The IEEE R9 SBRM 2019 will have an IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) event. In 2019, we will hold the IEEE HAC HEC (Humanitarian Entrepreneur Competition) Regional Edition at IEEE R9 SBRM 2019.

The IEEE HAC HEC will be an unprecedented opportunity for IEEE R9 SBRM 2019 attendees to increase pre-event networking and learn with the material focus on entrepreneurship and humanitarian field to deliver projects of great social and economic impact. All IEEE HAC HEC teams will be defined by the IEEE R9 SBRM committee. Also, HAC HEC team members will receive webinar training before the R9 SBRM. The webinar training will have goal to support team members in their project design and presentation.

The 21st century has great challenges for humanity and engineering. The competition will be part of an official IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) event held as part of IEEE R9 SBRM activities. IEEE HAC HEC will create an environment for IEEE students and Young Professionals (YP) members to work together and learn Entrepreneurship and Social Return on Investment (SROI) best practices to make changes in the world and meet the next global challenges based on the 17 sustainable development challenges for 2030.

1) No poverty: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2) Zero hunger
3) Good health and well-being: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages;
4) Quality education;
5) Gender equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls;
6) Clean water and sanitation: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all;
7) Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy;
8) Decent work and Economic Growth: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all;
9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation;
10) Reduced inequalities: Reduce inequality within and among countries;
11) Sustainable cities and communities: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable;
12) Responsible consumption and production: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns;
13) Climate action: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts;
14) Life below water: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources;
15) Life on land: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss;
16) Peace, justice and strong institute: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies;
17) Partnerships for the goals: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development;

Online training

All teams will have submitted business plan (ppt file) before the congress. Also, all teams will make pitch presentation (5 min) at IEEE HAC Humanitarian Entrepreneur Competition (October 25, 2019). Before the congress, all teams will have online training sessions with follow topics:

Social Return on Investment (SROI);
17 Sustainable Development Goals;
Business plan;
Business Model Canvas;
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis;
Empathy Mapping;
Pitch techniques;

Eligibility: All team members.

Deadline to submit the competition documentation: October 24, 2019 (11:59 PM / GMT-4).

Each team must submit a ppt presentation (minimum 9 slides and maximum 15 slides) with the following 9 topics:

A) Project Name and Team Members

B) I am an entrepreneur

- Team highlights and biographies

C) Opportunities

- Describe the size of the market and major difficulties in the business area.

D) Solution and business model

- Business Model Description
- Problems to be solved
- Solution
- Consumers
- Benefits
- Monetization

E) Social Return on Investment (SROI)

- Describe SROI analysis for the new company.

F) Humanitarian, innovation and technological impact for new business

- Description of the humanitarian impact, innovation and technology and business on society based on the 17 competition themes (17 UN Sustainable Development goals).

G) Market and consumer benefits

- Describe if there is a prototype or preliminary results.

- Describe market size, consumer benefits and opportunities.

H) Initial investment

- Budget to start the business.

I) Financial planning

- Market demand considerations.

- Financial return of the project.