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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Smart Village (ISV) has a unique approach to support the w
 orld’s energy-impoverished communities by providing a comprehensive solu
 tion combining renewable energy\, community-based education\, and entrepre
 neurial opportunities. ISV provides seed-funding to carefully selected com
 munity entrepreneurs based upon a credible business plan that will impact 
 significant number of people with electricity\, education and jobs.\n\nThe
  challenges of starting and sustaining a successful business in the develo
 ping world are extreme to say the least. The IEEE Smart Village entreprene
 urs are the true heroes. They have learned to build the confidence and sup
 port of their local communities. They consistently demonstrate a deep resp
 ect for preserving the best of local cultures and heritages while graceful
 ly introducing new technology and business practices. Some of the challeng
 es that they have had to overcome include extremes of climate\, altitude\,
  floods\, currency devaluations\, power blackouts\, media blackouts\, poli
 tical instability\, local rivalries and contentious elections.\n\nCo-spons
 ored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Rajan Kapur\, \n\nVirtua
 l: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406585
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406585
ORGANIZER:l.arellano@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:7
SUMMARY:MOVE Tech Talk - JUL 2024 - IEEE Smart Village
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406585
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>IEEE Smart Village</strong> (ISV) 
 has a unique approach to support the world&rsquo\;s energy-impoverished co
 mmunities by providing a comprehensive solution combining renewable energy
 \, community-based education\, and entrepreneurial opportunities. ISV prov
 ides seed-funding to carefully selected community entrepreneurs based upon
  a credible business plan that will impact significant number of people wi
 th electricity\, education and jobs.</p>\n<p>The challenges of starting an
 d sustaining a successful business in the developing world are extreme to 
 say the least. The IEEE Smart Village entrepreneurs are the true heroes. T
 hey have learned to build the confidence and support of their local commun
 ities. They consistently demonstrate a deep respect for preserving the bes
 t of local cultures and heritages while gracefully introducing new technol
 ogy and business practices. Some of the challenges that they have had to o
 vercome include extremes of climate\, altitude\, floods\, currency devalua
 tions\, power blackouts\, media blackouts\, political instability\, local 
 rivalries and contentious elections.</p>
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