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Official Rules for the OpenVINO™ Model Hub Contest

These rules OpenVINO™ Model Hub Contest include the intel.com Privacy Notice and Terms of Use (the Rules) govern the OpenVINO™ Model Hub Contest (the “Contest”) and set out the terms and conditions between Intel Corporation and its affiliates (“Intel” or “us/we”) and each participant (“Participant” or “You”). A submission to this contest constitutes your acceptance of these Rules.

1. How to Enter: How to Enter: Intel Corporation, (the “Sponsor”) is offering OpenVINO™ Model Hub Contest (the “Contest”) and will award prizes based on the results of judging all valid entries against the criteria established in these Official Contest Rules (the “Rules”). The Contest includes one question every month with one correct answer only, which will be held during the Contest Period.
   
   The Contest Period refers to the duration from February 2026 (Start Date) to September 2026 (End Date). The Contest will be run for eight months. One question will be presented to each participant per month. Every participant needs to answer the Contest questions included in the'OpenVINO™ Insider Newsletter' (“Newsletter”). Participants can send in their answer at [email protected], also mentioned in the Newsletter. The last date to submit each month's answer will be mentioned in the respective monthly Newsletter. Each challenge will be live for 25 days from the day of launch. All entries must be submitted during the applicable Contest time window. Once one monthly Contest is completed, then the participant can join again for the next monthly Contest. It's not mandatory to participate in all the 8 months of the Contest. However, attending multiple sessions/all monthly Contests may increase the chances of winning. All entries must be submitted during the applicable Contest time window for each session. Late entries will not be considered.
2. Eligibility: Contest is open to residents of UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), United States of America (the 50 United States, the District of Columbia), Argentina (excluding Córdoba, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta and Tierra del Fuego), Austria, Australia, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, or Vietnam. All national and local laws and regulations of the contestant's country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. Contestants must be 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers and representatives (and members of their immediate families and those living in the same household of each) of Intel Corporation, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies and any company involved in the design, execution, production or judging of this promotion (“contest entities”) are ineligible. Void where prohibited.
3. Entry Requirements: To participate in the Contest, all participants must meet the following entry requirements:
   • Each participant is allowed only one Contest entry per session per unique email ID.
   • Participants are responsible for ensuring they have access to a compatible device and a stable internet connection to access the Contest platform. No responsibility will be taken by the organizers for technical issues experienced by participants.
   • By entering the Contest, participants agree to comply with all rules, guidelines, and instructions provided by the organizers during the live webinar and through any official communications.
4. Judging: Submissions will be judged at the end of every month over the period of 8 months. All Contest questions will have only one correct answer per question. The winners will be chosen by a Lucky Draw from the group of participants with highest score. The winners will be announced every month in monthly editions of the Newsletter.
5. Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to 3 winners for the 8-month Contest. The 3 winners winner will receive a $50 voucher each. Each participant is eligible to receive only one (1) prize for the Contest. Winners will receive a confirmation form delivered to their registered email IDs to redeem the prize.
   
   The winners are required to complete this Eligibility Confirmation/Liability/Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law). If after seven (7) days of the second notification to the winner, no acknowledgement or response is received, the prize is forfeited, and Sponsor will select an alternate winner.
   
   Substitution or transfer of Prizes is not allowed, and Prizes may not be redeemed for cash. If a Prize becomes unavailable or is prohibited by law, Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, award a substitute prize of equal or greater value. The winner accepts responsibility for all federal, state and local taxes and fees in connection with the prizes.
   
   Apart from prizes offered as part of the Contest, no monetary compensation will be paid for any of your Contest submissions. Intel is not responsible for Contest entries not received due to lost, failed, delayed or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or other electronic malfunctions. Intel is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by you or any other persons or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest.
6. Ownership and Publicity: Sponsor does not claim ownership of your submission to the Contest; but by submitting an entry, you are granting Sponsor and its affiliated companies the following worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, fully paid-up rights: (1) to make, have made, use, copy, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of the contributions, (2) to publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit, distribute (directly and indirectly through multiple tiers), license, offer to sell and sell, rent, lease, or lend copies of the contributions (and derivative works thereof), (3) to sublicense to third parties the foregoing rights, including the right to sublicense to further third parties, and (4) to publish your name or alias in connection with this contest and your contributions.
   
