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Focus: Design Thinking skills

FTP Lightning Talk Challenge is a programme for young professionals to get their ideas on stage of the TNC Lightning talk presentations. Nominated by GÉANT project partners, participants undergo series of training to help master presentation skills and increase the chance of their’ submissions to be accepted by TNC Programme Committee. The training events also prepare participants for a superb delivery at the actual event. In addition, participants benefit by engaging with peers through webinar training events and building a professional and social network of peers. Finalists of the Challenge receive full financial support for delivering their talk at the conference.

What’s included

Skills, public speaking skills

TIM (Trust and Identity Incubator Mentorship) is a new initiative which brings together ambitious young talents and subject matters experts to pioneer new ideas in the Trust and Identity Incubator[1]. TIM is a collaboration between Future Talent Programme and the GN4.3 WP5 T&I Incubator task. The program aims to deliver max 2 incubation projects per year as well as promote collaboration between NRENs and young talents in the community. TIM runs two times per year (2 cycles of 6 months) and starts in February and in August.

Program outline

• Young talents nominated by the NREN collaborate in (TIM) teams with a mission to solve a Trust and Identity challenge
• Competing (TIM) teams conceptualise and prototype their most innovative ideas with ongoing coaching and guidance from T&I experts
• Two prototypes will be selected for the T&I incubator by an expert panel
• During a 5-6 months internship one consolidated TIM team collaborate to develop the prototype into a product or service

What’s included

• Design thinking f2f workshop including travel and accommodation for students and NREN mentor
• Practical and interactive workshops under the guidance of a professional public speaking coach for all participantsstudents
• 1:1 coaching on public speaking for finalists
• Travel package + full conference pass to TNC19 Conference travel package for finalists

Requirements student

• This challenge is open to individual(s) who are registered on any IT & networking (related) course(s) at a university, college or learning provider and must be nominated by the operating NREN/GÉANT Project Partner.
• The Lightning talk idea must fall in an IT and Networking area.
• Lightning talk proposals must include: title, participant name, educational institution, short biography, five keywords, and short introduction of the idea (max. 500 words). Abstract must be marked [Topic title + TNC19FTP].

• Participants commit themselves to the full programme and therefore must have access to a computer with a webcam to join the webinar.training programme.
• Participants opt for a 6 months internship in the T&I incubator, via the local NREN
• Selected participants will sign a volunteer contract in order to present at international conferenceSelected participants will be presenting at TNC19
• High English language proficiency is required.
• All participants are invited to share their experiences on social media.

Requirements NREN

• NREN can subscribe to max 1 topic on the TIM challenge list
• NREN is allowed to nominate max 1 student per topic
• NRENs must commit significant amount of time of the student to the incubator (at minimum 0.8 FTE
• Time of the young talents may be claimed from the GEANT4-3 T&II project.
  
  

Timeline

How to Apply (NRENs)

Step 1 Register your candidate online until 28 February, with a brief description of candidate's topic.

Step 2 All accepted candidates will become participants of the Future Talent Programme and will receive training. Your participants takes part in the e-workshops in March and April. Dates and Programme will be confirmed to you and your participant by email.

Step 3 Participants submit their proposal to TNC Programme Committee by 15 March 2019, midnight CET. 

Step 4 Your participants will be notified by the TNC Programme Committee by (TBC) of the acceptance or rejection of the proposal

Step 5 Selected candidates take further training and take centre stage at TNC19