Terms & Conditions

1. Purpose and contractual status

• a. These Terms govern the Applicant's registration for, and application to, Ideas Made Real (IMR), a GCC-wide entrepreneurship development programme operated by Avela Global (AG). They are intended to create clear contractual protections for both AG and the Applicant at the earliest registration stage.
• b. The Applicant's submission of an application does not create any right to be selected, shortlisted, assessed, mentored, filmed, promoted, funded, reimbursed, awarded, incubated, invested in or otherwise supported by AG, IMR, any sponsor, founder, university, mentor, judge, production company or programme partner.
• c. These Terms apply in addition to any application form, privacy notice, code of conduct, safeguarding form, assessment-centre agreement, finalist agreement, media release, documentary release, prototype-development agreement, prize or award terms, or other programme document issued by AG.

2. Definitions

• a. In these Terms: "AG" means Avela Global and, where the context requires, its officers, employees, consultants, contractors, delivery partners and authorised representatives. "IMR" means the Ideas Made Real programme, including its application process, assessment process, development activities, prototype activities, showcase, awards, communications and related programme assets.
• b. "Applicant" means the individual who registers for IMR and, where applicable, each team member or person on whose behalf the registering applicant submits information. "Applicant Idea" means the business idea, concept, proposal, invention, design, prototype, pitch content, commercial hypothesis, market research, brand, technology, know-how, business model, supporting materials and related information submitted by or on behalf of the Applicant.
• c. "Programme Materials" means all information, documentation, forms, rubrics, scoring frameworks, registration processes, instructions, templates, workflows, assessment materials, mentor tools, videos, website content, communications, scripts, branding, methodology, programme architecture and other materials created, owned, licensed or controlled by AG or IMR.

3. Eligibility, truthfulness and authority to register

• a. The Applicant confirms that all information submitted during registration and application is true, accurate, complete and not misleading. AG may require evidence of age, identity, country of record, university link, team membership, authority to apply, consent status, travel readiness, originality, third-party content clearance or other eligibility information.
• b. Where the Applicant registers on behalf of a team, the Applicant warrants that they have authority to submit information on behalf of the team and to bind each team member to the application-stage obligations that concern confidentiality, IP warranties, personal-data submission, conduct, originality and third-party rights.
• c. AG may reject, suspend, pause, remove or disqualify any application or Applicant where information is incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, unauthorised, late, unlawful, unsafe, plagiarised, discriminatory, offensive, harmful, fraudulent, in breach of these Terms, or inconsistent with programme governance, safeguarding, selection integrity or legal requirements.

4. Applicant ownership of their idea and intellectual property

• a. The Applicant retains ownership of the Applicant Idea and all pre-existing intellectual property rights owned by the Applicant before registration. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of the Applicant Idea to AG, IMR, a sponsor, founder, judge, mentor, university, production company, broadcaster, investor or programme partner.
• b. AG's review of the Applicant Idea is limited to programme administration, eligibility screening, selection, assessment, mentoring readiness, feasibility evaluation, safeguarding review, risk review, and commercial viability analysis within the IMR process. AG is not appointed as patent adviser, IP adviser, investment adviser, corporate finance adviser, technical certifier, regulatory adviser or commercial agent for the Applicant.
• c. The Applicant is responsible for deciding whether to seek patent, design, trademark, copyright, trade secret, confidentiality, company-formation or other legal protection before disclosing the Applicant Idea. AG does not guarantee that submitting an Applicant Idea to IMR will preserve patentability, confidentiality, novelty, trade-secret status, commercial advantage or regulatory eligibility in any jurisdiction.

