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• A competition to encourage Young Professionals across the globe to address a real world engineering challenge • Organized by the IET Young Professionals Community Committee (YPCC) in association with international disaster relief charity, RedR UK which provides training to aid workers and agencies worldwide Participating teams have to propose solutions • for a “Challenge”, which is a real-world technical problem faced by humanitarians responding to disasters • Focus on technical feasibility, innovation of solution and marketing skills Professional Home for Life for Engineers and Technicians Team Formation October • Age 18-35 (both inclusive) • 3 - 4 members in a team • There may be 1 non-IET member per team, other team members must be members of the IET 19 Nov 2014 2015 20 March 1 May Judging criteria • Technical feasibility • Efficiency • Innovation • Commercial viability • Quality of submissions 20 July 1 October November Professional Home for Life for Engineers and Technicians Competition Format • Send completed registration form and 1st round submission to [email protected] Registration • Each team to submit a proposal using the provided template and highlight how the solution fits the purpose 1st Round • 4 teams with highest scores from 1st Round will join 2nd Round • • • 2nd Round • Result Using the templates provided, each of the 4 teams to submit: 1) A detailed project report - with feasibility report, technical description, marketing strategy etc. 2) A powerpoint presentation (10 slides max) – a summary of the detailed project report 3) A filmed elevator pitch (3 min max) – highlight the features of the proposal; this will be uploaded to IET.tv for peer voting • Winners will be contacted, runners up will receive their prizes and the winning team will receive invites to the awards ceremony • Awards presentation at Innovation Awards 2015! The winning solution will be aired and the team will receive their prizes Professional Home for Life for Engineers and Technicians Prizes Winner 250 GBP for each team member An all-expenses paid trip to attend the prestigious Innovation Awards 2015 ceremony in London to receive the award and watch their solution being aired to the assembled audience A trophy & certificate for each team member 1st Runner-up 200 GBP and a certificate for each team member 2nd Runner-up 150 GBP and a certificate for each team member 3rd Runner-up 100 GBP and a certificate for each team member Professional Home for Life for Engineers and Technicians Info and Resources • Website -Ihttp://conferences.theiet.org/global-challenge • Email – [email protected] • IET.tv Promo Video – http://goo.gl/Hjwah3 • and Resources