City Challenge

Challenge Brief

Keeping pace with growth

AVEVA City is the place to be. You can feel it in the air. It's a bustling, vibrant urban center that has become the heart of industry, culture, and innovation.

As you look around, you realize that AVEVA City is now facing new challenges. Due to the recent industrial ingenuity of our partners, AVEVA City has become a magnet for people in search of a better way of life, which means the population has grown a lot in a short space of time.

The city’s infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with demand, leading to inefficiencies in five key areas. To secure a sustainable future, AVEVA City needs to evolve into a smart city, leveraging cutting-edge technology to optimize resource usage, reduce environmental impact, and improve the quality of life for its citizens.

Your mission is to design innovative solutions that will help AVEVA City become more efficient and sustainable.

Here's some areas that AVEVA City would consider a priority to tackle as some inspiration for your solution...

Boost supply chain resilience & efficiency

Outdated supply chain networks lead to costly delays and inefficiencies in manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, demanding new digital solutions for enhanced agility and monitoring. We seek digital solutions that can enhance real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and agile decision-making to create a robust supply chain system.

Accelerate digitalization & energy transition

Rising energy demands and ageing oil & gas infrastructure in AVEVA City call for solutions to integrate renewable energy sources, modernize legacy systems, and enhance operational efficiency and safety.

Optimize marine transport & safety

AVEVA City’s port struggles with inefficiencies and safety issues, creating a need for advancements in cargo handling, vessel traffic management, and maritime safety. We invite you to propose technological advancements that can streamline port operations, improve navigation safety, or enhance cargo handling efficiency.

Enhance industrial water management

Growing industrial demands threaten the city's water resources, calling for solutions to reduce waste discharge, promote recycling, and optimize water use. Your solutions should aim at minimizing environmental impact while ensuring sustainable water use.

Improve mining and mineral processing

AVEVA City’s mining, minerals, and metals industry is facing increasing pressure to operate sustainably while meeting the demands for essential materials. We are seeking solutions to enhance mineral extraction, optimize energy use, and reduce the environmental footprint of mining activities.

...Or create your own use case

Want to tackle another challenge for AVEVA City? You can create your own use case. Remember, your solution should still demonstrate how it can transform AVEVA City into a resilient, smart city capable of meeting the needs of its growing population.

As participants, you need to work in teams to design and prototype a solution that addresses one of these challenges (or your own use case). You will build on your initial idea in the second round of the competition so bear this in mind ahead of the virtual pitch.

The road ahead

Preparing AVEVA City for the future will be no easy task but remember the noble purpose behind it. While striving for the AVEVA Partner Games Ultimate Victor prize, you’re also helping to secure the greater good when you regenerate an entire city.

Round 3 – The Grand Finale

You’ll learn the nature of the final challenge and compete in the final round in the days preceding AVEVA World 2025 in San Francisco in April.

You’ll be assigned an AVEVA technical expert from the HMI/SCADA or PI environment who will be your mentor for your final challenge.

We will help you maximize the PR opportunities of your achievement.

Remember, your solution must use an AVEVA product from Operations Control or AVEVA PI (full list here) and AVEVA Historian or AVEVA PI for data storage

Your solution must use at least two (2) AVEVA components: AVEVA Historian or AVEVA PI, and one additional component from the list provided.

Judging criteria

Competition rules