All undergraduate or graduate students from all faculties in European Universities, vocational education and training centres and other institutions dedicated to education.

Participants will be welcome to attend several short webinars that will help them to understand the importance of improving security and write good essays.

Write a 1 page proposal (500-600 words) that present a new usage or suggest improvements on a new technology,  and submit it before midnight CET December 2, 2022 to: challenge@assets-plus.eu

If your proposal is selected for the second stage of the Challenge, you will be asked to expand the description to 10 pages (5000-6000 words) which should be a development of the previously submitted proposal, and submit it before midnight CET February 14, 2023 to: challenge@assets-plus.eu

IMPORTANT: Students are strongly encouraged to team up in pairs, finding a partner in a different university or country. Teams will get an additional point in the final score.

A fresh view is valued. It is required to include not only technological but also economic, environmental, social, ethical and/or political analysis within the proposal.

• Download the guidelines here.
• Download the template here.

-Participation in the EDC III seminars and webinars with industry
-Free access to the courses offered within the ASSETs+ project
-Special awards for the best teams
-Public recognition on the ASSETs+ webpage and social networks
-Certificate of participation

The 3 FINALIST TEAMS will be announced on our web & social media and will participate in the awards ceremony.

SPECIAL MENTION TO YOUNG PARTICIPANTS (the best essay up to 20 years old).

1st place:
– One day visit of EU institutions + meetings with Defence stakeholders in Brussels.
– Meeting with HR manager about CV and job interview.
– Technology related gift
– Diploma

2nd place:
– Meeting with HR manager about CV and job interview.
– Technology related gift
– Diploma

3rd place:
– Meeting with HR manager about CV and job interview.
– Diploma

Young students:
– Technology related gift
– Diploma

“Security aspects from the industry point of view”. October 10, 2022 – 11:00-13:00 CET

• Massimo Scalvenzi, Chief Technology and Innovation Office, Leonardo S.p.A.
• Kennet Alexandersson, Senior Security Analyst Saab Group Security, Saab

“How to write a good report?”. October 17, 2022. 5:00 PM CET

• Eric Grivel, Bordeaux INP (France)
• Mateo Burgos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)

“Critical Thinking”. October 24, 2022. 11:00-13:00 CET

• Robert Jakubowski, Rzeszów University of Technology (Poland)
• Filippo Chiarello, University of Pisa (Italy)

“Literature review methodologies”. October 31, 2022. 15:30 CET

• Mohamed El Yafrani, Aalborg University (Denmark)

“The role of cybersecurity for defence”. November 8, 2022. 11:00 CET

• Commander Enrique Pérez de Tena, Spanish Cyber Command (Spain)
• Lorena González, Charles III University Madrid (Spain)
• Jose Maria de Fuentes, Charles III University Madrid (Spain)

Webinar with Defence Experts. December 12, 2022. 10:00-11:15 CET

Moderator:

• Dorota Stadnicka, Associate professor at Rzeszów University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics ‐ EDC III organizer

Participants:

• Jean-Luc Migot, Head of Operational Excellence Training Development Programs at SAFRAN. “Aviation and cybersecurity”.
• Colonel Marcin Mazur, Polish Space Agency (POLSA) Vice-President. “Threats in space and challenges in space technologies”.
• Colin Topping, Cyber Incident Director at Rolls-Royce. “Threats in cyber from supply chain management point of view and diversity perspective”.
• Melanie Veron-Fougas, European Policy Manager at GICAN (French Maritime Industry Group). “Threats and defence strategies from maritime industry point of view”.