All proposers are invited to carefully read the challenge description and the Regulation of this challenge, before submitting a solution.
Please note that this Challenge is managed in collaboration with Leading Edge Only (hereinafter “LEO”), the challenge program partner of Enel S.p.A.
BY SUBMITTING A SOLUTION, THEY AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT THE ATTACHED REGULATIONS OTHER THAN THE TERMS OF USE OF THIS PLATFORM.
Eligibility
THE CHALLENGE IS RESERVED TO ALL THE LEGAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE REGISTERED OFFICE AND PRODUCTION SITE IN BRAZIL AND WHICH ARE NOT PART OF THE ENEL GROUP.
This project must be developed under the rules of R&D ANEEL program in Brazil and proposal will be evaluated accordingly (https://www.gov.br/aneel/pt-br/assuntos/programa-de-pesquisa-desenvolvimento-e-inovacao).
The employees of Enel Grids who are involved in the organization and management of the Competition or admitted to the Open Innovability Portal back office, as well as their spouses or partners and their relatives up to the fourth degree, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.
Without prejudice to the article 5.6 of the Terms of Use, the obligation to grant the IP rights set in this article does not apply if the winning solution is proposed by an employee of an Enel company, unless the employee is the owner of the solution according to the relevant national law.
The spouses, partners, and relatives up to the fourth degree of the Challenge Owner’s employees who are involved in the organization and management of the Challenge and of all the people admitted to the Open Innovability® Portal back office, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.
Also, the spouses, partners and relatives up to the fourth degree of the employees of the Enel Group’s companies who have worked or currently work in the technical sector of network component design and standardization are not eligible for the participation in this Challenge.
Challenge, Award, IP rights, Deadlines
This is a Call for Partners Challenge; the participants will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Challenge Owner with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership.
Moreover, Enel Grids will award the best proposal with a prize of 10.000USD.
This Challenge does not require Intellectual Property (IP) transfer. However, sometimes the Challenge Owner company requests that certain IP arrangements shall be made, should a partnership be formed.
The Winning Solution will be rewarded with the possibility to negotiate a collaboration agreement with the Challenge Owner.
The proposals on openinnovability.com will be admitted until September 16, 2024 and the evaluation will start after this date. (the expiration date could be postponed)
Please carefully read this Challenge specific regulation here.