5. Limited licence granted to AG for application administration only

• a. The Applicant grants AG a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable, revocable licence to access, copy, store, process, analyse, circulate internally, and disclose to authorised reviewers, judges, mentors, operations personnel, safeguarding personnel, data processors, legal advisers and relevant programme partners the Applicant Idea and application materials solely for the purposes of operating IMR and assessing the Applicant's eligibility, readiness, feasibility, risk profile and commercial viability.
• b. This licence does not permit AG to commercialise, exploit, sell, assign, license, publish, market, promote, reproduce for public communication, or present the Applicant Idea as AG's own idea. It does not permit any third party to use the Applicant Idea for investment, acquisition, competing product development, research publication, commercial use, sponsor marketing or public relations without separate written consent from the Applicant.
• c. AG may retain application records, scoring evidence, administrative records, conflict checks, data-transfer records, safeguarding records and audit records for lawful programme governance, dispute management, compliance and record-keeping purposes, subject to the applicable privacy notice and data-retention rules.

6. No marketing, PR or public use of Applicant Ideas without separate consent

• a. AG, IMR and their authorised partners must not refer to, publish, advertise, promote, film, distribute, pitch, display, summarise, name, describe or use the Applicant Idea in marketing, public relations, sponsor communications, media activity, documentary content, case studies, social media, website content, press releases, award publicity, training examples, investor briefings or public reports without the Applicant's separate written consent.
• b. Where consent is requested later, it must identify the proposed content, permitted use, media channels, territory, duration, whether the Applicant's name or image will be used, whether team or venture names will be used, whether prototype footage or pitch materials will be shown, and any right to withdraw consent for future use.
• c. AG may refer publicly to IMR statistics and anonymised aggregate programme information, provided that no Applicant Idea, Applicant identity, confidential application detail, personal data, university-specific sensitive information or venture-identifying content is disclosed without the required consent.

7. Confidentiality owed by AG to the Applicant

• a. AG will use reasonable administrative, contractual and technical measures to protect Applicant Ideas and confidential application information from unauthorised disclosure. AG will restrict access to persons who need the information for programme administration, screening, scoring, assessment, mentoring, safeguarding, audit, legal, data-processing or governance purposes.
• b. AG will not knowingly disclose confidential Applicant Ideas to sponsors, founders, production companies, media partners, broadcasters, public audiences, universities or other applicants unless the disclosure is necessary for the IMR process and is subject to appropriate confidentiality, consent, data-protection or governance controls.
• c. AG's confidentiality obligation does not apply to information that is already public through no breach by AG, independently developed without use of the Applicant Idea, lawfully received from another source without confidentiality restriction, required to be disclosed by law or court order, or disclosed with the Applicant's consent.

8. Confidentiality owed by the Applicant to AG and IMR

• a. The Applicant must keep confidential all non-public Programme Materials, selection details, scoring information, judge or reviewer identities where not publicly disclosed, assessment exercises, instructions, forms, processes, templates, operational information, sponsor discussions, internal communications, programme technology access, other applicants' ideas, and any confidential information received through IMR.
• b. The Applicant must not copy, photograph, screen-record, publish, upload, share, distribute, commercialise, adapt, reverse engineer, reproduce, train artificial intelligence models on, or use Programme Materials except strictly for the purpose of applying to IMR and participating in the application process as authorised by AG.
• c. The Applicant must not disclose another applicant's idea, business model, pitch, prototype, market research, team information, scoring feedback, mentor input or confidential information learned through IMR. This obligation survives rejection, withdrawal, disqualification and completion of the programme.

9. AG and IMR intellectual property, copyright and brand protection

• a. All Programme Materials and all intellectual property rights in IMR's name, structure, registration journey, selection methodology, forms, templates, rubrics, assessment design, mentor tools, programme processes, branding, content, website copy, communications, application questions, governance frameworks, reports, presentations, video content and other IMR materials are owned by, licensed to, or controlled by AG and are protected by copyright, trade mark, confidentiality and other applicable laws.
• b. The Applicant is granted only a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable permission to use Programme Materials for registration and authorised participation in IMR. No Programme Materials may be copied, extracted, reused, modified, republished, distributed, sold, sublicensed, incorporated into another programme, used to build a competing programme, or used for commercial purposes without AG's prior written consent.
• c. The Applicant must not use the names, logos, marks, goodwill or branding of Avela Global, IMR, Ideas Made Real, sponsors, founders, judges, mentors, universities or programme partners in any public communication, website, investor deck, sales material, press release, social media post or marketing activity without prior written approval.

