# 2024 PyAnsys Codefest at PyCon (PyBake 2024) Terms and Conditions ### 1. Eligibility a. Participation in the Event is open only to students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University or the University of Pittsburgh for the 2024 Spring academic semester, including undergraduate and graduate students. All participants will receive a conference pass to attend the PyCon US 24 event (valued at $100.00). These PyAnsys Codefest Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) apply to the PyAnsys Codefest (the “Event”) sponsored by ANSYS, Inc., with its principal place of business at 2600 Ansys Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317 (“Ansys”), taking place on July 23rd through July 24th, 2024, at PyCon US 24. Please read the Terms carefully as they form a binding legal agreement between you and Ansys, with respect to the Event. Any decision or determination of any Event administrator or judge, including eligibility for participation, interpretation and applications of the Terms, is final and binding in all matters relating to such Event (without prejudice to any legal claims you may have under applicable law). These Terms also include information about how we use your personal information when you participate in the Event. UNLESS YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS, YOU (1) MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT, AND (2) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PRIZES. The words "include" and "including" as used in these Terms mean "including but not limited to." b. You must be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of your initial registration. c. Unless otherwise indicated, any personal information collected by Ansys through Event registration will be treated in accordance with Ansys’ Privacy Notice ([www.ansys.com/privacy](http://www.ansys.com/privacy)) and such information will only be used by Ansys in the provision of the Event. d. If you received information on a Problem (as defined herein) as a participant in a Ansys-managed program or by working as an employee, intern, contractor, director, officer, or other official office-holder of Ansys, you will be disqualified from the Event if you submit a submission for that Problem. You may also be disqualified if Ansys learns you acquired information on a Problem from any other person. e. You are not eligible to participate in the Event if you are (1) related to any Event judges, or (2) employ or are employed by any of the Event judges or Ansys. f. Ansys reserves the right to verify your eligibility and to resolve any dispute regarding eligibility at its sole discretion. You agree to provide Ansys with any proof of eligibility requested, and your refusal or failure to provide such proof within five (5) days of Ansys’ request will result in your disqualification from the Event and forfeiture of any prizes. ### 2. How to Enter a. To enter the Event, you must complete the relevant online sign-up form with all requested information. b. You may only register for the Event once and may only provide one Entry (as defined below). Submission of multiple entries may result in disqualification. ### 3. Contest Structure a. The Event consists of a Guided Track and an Exploratory Tack. Each track has one or more prompts as may be more fully described in the rules available during the Event (the “Contest”). You may choose to participate in the Contest as an individual or as a member of a team. b. Each prompt consists of one or more problems (each a “Problem”). You will develop a solution or solutions during the Event to be presented and submitted for judging at the Event (“Entry”). Each Entry must be submitted in a timely manner and must be submitted and presented in English and in the format specified in the prompt. c. Ansys may cancel or modify the structure, location, date, and/or time of the Contest at any time and in its sole discretion. ### 4. Judgment Criteria a. A panel of judges will be selected by Ansys in its sole discretion. Ansys may change the number of judges and replace or remove judges at any time in its sole discretion. b. The judges will select one (1) winning Entry from the Guided Track (the “Guided Track Winner”) and one (1) winning Entry from the Exploratory Track (the “Exploratory Track Winner”) from all valid entries based on the following criteria: (1) (25%) completeness of the solution, (2) (25%) innovation, (3) (25%) code quality, and (4) (25%) pitch quality. In the case of a tie, Ansys will chose a winner based on which Entry most completely addressed the solution. The Guided Track Winner will receive one (1) A prize of $100 value (maximum 6 per team, total value $600). The Exploratory Track Winner will receive one (1) A prize of $100 value (maximum 6 per team, total value $600). Prizes are not transferable, and no substitutions are allowed. Non-cash prizes may not be redeemed for cash. No individual prize to be awarded in the Event is valued at over One Hundred Dollars ($100) and the total value of all prizes to be awarded over the life of the Event is approximately One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1500). Individuals are solely responsible for the reporting and payment of all applicable federal, state and local taxes (including but not limited to income and sales taxes) attributable to prizes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Ansys may chose to award alternative or substitute prizes and awards in its sole discretion during the Event. c. Ansys reserves the right to award other prizes and awards in its sole discretion during the Event. d. Disqualification i. You may be disqualified from a Contest and forfeit any prizes you may be eligible to receive if Ansys reasonably believes that you have attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of a Contest, including by: 1. Providing false information about yourself during registration or concerning your eligibility; 2. Breaching or refusing to comply with any Terms; 3. Tampering or interfering with administration of the Event or