   Participants understand and agree that their submission may be posted and publicly viewable. By providing a submission, you grant Sponsor and its affiliated companies the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name for promotional purposes in promoting or publicizing the contest. Sponsor, however, does not have any obligation to use the winning Entries for any purpose.
7. Participant Warrants: By submitting an entry, you warrant that your submission:
   • does not contain any content that infringes on any third party intellectual Property (IP) rights, and that you own or otherwise have all rights necessary for the submission including any and all IP rights
   • does not disclose any information which would constitute a violation of a confidentiality obligation;
   • does not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, or other components or instructions that are malicious, deceptive, or designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer; and
   • is not subject to license terms that require any software or documentation incorporating or being derived from your contributions to be licensed to others.
8. Compliance Certification: Intel is committed to compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and ethics rules. This notice is intended to ensure that your participation in this Contest will not violate any such laws, regulations, policies or rules. Intel seeks no promises or favoritism for itself or any of its affiliates in exchange for the opportunity to participate in the Contest. By entering the Contest, (i) you agree that your participation in the Contest – including your acceptance of any potential prize – will not violate any law, regulation, policy or rule of your country, state or government agency; and (ii) you certify that any potential prize is not in exchange for an agreement to influence a recent, pending or anticipated act or decision that may result in Intel obtaining or retaining business or a business advantage.
9. Sponsor's Warranties and Disclaimers: Sponsor does not provide any warranty on the prize, and winner should look solely to manufacturer for warranty. To the fullest extent allowable by law, Sponsor specifically disclaims any representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the contest or the prizes including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose and implied warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance.
10. Release of Liability and Issues of Law: By participating, all entrants release Sponsor, its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees and all entities associated with the development and execution of this promotion from any and all liability with respect to and in any way arising from participating in this promotion, acceptance or use of prizes. Entrants also agree that Sponsor, its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees and all entities associated with the development and execution of this promotion are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer related to or resulting from the Contest, the submission and/or its prizes. Sponsor is not liable for damage to a user's computer system (including, without limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction) due, either directly or indirectly, to an entrant's participation in the Contest or downloading of information in connection with the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to modify or cancel the Contest in the event that any portion of any website used to administer any aspect of the Contest becomes technically corrupted.
    
    Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Intel on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this contest or downloading any materials in this contest.
    
    THE CONTEST AND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SINGAPORE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OR PRINCIPLES. EACH ENTRANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.
    
    Sponsor's entire liability and your sole and exclusive remedy will be limited to a distribution of the equivalent amount of prizes as set forth above. By participating in the contest, you waive any and all rights to bring any claim or action related to such matters in any forum beyond one (1) year after the first occurrence of the kind of act, event, condition or omission upon which the claim or action is based.
11. Generally: Sponsors may make changes to these rules at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the rules will be available at https://connect.intel.com/OVModelHubCntst.html. Contributing to the contest or accepting prizes will constitute acceptance of the revised rules. These rules prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials.
    
    If, for reasons beyond Sponsor's control (including, but not limited to, tampering or computer virus infection), the contest is not capable of running as originally planned, Intel, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest, without liability. Intel will not be responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, or illicit submissions, or for Internet, computer hardware and software, phone, and other technical errors, omissions malfunctions, and delays. Entries are void if they contain material typographical or other errors. All entrants agree to comply fully with each provision in these Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Contest and any person who does not comply with these Rules, will be ineligible for any prize(s) and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
12. Intel Corporation will comply with and carry out the Contest in compliance with all applicable national, state and local laws and regulations. This includes determining whether the contest can be carried out at all in compliance with applicable law or regulation. For any feedback or questions regarding the Contest or the prizes you can contact Intel by sending an email or by participating in the contest discussion forum – [email protected]
13. The Sponsor of this contest is Intel Corporation. The contest is administered by: Charli Bagga