Conrad Challenge Archive 2024 — 2026

An independent archive + field guide独立档案与实战指南

Build a Conrad entry that can survive the judges.

打造一份经得起评审的 Conrad 参赛作品。

Every recorded team, the real rubric, six complete reference chapters, and a season-long course — in one offline bilingual archive.

全部已记录团队、真实评分框架、六章完整参考资料与赛季课程——汇于一份可离线使用的双语档案。

The Conrad Challenge rewards a venture, not merely an experiment. Students must connect a bounded problem to an original mechanism, evidence, a market, and credible economics. This archive makes that whole system legible without inventing detail the public record does not contain.

Conrad 挑战赛奖励的是一项完整事业,而不只是一次实验。学生必须把边界明确的问题、原创机制、证据、市场与可信的经济模型连成一体。本档案让这套系统变得清晰,同时绝不为公开记录中缺失的内容补写细节。


Where to begin从何处开始

Three ways in三种进入方式


Five facts to orient the season理解赛季的五个关键事实

Know the shape before you start动手之前,先看清全局

2–5

students per team; solo entries are not allowed名学生组队;不接受个人参赛

30%

of the score is Innovation — the largest single theme总分来自创新,是权重最高的单项

3,000

words across the ten-question Innovation Brief词构成十问 Innovation Brief

$499

Innovation Stage fee per team; aid may be available每队 Innovation Stage 费用;可申请资助

Oct → Jan

the high-risk gap where the evidence and business work must happen必须完成证据与商业工作的高风险空档


What this archive is这份档案是什么

A record, a reading lens, and a working curriculum一份记录、一套读法、一门可执行课程

The archive separates sourced facts from interpretation. Winner pages preserve team and innovation names exactly as recorded. Only records with source descriptions show descriptions, market signals, or moats. The guide chapters are faithful HTML renderings of the bilingual Markdown sources, including their tables and calibration material.

本档案严格区分来源事实与分析判断。获奖页面原样保留团队名与创新名称;只有来源中确有描述的记录才展示项目描述、市场信号或护城河。指南章节忠实呈现中英文 Markdown 原文,包括全部表格与校准材料。