BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Cairo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260424T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1FR;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261029T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1TH;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260521T085702Z UID:2A168264-34AA-4481-9CC6-5F483DEA90D4 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20260513T090000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20260514T090200 DESCRIPTION:About The IC-ESI’2026\n\nThe IC-ESI’2026 competition contri butes to building the future through an engaging and highly competitive en vironment for disruptive thinking\, innovation\, and change. This is your window of opportunity to seize the post-pandemic\, AI-enabled future. Don ’t miss this participation opportunity! The IC-ESI’2026 competition th at encourages creativity\, disruptive thinking\, and recognizing opportuni ty where there is chaos is “Wireless for Humanity.” It is scheduled fo r May 13–14\, 2026\, hosted in Alexandria\, Egypt\, in a hybrid format ( attend or online).\n\nBenefits of IC-ESI competition\n\nGlobally\, a conne ctedness movement being sparked by the internet of things is opening the d oor for the development of smart environments. Even though different envir onments are taking different approaches to this high-tech trend\, common e lements like efficiency\, convenience\, and environmental consciousness al l play significant roles. In this instance\, in an attempt to lessen their impact on the environment\, these smart environments are putting in place ways to track water usage\, electricity usage\, and more.\n\nThese eco-sm art environments offer intriguing high-level concepts to engage residents in addition to tracking and monitoring. One has to do with a rewards syste m that incentivizes residents of intelligent environments to make better d ecisions about their lives and health in addition to their own. This all-e ncompassing method also considers the social media component.\n\nWho can p articipate in this competition?\n\n- The IC-ESI competition has different levels for both international and national competitors:\n- Institutes\, Co lleges\, and Universities (Government – National – Private – Technol ogical).\n- Postgraduate Students in Institutes\, Colleges\, and Universit ies.\n- Secondary Schools (Government – STEM – Private – Technologic al).\n- Companies and Organizations.\n\n- Individuals or small groups of u p to ten students can form teams. All team members must attend the same hi gh school\, college\, or university.\n- Each school\, college\, or univers ity may allow up to ten teams to participate.\n- The student(s) must compe te in their respective category based on their age and the level/class the y are currently attending in the year of the competition.\n\nAgenda: \nCom petition Timeline\n\n-\n\n1 April 2026\n\nDeadline for Registration and Pr oposal Submission\n\n-\n\n5 April 2026\n\nPreliminary Selection Notificati on\n\n-\n\n15 April 2026\n\nDeadline for 2nd Level Project File Collection \n\n-\n\n22 April 2026\n\nLevel Acceptance Notification\n\n-\n\n27 April 2 026\n\nApplying Verification Video for Final Judging\n\n-\n\n3 May 2026\n\ nNotification of Final Judging\n\n-\n13 – 14 May 2026\n\nCeremony of Awa rds\n\nAlexandria\, Al-Iskandariyah\, Egypt LOCATION:Alexandria\, Al-Iskandariyah\, Egypt ORGANIZER:dr_yasser.madany@yahoo.com SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:International Competition on Eco-Smart Innovations (IC-ESI’2026) for Intelligence Sustainability URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/549295 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui /media/display/4061dfe6-aaae-4a6c-84f4-8a0c16ba7f75" width="500" height="3 33"></p>\n<h2 class="title__line"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">About Th e IC-ESI&rsquo\;2026</span></h2>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">The < strong>IC-ESI&rsquo\;2026 competition</strong>&nbsp\;contributes to buildi ng the future through an engaging and highly competitive environment for d isruptive thinking\, innovation\, and change. This is your window of oppor tunity to seize the post-pandemic\,&nbsp\;<strong>AI-enabled future</stron g>. Don&rsquo\;t miss this participation opportunity! The&nbsp\;<strong>IC -ESI&rsquo\;2026 competition</strong> that encourages creativity\, disrupt ive thinking\, and recognizing opportunity where there is chaos is &ldquo\ ;<strong>Wireless for Humanity</strong><strong>.</strong>&rdquo\; It is sc heduled for May 13&ndash\;14\, 2026\, hosted in&nbsp\;<em><strong>Alexandr ia\, Egypt</strong></em>\, in a hybrid format (attend or online).