with the ability of other contestants to participate in the Event; 4. Sharing or using from others any information about a problem (including its content or solution) before the end of a round unless expressly permitted by these Terms; 5. Submitting content that: a. violates the rights of a third party, b. is lewd, obscene, pornographic, racist, sexist, or otherwise inappropriate to a Contest, in each case, as determined per Ansys in its sole discretion, or c. violates any applicable law. ### 5. IP Ownership a. You may use the code and content made available by Ansys as part of the Problems solely to prepare for and compete in such Event. Ansys retains all rights in such code and content not explicitly granted by these Terms. b. Subject to Section 5(c), you retain all rights related to your Entry and any other work product that you owned or licensed before submitting your Entry to Ansys as part of the Event. c. With respect to any Entry or other information or documentation submitted to Ansys or produced as part of the Event (the “Submission”), You hereby grant to Ansys, free of charge, the perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide license, to use the Submission for any purpose, either individually or in combination and both separately and as integrated into other capabilities, including without limitation the right to sublicense or otherwise authorize, implicitly or explicitly, third parties to exercise any or all such rights. ### 6. Privacy a. In order to administer Contests and manage contest activity Ansys collects basic contest information about you (your name and email,), information about your educational experience (academic standing and major) and coding level, and other information about you (dietary restrictions and t-shirt size). Ansys will collect this information when you register for the Event. b. Ansys will use the information you provide to administer the Event (including verifying your eligibility to participate in a Contest and delivering prizes) in accordance with the Ansys Privacy Notice. Ansys may also use your information to contact you regarding the Event. c. Ansys will retain personal information collected in connection with the Event for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed including to protect Ansys from legal claims. You understand that Ansys may be under a legal obligation to retain your personal information or may need to keep your information as evidence for an investigation or legal proceeding. ### 7. Image Consent a. You hereby consent to Ansys, storing, using, and publishing photographs, video recordings, and/or audio recordings of you and content created by you during the Event (“Promotional Content”) for promotional materials, publications, in articles, and for publicity and/or marketing purposes, without compensation or remuneration to you. Additionally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby grant Ansys, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify and make derivatives works of the Promotional Content, photographs, and/or recordings of you in whole or in part, in any format for the purposes listed above. b. In connection with Section 7(a) above, you acknowledge and agree that: i. Such Promotional Content will be placed on the Internet including on social media or in files that are freely available for download by the general public; and ii. You may be identified by name in information that might accompany the Promotional Content; and iii. You will not have an opportunity to review the final products before they are published or distributed; and iv. You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing , in which case such Promotional Content will not be used in future publications but will continue to appear in publications already in circulation, use, distribution, display, or otherwise available to the public; and v. No action will be taken against you if you chose to revoke your consent. c. You hereby agree not to hold Ansys responsible for any liability resulting from the lawful use of the Promotional Content in accordance with these Terms. ### 8. Limitations of Liability a. By entering you agree to release and hold harmless Ansys and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i) such entrant's participation in the Event and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any kind; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process; (v) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Event or the processing of entries. ### 9. General a. You acknowledge and agree that you shall follow the policies of PyCon US 24 and any direction or instruction provided. Failure to do so may result in disqualification or access to the Event being denied. b. Not an Offer or Contract of Employment. i. You acknowledge that your participation is voluntary. ii. You acknowledge that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between you and Ansys and that no such relationship is established by your submission of an Entry. iii. You understand and agree that nothing in these Terms or any Entry to a Contest, or any award of a prize may be construed as an offer or contract of employment with Ansys. c. If any term (or part of a term) of the Terms is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the rest of the Terms will remain in effect. d. Ansys will organize the Event in compliance with all applicable import laws, export laws, rules, regulations, and sanctions programs. You acknowledge and agree that you have not, and are not currently, debarred, suspended, prohibited or impaired from exporting, re-exporting, receiving, purchasing, procuring, or otherwise obtaining any product, commodity, or technical data regulated by any agency of the government of the United States. e. ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TERMS AND ANY TERMS WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND WILL BE LITIGATED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, USA; THE PARTIES CONSENT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN THOSE COURTS.