10. Commercial viability review only; no investment advice or commercial guarantee

• a. IMR may analyse the Applicant Idea from a commercial viability perspective. This may include reviewing the problem statement, target customer, unmet need, feasibility, market evidence, commercial model, impact, regulatory or safety flags, execution realism, prototype readiness and founder/team capability.
• b. Any comments, scores, feedback, mentoring suggestions, questions, observations or rankings provided by AG, IMR, reviewers, judges, mentors or partners are for programme assessment and development purposes only. They are not legal advice, IP advice, tax advice, regulatory advice, technical certification, financial advice, investment advice, valuation advice, due diligence, guarantee of market success, promise of investment, or representation that the Applicant Idea is viable, original, lawful, safe, fundable, scalable or protectable.
• c. The Applicant remains solely responsible for verifying the commercial, legal, tax, regulatory, technical, safety, IP and operational feasibility of the Applicant Idea before relying on it, disclosing it publicly, raising capital, forming a company, building a prototype or trading.

11. Selection process, discretion and no obligation to progress

• a. IMR is a selective programme. AG may assess applications through eligibility checks, written review, scoring, moderation, country representation rules, assessment-centre performance, mentor observations, finalist evaluation, prototype-readiness checks, safeguarding review, documentary consent status where relevant, travel readiness, and governance controls.
• b. AG has full discretion, acting reasonably and consistently with programme governance, to accept, reject, shortlist, defer, suspend, disqualify, withdraw, replace or reallocate an Applicant. Attendance at an information session, registration, application submission, interview, assessment activity or any other IMR event does not oblige AG to select or progress the Applicant.
• c. AG is not required to disclose detailed scores, ranking, reviewer comments, moderation deliberations, judge discussions, confidential scoring sheets, comparative candidate data, conflict-management records or internal governance documents, except where AG elects to provide limited feedback or disclosure is legally required.

12. Originality, third-party rights and lawful content warranties

• a. The Applicant warrants that the Applicant Idea and all submitted materials are original to the Applicant or properly licensed, credited or authorised; do not knowingly infringe third-party copyright, patent, design, trade mark, trade secret, database right, confidential information, moral right, privacy right, publicity right, contract right or other rights; and do not breach any obligation owed to an employer, university, sponsor, investor, collaborator, customer, government entity or third party.
• b. The Applicant must disclose any external collaborator, third-party intellectual property, open-source component, university-owned research, employer-owned work, sponsor restriction, prior disclosure, grant obligation, investor claim, AI-generated content, regulated sector issue, safety issue, export-control issue, personal-data issue, or third-party consent requirement that may affect the Applicant Idea or the application.
• c. AG may pause or reject any application where originality, ownership, third-party permission, legality, safety, regulatory status, AI use, or disclosure authority is unclear or disputed.

13. Data protection, privacy and cross-border processing

• a. The Applicant acknowledges that AG may collect, store, process, review and share application and participation data with authorised programme personnel and partners for registration, eligibility checking, scoring, assessment, mentoring, safeguarding, governance, audit, communications, documentary consent management where relevant, legal compliance and programme evaluation.
• b. Applicant data may be processed in or transferred between GCC countries and Dubai where necessary to operate IMR lawfully and fairly. AG will use reasonable access controls, storage controls, retention controls and role-based permissions appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
• c. The Applicant must not submit unnecessary sensitive personal data, government IDs, health information, financial information, family information or third-party personal data unless specifically requested by AG through an approved secure route. Where the Applicant submits personal data about team members or third parties, the Applicant confirms that they have authority or a lawful basis to do so.

