable.

 

The Participants recognize that other Participants may have provided to Huawei or others, or made public, or may in the future submit, or make public, content that is the same or similar to any piece of information contained in any of the projects. Hence, the Participants acknowledge, agree and accept that Huawei shall have the right to use such same or similar materials, and that the Participants will not be entitled to any compensation arising from Huawei’s use of such materials.

 

11.     INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

Definitions. For the purposes of this section,

● "Intellectual Property Rights" shall mean all rights in intellectual property of any type throughout the world, whether existing under statute or at common law or equity, now or hereafter in force or recognized, including but not limited to the following: (a) patents and patent applications, including provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, re-examinations, divisionals and extensions thereof; Trade Secrets; know-how, database rights, common law copyrights, copyrights and neighboring rights; mask works and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or topology; design rights; utility models, rights in internet addresses and domain names; and registered trademarks, trade names, logos, common law or other non-registered trademarks and service marks; and (b) all registrations and applications for and all other rights corresponding to any of the rights referred to under (a) throughout the world. (“Intellectual Property Rights”)

 

●  “Background IPR” refer to any Intellectual Property Rights and/or any associated know-how held by the Participants before the start date of the Challenge (“Background”)

 

 

Warranty of non-infringement. When submitting any Deliverable, at any stage of the Challenge, each Participant guarantees to Huawei that he/she is the co/owner and/or co/holder of the Intellectual Property Rights contained in the Deliverables submitted at any stage of the Challenge, and that he/she has obtained all rights and permissions regarding all pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights and any elements of the Deliverables for which he/she does not hold the relevant rights.

 

Each Participant guarantees (i) that his/her contribution is original and unprecedented; (ii) that it does not infringe upon the copyright or any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; (iii) that all the elements of which his/her submissions are formed, as well as all pieces of contributions and information communicated in the submission presentation documents are accurate, reliable and complete; and (iv) that the submission of the relevant Deliverables does not constitute an act of unfair competition of any kind.

 

It is compulsory for Participants to indicate the source of any pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights of whichever nature and on whichever support that are included in any submitted deliverable. Any Deliverable involving several Participants (participating team) constitutes a collaborative work and it should be treated as such in accordance with the applicable regulation in force.

 

With the submission of the Deliverables to the Challenge Participant(s) transfer the ownership of the results and Deliverable and its Intellectual Property contained in there to its full extent to Huawei. In cases where such transfer of ownership is not possible due to the legal nature of the Intellectual Property Participant (s) grants Huawei the unrestricted, exclusive right of use and exploitation with the unrestricted right to sublicense this right to the Deliverable.

 

Liability. Huawei cannot be held liable for any infringement of the above provisions by Participants. Each Participant shall indemnify Huawei against any disturbance, action, claim, opposition and demand or eviction attempt from any third party in connection with any Creation in the Deliverables (Intellectual Property Rights included).

 

 

12.    MODIFICATION OF RULES, SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION OF THE CHALLENGE

 

Update of the Rules. Huawei reserves the right to amend these Rules at any time, including the Challenge duration in case of operational imperatives, without prior notice to Participants regarding the enforcement or the validity of these amendments.  Participants are encouraged to consult these Rules regularly. Participants expressly waive all claims or disputes related to any amendment to these Rules by Huawei.

 

Should any paragraph of these Rules be declared or judged illegal, unenforceable or void by a court decision, the paragraph in question will be considered null and void, but all other unaffected paragraphs will be enforced within the limits of the law.

 

Challenge Cancellation or Suspension. Huawei reserves the right in its discretion, to (i) cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge and these Rules, for any reason, at any time and without any liability, and (ii) to limit or restrict participation in the Challenge. Huawei will not be held liable for the modification, cancellation or suspension of the Challenge and no compensation or remuneration will be due to the Participants.

 

13.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Huawei will in no way be held liable in the event of breakdown or failure, regardless of the cause, of any telecommunications network used that causes Participants difficulty in or prevents Participants from identifying themselves on or gaining access to the Challenge website.

 

Huawei will not in any case be held liable for damages resulting from faults with or delays in the submission of Deliverables by Participants, including refusal to accept these Deliverables as a consequence of their submission outside the deadlines set out in the Rules, from faults with or delays to the sending of any emails by the Participant sent as part of the Challenge, or from any alterations made to the deliverables independently of Huawei.

 

Huawei will not in any case be held liable for damages resulting from services provided by a third-party relating to the prizes.

 

Huawei will not be held liable for the consequences of a Participant’s disqualification from the Challenge as a result of their violation of these Rules.

 

14.   PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

 

Participation in the Challenge requires the communication of the Participant's personal data ("Personal Data").

 

Participant’s personal data is subject to processing within the meaning of the regulations on the protection of personal data (The EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation and the Council of 27 April 2016, known as GDPR) for which the Sponsor defines the purposes and means and is, as such, “Data controller” within the meaning of the GDPR.

 

The purposes of the processing are:

●   To meet the organization of the Challenge needs

●  To organize the intermediation between the Participant and the Sponsor, to ensure identification, communication and preservation of the exchanges with the Participant

●   To promote the Challenge and make announcements also after the end of the Challenge up to one year.

 

For further information please take note of the Privacy Policy of Huawei

 

15.    CLAIMS

 

Any Participant’s claims arising from the Challenge, should be addressed no later than thirty (30) days following the Challenge end date. All claims must include: (i) the Participant’s complete contact details (name, address, email address and phone); (ii) the name of the Challenge; and (iii) a clear and detailed explanation for the claim.

 

16.    APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTES RESOLUTION

 

The Challenge and any action related thereto shall be governed by German law.