International Invention & Innovative Competition

EVENT'S UPDATES
(21 October 2020)

1. Total Projects
There are 109 confirmed projects from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the UAE and the USA will take part in this competition. You may see the list of projects below.
2. Evaluation
There will be two juries for each project. The list of juries will be included in the programme book that will be uploaded on the website on 30 October 2020.
3. Results Announcement
Results will be uploaded on the website at 12 PM, Malaysia Time. The decisions of the juries are final and not revocable. We would like to ask for your permission to display/embed your YouTube videos and posters on the website during the announcement day. However, if you wish to keep them private (only for committee members and juries), please let us know no later than 26 October 2020.
4. Certificates
Participation and/or award certificates will be emailed to you starting 30 August 2020 by stages. Please allow for 2-3 extra days to receive the certificates. If you do not receive the certificate after Monday, 2 November 2020, please let us know.
5. Extended Deadline for Full Paper Submission (eBook Publication)
The deadline to submit a full article for ebook publication has been extended to Monday, 26 October 2020. Please follow all the guidelines and the template. The ebook is open access with ISBN. The expected publication date is on 30 October 2020. To see past publication of InIIC, you may visit www.mnnfpublisher.com.
6. InIIC Conference
InIIC Conference, Series 2/2020 will be held virtually via Google Meet on 6 November 2020. This conference is open for all postgraduate students and professional categories. The deadline to register and submit the full paper is on 26 October 2020. The paper will go through a double-blind review process and the final version will be published in the eProceedings with ISBN (open access). Please note that each project (postgraduate students and professional) of InIIC 2/2020 is eligible for 1 FREE participation in this conference. Extra paper/participation is charged RM150/USD40 only.
7. Volunteer for '2020 Fundraising Webinar Series'
As an appreciation for your participation, we would like to invite you to become a volunteer for the '2020 Fundraising Webinar Series' programme. The webinar will be held in December 2020. The objective of this programme is to generate funds to support Kind Heart Charity projects in 5 countries. 70% of the fees collected will be donated to the charity, the remaining is for the administrative costs. The promotion of this programme will start in early November. The task of the volunteer is to forward email and WhatsApp promotion texts to your network (students, colleagues and friends). The volunteer will receive a certificate/letter of appointment by early November 2020. If you are interested to become a volunteer for this programme, kindly fill the volunteer registration form (participants of InIIC Series 2/2020 only). You may find the link to the form in the email sent to you today.

We would like to thank you for your support. We wish you all a huge good luck! Take care and stay safe.

InIIC Secretariat

'Changing Lives in Brilliant Ways'

We are seeking innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to accessibility-related barriers in the community. We invite all professionals and students to use their creativity, working individually or in teams with industry, government and community partners, to identify an accessibility-related issue, and create an innovative and unique solution to it.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
Chapter in eBook
Conference Proceedings

Changing Lives in Brilliant Ways (Series 2) will be published in end Oct / early Nov 2020. Please submit an essay by the deadline. More details available on the 'Guidelines' section.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

In order to be eligible for InIIC, the following criteria must be met:

All applications must be the original work of those making the submission.
Maximum number of a group member is five (including the leader). RM50/USD15 is charged for one additional person. Allowed up to 8 members per team only.
Participants must submit an abstract in English
Submission is only valid once the payment has been made.

FLOW PROCESS

DEADLINES

Early Bird Registration & Payment (30% off)
28 August 2020

Normal Registration & Payment (20% off)
16 October 2020

Poster & Video Link Submission
19 October 2020

Full Paper Submission (Optional)
21 October 2020

PRIZES & AWARDS

Prizes will be awarded to the best ideas in the following categories:

Outstanding Project:
RM1,000 Cash & e-Certificate

Diamond Category A:
RM300 & e-Certificate

Diamond Category B:
RM300 & e-Certificate

Diamond Category C:
RM300 & e-Certificate

GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE IN CATEGORY A, B, C
e-Certificate

JUDGING CRITERIA

Judging is based on the following criteria:

Novelty - How is this design unique or innovative compared to other designs in this category?
Benefit to the User - How does this design benefit the intended user through its performance, comfort, safety, ease of use and/or affordability?
Benefit to the Society - How does this design benefit greater good; consider society, the environment, culture and/or the economy?
Commercialization - Is the idea based on a clearly identifiable client/customer need? How will it create value?
Others - Other value such as publication, award, recognition, intellectual property etc.

*Judging criteria may change and vary for each category.

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