Students Program
The 2021 WEEF-GEDC Student Experience will gather youth, across the globe, in the STEAM community to engage in a 1-week program built to strengthen a set of skills coveted by academia and industry alike. Participants will reinforce abilities in networking, teamwork, research, communication, leadership, among others.
Join in the worldwide Hackathon "The Decade of Action: A quest for a sustainable world." where we will challenge you to design engineering solutions for the UN's Decade of Action, a global call to accelerate sustainable solutions to all the world biggest challenges framed in the Sustainable Development Goals. This event will continue the momentum from COP26, where key actors will gather to increase action to tackle the climate crisis, one of the main obstacles in achieving the Decade of Action.
A Hackathon is a sprint-like collaborative design event, in which students use their wit and inventiveness to create a product from scratch. Students are highly encouraged to hack into real world problems and collaborate intensively to innovate and develop influential solutions using engineering and technology.
A hackathon can typically last anywhere from 24 hours to a full week. For this year’s WEEF&GEDC, we will distribute sessions throughout the 7 days of the event so that students can take full advantage of all conferences to incorporate what they learn into their projects. Team size can vary, in our case, from 4-5 students. They will be organized so that they are culturally diverse while procuring compatibility of time zones (for online teams). Each team will be coached by SPEED facilitators to aid in project development. At the end, all teams will present their solutions and selected judges will determine the most efficient and pertinent solution to be the hackathon winner.
Six working groups have gathered in developing panels and workshops for your enjoyment in Career pathways and Opportunities for Students, Mental Health in a Competitive World, Inclusivity in Engineering, Making a GLOCAL Impact, and Engineering Education - The Student Perspective.
General Coordination
Felipe Gómez Gallo, VP Student Affairs, IFEES - President, SPEED, Colombia Yashin Brijmohan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, South Africa
WG 1 – Hackathon
eader: María Laura Polo, VP Educational Content, SPEED, Colombia Annai Cuvelier, Educational Content Officer, SPEED, USA Zoe Soo, Educational Content Officer, SPEED, Australia Antonela Calloni, Educational Content Officer, SPEED, Argentina Radhika Gunaji, VP Administration, SPEED, India Gerhard Tan, FEIAP-YTD, Philippines Pedro Rodríguez, Delegado Alumnos Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
WG2 – Career Pathways and Opportunities for Students
Leader: Felipe Gómez Gallo, VP Student Affairs, IFEES - President, SPEED, Colombia Alejandro Macho Aroca, President, IEEE HKN Nu Alpha UNED chapter, Spain Radhika Gunaji, VP Administration, SPEED, India Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, Nigeria Gerhard Tan, FEIAP-YTD, Philippines
WG3 – Mental Health in a Competitive World
Leader: Alejandro Macho Aroca, President, IEEE HKN Nu Alpha UNED chapter, Spain Jade Wang, Ohio State University, China Feriel Saied Projects and contests coordinator of IEEE SAC Tunisia, Tunisia Radhika Gunaji, VP Administration, SPEED, India
WG4 – Inclusivity in Engineering
Leader: Sri Yeswanth Tadimalla, Secretary General, SPEED, India Alejandro Macho Aroca, President, IEEE HKN Nu Alpha UNED chapter, Spain Pedro Plaza Merino Chair, IEEE UNED student branch, Spain Jade Wang, Ohio State University, China Victor Bong, FEIAP-YTD, Malaysia
WG5 – Making a GLOCAL Impact
Leader: Laura Restrepo Alameda, VP Strategic Development, SPEED, Colombia Feriel Saied Projects and contests coordinator of IEEE SAC Tunisia, Tunisia Viyon Dansu, Secretary/Treasurer, ASEE Student Chapter, Nigeria Victor Bong, FEIAP-YTD, Malaysia Pedro Rodríguez, Delegado Alumnos Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
WG6 – Engineering Education – The Student Perspective
Leader: Yashin Brijmohan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, South Africa Pedro Plaza Merino Chair, IEEE UNED student branch, Spain Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, Nigeria Viyon Dansu, Secretary/Treasurer, ASEE Student Chapter, Nigeria Felipe Gómez Gallo, VP Student Affairs, IFEES - President, SPEED, Colombia
Tentative Program
Registrations
ONSITE FEE
| Description | Until October 15th |
| Students delegates onsite (fee extended until November 5th) | 200€ |
| Description | Until October 15th | From Octiber 16th |
| Students delegates onsite (fee extended until November 5th) | 150€ | 200€ |
THE REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES
VIRTUAL (ONLINE) CONFERENCE:Access to all sessions content during the event.
Online social activities and networking.
Certificate of attendance.
Certificate of participation for the Hackathon.
Online reception of the proceedings of the conference.
Access during 3 months after the conference to the video repository of presentations and sessions.
FACE TO FACE (ONSITE) CONFERENCE
Access to all sessions content during the event.
Online and onsite social activities and networking.
Certificate of attendance.
Certificate of participation for the Hackathon.
Daily Coffee-Breaks and Daily Lunch for WEEF/GEDC.
Social Reception and Gala Diner.
Online reception of the proceedings of the conference.
Access during 3 months after the conference to the video repository of presentations and sessions.