14. Media, filming, documentary and public communications

• a. Registration for IMR does not give AG automatic permission to film the Applicant, publish the Applicant's image, publish the Applicant Idea, use the Applicant's voice, publish pitch content, disclose the venture name, or use the Applicant in marketing or public relations.
• b. Any photography, filming, audio recording, documentary interview, public case study, sponsor feature, media release, social media content, website publication, broadcaster pitch, trailer, press release or post-event storytelling will require a separate media or documentary consent and release, and parent or guardian consent where legally or operationally required.
• c. The Applicant must not make public statements representing selection, finalist status, award status, sponsor support, investment interest, AG endorsement, IMR endorsement, mentor endorsement, judging outcome or programme outcome unless AG has issued or approved the relevant communication in writing.

15. Safeguarding, conduct and programme standards

• a. The Applicant must comply with all safeguarding, code of conduct, attendance, communication-channel, anti-harassment, non-discrimination, health and safety, venue, travel, privacy, technology and operational requirements issued by AG.
• b. The Applicant must behave professionally, lawfully and respectfully toward AG, IMR staff, programme partners, mentors, judges, reviewers, sponsors, founders, universities, production crews, volunteers, other applicants and the public. AG may remove or disqualify an Applicant for conduct that may affect safety, welfare, selection integrity, confidentiality, reputation, operational discipline or legal compliance.
• c. Where the Applicant is under the age of majority in any relevant jurisdiction or where AG requires additional safeguarding controls, the Applicant must provide parent or guardian consent and comply with any additional requirements before progressing.

16. Team applications and internal team disputes

• a. Where an application is submitted by a team, AG may treat the named team lead as the authorised contact unless informed otherwise in writing. The team is responsible for resolving ownership, equity, authorship, confidentiality, disclosure, contribution, use, pitch authority, and decision-making arrangements between team members.
• b. AG is not responsible for adjudicating internal team ownership disputes, co-founder disputes, equity disputes, revenue-sharing disputes, inventorship disputes, authorship disputes, or university/employer ownership disputes. AG may pause or reject an application until such issues are resolved to AG's satisfaction.
• c. The registering Applicant indemnifies AG against claims by team members or other contributors arising from unauthorised submission, inaccurate ownership statements, failure to obtain consent, misuse of third-party material, or internal team disputes.

17. Indemnity in favour of AG

a. The Applicant shall indemnify and hold harmless AG, IMR and their officers, employees, contractors, judges, reviewers, mentors, delivery partners, sponsors, founders, universities and authorised representatives from and against any losses, claims, demands, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs, expenses and legal fees arising from or connected with:

• the Applicant's breach of these Terms or any programme rule;
• false, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading application information;
• any allegation that the Applicant Idea or submitted material infringes third-party rights or was submitted without authority;
• any dispute between team members, collaborators, universities, employers, funders, sponsors, investors, suppliers or third parties concerning ownership, authorship, confidentiality, consent, participation or use of the Applicant Idea;
• any unlawful, unsafe, regulated, discriminatory, defamatory, offensive, privacy-infringing or harmful content or conduct by the Applicant;
• the Applicant's unauthorised use or disclosure of Programme Materials, confidential information, AG/IMR branding, other applicants' ideas, or programme partner information.

b. This indemnity does not exclude AG's responsibility for fraud, wilful misconduct, or liabilities that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.

18. Applicant protections and AG commitments

• a. AG will not knowingly claim ownership of the Applicant Idea merely because the Applicant registered for IMR or submitted the Applicant Idea for evaluation.
• b. AG will not use the Applicant Idea for AG's own commercial venture, public promotion or third-party commercial exploitation without separate written agreement with the Applicant.
• c. AG will operate reasonable confidentiality, access, consent, data-protection, safeguarding and selection-integrity controls consistent with IMR governance. Where AG becomes aware of a material confidentiality, data, media, safeguarding or selection-integrity issue affecting the Applicant, AG will handle the issue through the relevant escalation route and applicable law.

