INNOVATION CHALLENGE

ABOUT INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Innovation Challenge is an international project competition established by IEEE Madras Section and IEEE Education Society to encourage the participants to come up with innovative ideas for the social and humanitarian issues. Here YESIST12 act as as a platform to bridge the gap between the engineers and visionaries to contribute to the society with innovations.

This exceptional platform conducts competition in two stages. The preliminary stage is conducted across Asian and African countries and the team that tops the round wins a chance to compete globally to address humanitarian and social issues like poverty, famine, special needs, women safety, healthcare, disaster management, and many more.

Dreaming leads to creativity and creativity innovates the future. The theme Preparing for the future: Sustainable Transformative Technologies aims to create a platform for the Engineering Students and professionals to think about futuristic technologies like autonomous vehicles, robotic companions, self repairing systems, disaster prediction and risk management and so on.

The projects can have applications in any of the following domains of UN Sustainable Development Goals or new domains thereof:

1. Uplifting societal standards

3. Special Needs and healthcare

5. Natural Resource management and protection

2. Disaster prediction and Risk Management

4. Women and children Safety

6. Geographical and space science

IEEE YESIST’12 INNOVATION CHALLENGE THEME

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Points to be noted by the Participants and Pilots (General Procedure):

Under the Innovation Challenge theme, the projects can be Mobile Apps or Computer Based or IoT based.
In addition to developing the projects, the developers should ensure that their creation follows the international industry level technical standards set by the various agencies and approved universally. The evaluation criteria will be as follows:
1. Creativity
2. Application
3. Relevance to the theme
4. Application of Standards
5. Deliverability
Students with drive and passion towards helping humanity are invited to register for the competition. The first round of the competition is to be held all over Asia in the pilots selected on the basis of registration. The winning teams will be called for the final round to be organised in September 2021.

Benefits to the Participants

IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10 HTC 2021): Winners will get an opportunity to present their project at the prestigious R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference. The registration for the winning teams will be awarded by YESIST12
Knowledgeable Resources: Access to webinars & workshops by influential speakers around the globe without any registration fee. The speakers will guide the participants with their experiences.
Skill-Based Training: Be open to get the hands-on sessions with Microsoft and industry-relevant skills and get certified & practice materials free of cost
IP protection & writing papers: Guidance related to IP protection and writing papers
Global Presence: Being part of a YESIST12 you get to connect with like-minded people, geographically to collaborate and grow.
Professional Connect & Mentorship: Get in touch with professionals from academia as well as industries for mentorship.
Get Recognized: You get a good reach for your innovations and everyone will get valuable certificates.
Quality time: You get to participate in the phenomenal event with experienced people nailing it the best.

Points to be noted by the Pilots:

YESIST12 Innovation Challenge is organized to recognize the best social innovators in Asia Pacific. Students with drive and passion towards helping humanity. This is organised in two tiers – The first round of the competition is to be held all over the world in the pilots selected on the basis of registration. The students are expected to submit the abstract through the website with a preference for the pilots and their project under the theme will be evaluated by a set of Jury who will select one team to represent the pilot at the finals.

Pilot Universities/Sections will be given training through Skype on a mutually convenient date which will be communicated after selection.
Two or more universities/sections can also join together as pilots.
There is no restriction to the number of teams registered under one pilot.
The pilots are required to provide the necessary infrastructure/resources to organize the competition.
For selection of the winning teams, the criteria mentioned in the rules are to be broadly followed.
The pilot universities/sections are encouraged to conduct the first round within the months of March 2021 -July 2021 and report the results by the first week of August 2021.

Who can be the Pilot?

Pilots are selected all over the world for conducting the prelims of this track. The Organizing Committee announces the call for pilots for the various countries and interested individuals/IEEE members/IEEE section/Universities/industry can act as the host for the competition. If an individual is hosting, the organization to which he/she is affiliated will be taken as the Pilot.

Responsibilities of the Pilots:

The pilot universities/sections/institutions are encouraged to conduct the preliminary round of the “INNOVATION CHALLENGE TRACK” belonging to the YESIST’12 2021

Promote the event as much as possible
Conduct prelims of YESIST12 Innovation Challenge
Theme and Topics for abstracts need to be as per the theme of YESIST-12
Time frame: Last Date for Abstract Submission: August 30, 2021
Last date for Pilots Registration: June 30, 2021**
After selection of IC finalist, Recommend 1 team each for Maker-Fair and WePOWER tracks
Report periodically and be in touch with with IC and Maker-Fair teams for smooth transition to finalselection of IC finalist, Recommend 1 team each for Maker-Fair and WePOWER tracks
Maintain the vibrancy of the pilot to apply for the Vibrant Pilot Award

Benefits to the Pilots:

Access for top pilots to certified training on Microsoft professional tools, cybersecurity, web security, patenting, etc. and access to practice materials at FREE of COST
Access to webinars & workshops by influential speakers around the globe without any registration fee
Recognition of being part of the internationally recognized event
Grab the chance to conduct the preliminary round of the YESIST12 2021
Opportunity to win the Vibrant pilot award 2021
Access to the ample opportunities of global networking

INNOVATION CHALLENGE TRACK

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For any Queries, please contact

Co-Chair 1

Ms. Tasnim Binte Shawkat
Assistant Professor, RUET, Bangladesh
Co-Chair | Innovation Challenge
Email ID: [email protected]

Co-Chair 2

Dr. Bindu A. Thomas
Professor & Head,Dept. of ECE,VVIET, India
Co-Chair | Innovation Challenge
Email ID: [email protected]

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