IChall'17 Registration

Event Date

Tuesday, August 01, 2017 4:00am to Saturday, September 16, 2017 4:00am

Event Descriptions

Participants

Anyone can individually register for the challenge. Each member of a team has to register individually.
Online participants are welcome.
Each Participant agrees on the Challenge Official Rules.

Teams

A participant can only be on one team.
Teams of one are welcome.
Online teams are welcome.
A team can submit more than one abstract.

Scenario

The challenge scenario centers around assisting a major metropolitan area to stabilize and recover from a breakdown in civil order after being struck by a super storm. For this exercise, we will use a hypothetical coastal city, similar in its characteristics to Norfolk, Virginia, but in an isolated location.

Topics

Abstracts and Solutions should address one or more of the following topics,

  • Medicine
  • Security
  • Logistics
  • Energy

Selection and pre-selection

Based on the Abstracts, Teams are preselected on 21 Sep to compete and present their Solutions between 25-27 Oct.

Winning teams are selected on 27 Oct.

Criteria

  • Potential impact of proposed solution on challenge topics
  • Customer validation for proposed solution
  • Innovativeness
  • Level of demonstration of proposed solution
  • Viability of bringing the solution to market

Prizes include,

Up to $ 15,000 development contract
Presentation of the solution at a NATO-wide event at NATO’s expense.