ANNEX A TO THE IAITC OPEN REGULATIONS
Contest Centers
Everything a team needs to organise its own Contest Center for a round of IAITC Open: the room, the laptops, the recordings and the rules on the day.
The room where a team competes during a round of IAITC Open. Each team organises its own, on the premises of an organisation: a school, a university, a company or a training centre. All three members compete in the same room.
The contestants bring their own two Windows laptops and any other equipment they need. The Contest Center provides the room, seating, power and an internet connection. It does not have to provide computers, unless it agrees this with the contestants.
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Recordings
Each team sends two kinds of recording for every round.
The Organiser may annul the results of a team whose recordings are missing, incomplete or late, under Art. 3.5 of the IAITC Open Regulations.
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Planning timeline
2027 SEASON
Teams register with the registration form once, at the latest 7 days before the first round they take part in. A team that moves to a different Contest Center registers again, with a new consent form.
Consent formThe person responsible for the room fills in and signs the Contest Center consent form.
RegistrationThe team fills in the registration form and uploads the signed consent form. When the Organiser approves the registration, each member receives an invitation email from the judging platform.
Before the roundAfter the invitation, the team must also register for the round on the judging platform, with the same team name as in its other rounds. The allowed package list is posted on the competition page 7 days before the round.
November 9thRoom and laptops ready. Nitro Companion and nitro-connect installed, screen recording and room recording tested.
November 10thIAITC Open I.
Within 12 hoursThe team sends the screen recordings and the room recording to the Organiser.
Later rounds: IAITC Open II on Dec 14th, IAITC Open III on Jan 18th and the IAITC Qualifier on Feb 13th follow the same pattern: package list 7 days before, setup and checks the day before, recordings within 12 hours after the round. A team keeps the same three members in every round.
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Room and equipment
Contest room
- On the premises of an organisation, for example a school, a university, a company or a training centre. A private home or a hotel room is not allowed.
- One room where all three team members compete. If several teams share a room, they sit far enough apart that other teams cannot see screens or hear discussion.
- Two Windows laptops per team (three contestants share two machines). The team may use its own laptops.
- A device that records video of the room for the whole round.
Software and recording
Install Nitro Companion on every contest laptopWindows only. Download it from downloads.nitro-ai.org/nitro-companion-win-latest.exe.
Add the nitro-connect browser extensionAvailable from the Firefox Add-ons store and the Chrome Web Store. The Chrome version also works in Edge and other Chromium-based browsers.
Start the recordings before the startStart the screen recording on each laptop and the video recording of the room before the tasks unlock. Do not pause or stop them until the round ends.
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Contest day
T − 30 minSetup. Phones and other devices are put away. Teams log in, but tasks stay locked.
T − 5 minRecordings start. The screen recording runs on each laptop and the video recording of the room runs.
TStart. Tasks unlock at the same time in every country.
DuringRecording. The recordings run without interruption. Restroom breaks are one team member at a time.
EndClose. The team stops the recordings after the round ends and sends them to the Organiser within 12 hours.
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