Call for Best PhD Student Innovative Idea Competition

IEEE IHTC 2024

This call is devoted to PhD Students to present their innovative demonstrations (prototype implementations, systems and technologies) in a broad range of fields that include all the themes belonging to IEEE IHTC 2024, falling into one of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, https://sdgs.un.org/goals):

  • 3 – Good Health and Well-Being.
  • 6 – Clean Water and Salination.
  • 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy.
  • 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities.
  • 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production.

Demos can be considered as real, practical, and interactive proof of the presenters’ research ideas and scientific or engineering contributions, with particular focus on humanitarian technologies, with the goal of offering PhD students the opportunity to discuss systems, applications, prototypes, or proofs-of-concept with senior researchers and people from industry.

The audience present at the IEEE IHTC 2024 will be able to vote their favorite demo (instructions on the voting procedure will be provided on site). The public vote will be taken into consideration by the evaluation committee which will select the best demo. Demos will be primarily judged on originality, execution, and illustration of the core research ideas.

All competitors (max 10) selected for presenting at the competition will receive a participation certificate. The best Demo will be awarded with a 500 € prize.

The award ceremony will take place during the Lunch time on November 30th .

The competition will take place on November 29th during a dedicated exhibition time (see program schedule on the web page of the conference to know the exact time and place) and the event will be in presence.

Please submit a short demo description using an abstract format (max. 1 page in English) describing the scientific or engineering concepts behind the work, the novelty of the work and how the work differs from existing systems/techniques.

Each Demo will be given a table a poster holder and a power outlet.
Demo presenters are expected to bring with them everything that is needed for their demo (hardware, laptops, sensors, PCs, etc.).

Participants are required to present also a poster illustrating the scientific research that lies behind the demonstrator.

The deadline to submit proposals is November 18th , 2024 If you are considering to submit a contribution, send an email to
ihtc2024-demoPhD@ieeesezioneitalia.it  with the following information:

  • Title of the contribution
  • Authors with affiliations
  • IEEE Membership (if any, indicating:
  • Presenters (must register to the conference-one day registration will be available)
  • Special Demo requirements (e.g. more tables, more poster holders, …)
  • A PDF file with a short description/extended abstract.