As you sit outside a coffee shop, watching influencers and reporters marvel at the cutting-edge technology employed all around, you realize that there's still more that can be done. Your mission is to design innovative solutions that will help AVEVA City become more prosperous, while staying true to its core focus of sustainability.
There are three key areas where you can see opportunities for AVEVA City to grow:
Industrial sustainability
Responsible AI
Digital energy transition
Your predecessors have already made an excellent start. But now it's time for you to take things to the next level.
You sip your coffee and scroll through news items on your phone. A headline from The AVEVA City Times catches your eye - it’s about solutions developed by previous AVEVA Partner Games contestants. You click on the article and are soon engrossed.
Their stories inspire you, and spark thoughts about the new solutions you could create...
What will be next?
Your challenge this year is to push innovation even further. Keeping an eye on key trends such as industrial sustainability, digital energy transition, and responsible AI, you must use your brilliance in technological innovation and collaboration to help AVEVA City become more prosperous and resilient in this rapidly changing and unpredictable world.
As participants, you need to work in teams to design and prototype a solution inspired by the 3 key themes that address a real-world industrial challenge.
Use the inspiration from the articles below to define that challenge and take a look at the judging criteria to see what the AVEVA City Council are looking for.
You will build on your initial idea in the second round of the competition so bear this in mind ahead of the virtual pitch.
Click on a news article below to expand it.
Round 1 – your journey begins in the City Qualifier with a simple submission
Take the first step by submitting your big idea for the AVEVA City challenge. Make sure to clearly state your application idea and industry, what AVEVA tools you intend to use and how your solution will help the city prosper. Explain whether your solution relates to one of the key trends listed (industrial sustainability, digital energy transition, responsible AI) or another area of opportunity that you have identified.
Challenge areas for the AVEVA Partner Games 2026:
Send us one of:
Once your team registration has been approved, access your team login area then go to the submission tab to upload your idea.