</span></ p>\n<div class="section__title--2">\n<h2><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">B enefits of IC-ESI competition</span></h2>\n</div>\n<p><span style="font-si ze: 12pt\;">Globally\, a connectedness movement being sparked by the inter net of things is opening the door for the&nbsp\;<strong>development of sma rt environments</strong>. Even though different environments are taking di fferent approaches to this high-tech trend\, common elements like efficien cy\, convenience\, and environmental consciousness all play significant ro les. In this instance\, in an attempt to lessen their&nbsp\;<strong>impact on the environment</strong>\, these smart environments are putting in pla ce ways to track water usage\, electricity usage\, and more.</span></p>\n< p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">These&nbsp\;<strong>eco-smart environmen ts</strong>&nbsp\;offer intriguing high-level concepts to engage residents in addition to tracking and monitoring. One has to do with a rewards syst em that incentivizes residents of&nbsp\;<strong>intelligent environments</ strong> to make better decisions about their lives and health in addition to their own. This all-encompassing method also considers the social media component.</span></p>\n<div class="section__title--2">\n<h2><span style=" font-size: 14pt\;">Who can participate in this competition?</span></h2>\n< /div>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;" >The IC-ESI competition has different levels for both international and na tional competitors:</span>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span styl e="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Institutes\, Colleges\, and Universities (Go vernment &ndash\; National &ndash\; Private &ndash\; Technological).</stro ng></span></li>\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12p t\;"><strong>Postgraduate Students in Institutes\, Colleges\, and Universi ties.</strong></span></li>\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="fon t-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Secondary Schools (Government &ndash\; STEM &ndash \; Private &ndash\; Technological).</strong></span></li>\n<li style="font- size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Companies and Organi zations.</strong></span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul class="list list-d isc">\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Indiv iduals or small groups of up to ten students can form teams. All team memb ers must attend the same high school\, college\, or university.</span></li >\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Each scho ol\, college\, or university may allow up to ten teams to participate.</sp an></li>\n<li style="font-size: 12pt\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Th e student(s) must compete in their respective category based on their age and the level/class they are currently attending in the year of the compet ition.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><strong><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="ht tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/21948481-d90f-43e9-ab 5d-e12a3557a90f" width="876" height="1239"></strong></span></p><br /><br / >Agenda: <br /><div class="section__title--2">\n<h2 id="competition-timeli ne">Competition Timeline</h2>\n</div>\n<div class="hori-timeline hori-time line-first" dir="ltr">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class="px-4">\n<div class="bg-sof t-danger event-date text-danger"><strong>1 April 2026</strong><strong>&nbs p\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Deadline for Registration and Proposal Submission</strong></h5>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="px-4"> \n<div class="bg-soft-primary event-date text-primary"><strong>5 April 202 6&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></div>\n< h5><strong>Preliminary Selection Notification</strong></h5>\n</div>\n</li> \n<li>\n<div class="px-4">\n<div class="bg-soft-danger event-date text-dan ger"><strong>15 April 2026&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Deadline for 2nd Level Project File Co llection</strong></h5>\n</div>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class="hori-tim eline" dir="ltr">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class="px-4">\n<div class="bg-soft-dan ger event-date text-danger"><strong>22 April 2026&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Level Acceptance Notifi cation</strong></h5>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="px-4">\n<div class= "bg-soft-primary event-date text-primary"><strong>27 April 2026&nbsp\; &nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Applying Verification Vid eo for Final Judging</strong></h5>\n</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="px-4" >\n<div class="bg-soft-primary event-date text-primary"><strong>3 May 2026 </strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Notification of Final Judging</strong></h5>\n </div>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div class="hori-timeline" dir="ltr">\n<div class="bg-soft-success event-date text-success">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=" bg-soft-primary event-date text-primary"><strong>13 &ndash\; 14 May 2026</ strong></div>\n<h5><strong>Ceremony of Awards</strong></h5>\n</li>\n</ul>\ n</div>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR