The Prize

Your innovation is rewarded: A cumulated 5000 Euros are waiting for the top three entries of the AI4EO MapYourCity challenge, distributed as following:

• 1st prize: 2500 Euros
• 2nd prize: 1500 Euros
• 3rd prize: 1000 Euros

Additionally, the AI4EO challenge brings exposure and recognition to you and your team: Demonstrate your analytic and solution-orientated thinking, your creativeness, your team-player approach, and your technical wits to the brightest minds of the European and the global space ecosystem.

Prize eligibility

Only the Teams that will submit their solution in time and in full volume (.csv file incl. estimated construction time) will be considered for the prizes. Please check the Rules section of this webpage for more info on how to create and submit a viable solution. If the solution turns out to be not reproducible, or if any concerns about its validity arise, the organiser's reserve the right to contact the team leader of the corresponding team to resolve such issues. If the issues cannot be resolved, the team will not be eligible to receive the prize (see the Challenge evaluation section on the Rules webpage of this website).

Every team receiving a prize must nominate a “point of contact” from their team to whom the prize money will be transferred to. The point of contact and the teams respectively are responsible for fair and equal distribution of the prize money between all team members or choosing the further use of the money.

Announcements of the winners

The winners will be announced during the URBIS24 workshop at ESA-ESRIN’s premises, Frascati, Italy on 18 September 2024. Reimbursement to attend the workshop for the 3 winners will be provided, with a max amount of 500 EUR.

Ownership of your solution

Any of your IPR contained in the solution you will develop for this challenge will remain yours. While we ask you to submit the code at the end of this challenge to be eligible for the prizes, we will only use this to validate your approach. Any organiser or other stakeholder who views your code will be required to sign an NDA. Please note that the solutions are expected to be presented during the URBIS24 workshop, so be prepared to disclose high-level algorithmic information.

Full Terms and Conditions

By participating in this challenge, each team member agrees to the Terms and Conditions provided under this link.