19. Limitation of liability

• a. To the maximum extent permitted by law, AG is not liable for loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of anticipated savings, loss of investment, loss of business, loss of data, loss of novelty, loss of patentability, indirect loss, consequential loss, or reputational loss arising from registration, non-selection, rejection, withdrawal, suspension, disqualification, scoring, feedback, programme changes, delay, cancellation, third-party conduct or the Applicant's decision to disclose or develop the Applicant Idea.
• b. AG's aggregate liability arising from or connected with these Terms and the Applicant's registration shall not exceed AED 1,000.00 except for liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including fraud or wilful misconduct.
• c. The Applicant acknowledges that IMR is a competitive development programme and that no award, sponsorship, funding, investment, mentorship outcome, commercial outcome, prototype outcome, media outcome, documentary outcome, partnership or business success is guaranteed.

20. Costs, travel and expenses

• a. Unless AG expressly states otherwise in writing, the Applicant is responsible for their own costs of preparing and submitting an application, attending optional activities, obtaining advice, protecting intellectual property, communicating with team members, and complying with registration requirements.
• b. Any later Assessment Centre, finalist, prototype, showcase, award or travel-stage costs will be governed by the relevant programme communication or separate agreement. No cost, reimbursement, stipend, flight, accommodation, visa, insurance or subsistence obligation is created by registration alone.

21. Programme changes, cancellation and force majeure

• a. AG may amend programme dates, locations, format, selection volumes, assessment arrangements, mentor cadence, documentary activation, showcase timing, sponsor arrangements, partner arrangements, eligibility controls, or operational procedures where AG considers this necessary for quality, safety, governance, funding, legal compliance, logistics, reputational protection, force majeure or programme integrity.
• b. AG may suspend or cancel any part of IMR where circumstances outside AG's reasonable control, funding issues, legal issues, venue issues, travel restrictions, safety concerns, technology issues, low application quality, sponsor withdrawal, partner withdrawal, regulatory concerns or reputational risks make continuation impractical or inappropriate.

22. Electronic acceptance and records

• a. The Applicant agrees that online tick-box acceptance, electronic submission, email confirmation, platform timestamp, IP log, CRM record or other electronic evidence may be used to prove acceptance of these Terms, submission of an application, consent status, communication history and programme records.
• b. AG may require the Applicant to re-confirm acceptance where Terms are updated, where the Applicant progresses to a new stage, or where additional forms, releases or agreements are required.

23. Updates to these Terms

• a. AG may update these Terms before or during the application window to reflect legal, operational, safeguarding, privacy, documentary, selection, sponsor or programme governance requirements. Material updates will be communicated through the registration platform, website, email or other approved programme channel.
• b. Where an update materially affects the Applicant's rights or obligations, AG may require renewed acceptance before the application proceeds. If the Applicant does not accept updated Terms, AG may treat the application as withdrawn.

24. Notices and communications

• a. AG may communicate with the Applicant using the email address, mobile number, platform account or other contact details submitted during registration. The Applicant is responsible for keeping contact details accurate and for checking programme communications, deadlines and required actions.
• b. Programme decisions, deadlines and instructions issued by AG through approved channels are binding for programme purposes. Failure to respond by a required deadline may result in rejection, hold, withdrawal or replacement by a reserve candidate.

25. Severability, waiver and priority

• a. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in force and the invalid provision will be interpreted as far as possible to achieve its commercial purpose lawfully.
• b. A failure or delay by AG in enforcing any right is not a waiver of that right. Any waiver must be in writing and applies only to the specific matter waived.
• c. If there is inconsistency between these Terms and a later signed agreement between AG and the Applicant for a specific programme stage, the later signed agreement will prevail for that specific stage only, unless it states otherwise.

26. Governing law and jurisdiction

• a. These Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising from or connected with them are governed by the laws applicable in the Emirate of Dubai and the applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates.
• b. Subject to any mandatory law to the contrary, the courts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from or connected with these Terms, registration, application, non-selection, rejection, withdrawal, disqualification, confidentiality, data, IP, programme materials, or the IMR application process.