BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260901T093251Z UID:42C32E8C-B02A-46DD-B0B9-D7D1E8239242 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260824T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260824T153000 DESCRIPTION:Event Description\n\n-\nVision to Venture 2.0 is the flagship i ntercollegiate entrepreneurship pitch competition organized by the SSN IEE E Student Branch\, aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship amon g college students.\n\n-\nThe competition provides participants with an op portunity to transform innovative ideas into market-ready ventures by iden tifying real-world problems\, developing sustainable solutions\, and pitch ing them before a panel of industry experts and academicians.\n\n-\nThe ev ent follows a multi-round competition format\, comprising:\n\n-\nOnline su bmission and screening\n\n-\nExpert mentorship sessions\n\n-\nOn-campus pr oduct showcase\n\n-\nGrand Finale\n\n-\nThroughout the competition\, teams continuously refine their ventures based on feedback from mentors and jud ges\, with evaluation focused on:\n\n-\nInnovation and originality\n\n-\nB usiness viability\n\n-\nSustainability\n\n-\nScalability\n\n-\nAlignment w ith IEEE's mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.\n\ n-\nParticipants compete across three thematic tracks:\n\n-\nGovernance & Civic Engagement\n\n-\nFuture of Work\n\n-\nOpen Innovation\nencouraging s olutions to contemporary societal\, technological\, and industrial challen ges.\n\n-\nShortlisted teams also participate in a Wildcard Campaign\, whe re they promote their ventures through social media to compete for an addi tional pathway into the Grand Finale.\n\n-\nBy integrating ideation\, entr epreneurship\, mentorship\, branding\, and pitching into a single competit ion\, Vision to Venture 2.0 offers participants a comprehensive entreprene urial learning experience while encouraging interdisciplinary collaboratio n and impactful technology-driven innovation.\n\nCo-sponsored by: SSN iFou nd and IIC\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda of the Event\n\n-\nRegistrations & Round 1 Submission\n\n-\nTeams register under one of the three competition tracks and submit a Lean Canvas Model along with an 8-slide Pitch Deck for evalua tion.\n\n-\nScreening & Shortlisting\n\n-\nAll submissions are reviewed by an expert jury\, and the top 45 teams (15 from each track) are shortliste d based on innovation\, feasibility\, and business potential.\n\n-\nMentor ship Phase\n\n-\nShortlisted teams participate in structured mentorship se ssions with domain experts to refine their product\, business model\, and go-to-market strategy.\n\n-\nWildcard Social Media Campaign\n\n-\nShortlis ted teams promote their ventures through a structured social media campaig n. The best-performing team from each track qualifies as a wildcard finali st based on engagement metrics.\n\n-\nRound 2 – Product & Venture Showca se\n\n-\nTeams present their ventures before track-specific jury panels\, followed by a question-and-answer session. The top two teams from each tra ck advance directly to the Grand Finale.\n\n-\nGrand Finale\n\n-\nThe nine finalist teams (six direct finalists and three wildcard entries) pitch th eir refined venture ideas before a combined jury. Winners are selected bas ed on innovation\, business viability\, sustainability\, scalability\, and overall impact.\n\n-\nAwards & Valedictory Ceremony\n\n-\nWinners are ann ounced\, prizes are distributed\, and the event concludes with the recogni tion of outstanding teams and closing remarks. (The rulebook mentions anno uncement of winners but does not detail the ceremony.)\n\nSSN College of E ngineering\, SH 49A\, Kalavakkam\, Thaiyur\, Chennai\, Tamil Nadu\, India\ , 603110 LOCATION:SSN College of Engineering\, SH 49A\, Kalavakkam\, Thaiyur\, Chenn ai\, Tamil Nadu\, India\, 603110 ORGANIZER:ssnieeesb@ssn.edu.in SEQUENCE:31 SUMMARY:Vision to Venture 2.0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571615 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><h3>Event Description</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><s trong>Vision to Venture 2.0</strong> is the flagship intercollegiate entre preneurship pitch competition organized by the SSN IEEE Student Branch\, a imed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship among college students.< /p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>The competition provides participants with an opportu nity to transform innovative ideas into <strong>market-ready ventures</str ong> by identifying real-world problems\, developing sustainable solutions \, and pitching them before a panel of industry experts and academicians.< /p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>The event follows a <strong>multi-round competition f ormat</strong>\, comprising:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Online submission and scr eening</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Expert mentorship sessions</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n< p>On-campus product showcase</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Grand Finale</p>\n</li>\ n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Throughout the competition\, teams continuously re fine their ventures based on feedback from mentors and judges\, with evalu ation focused on:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Innovation and originality</p>\n</li >\n<li>\n<p>Business viability</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Sustainability</p>\n</ li>\n<li>\n<p>Scalability</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Alignment with IEEE's missi on of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\ n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Participants compete across three thematic tracks:</p>\n< ul>\n<li>\n<p>Governance &amp\; Civic Engagement</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Futu re of Work</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Open Innovation<br>encouraging solutions t o contemporary societal\, technological\, and industrial challenges.</p>\n </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Shortlisted teams also participate in a <str ong>Wildcard Campaign</strong>\, where they promote their ventures through social media to compete for an additional pathway into the Grand Finale.< /p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>By integrating ideation\, entrepreneurship\, mentorsh ip\, branding\, and pitching into a single competition\, Vision to Venture 2.0 offers participants a comprehensive entrepreneurial learning experien ce while encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and impactful technol ogy-driven innovation.</p>\n</li>\n</ul><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h2>Agen da of the Event</h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Registrations &amp\; Round 1 Submission</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Teams register under one of the th ree competition tracks and submit a Lean Canvas Model along with an 8-slid e Pitch Deck for evaluation.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Sc reening &amp\; Shortlisting</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>All submissions a re reviewed by an expert jury\, and the top 45 teams (15 from each track) are shortlisted based on innovation\, feasibility\, and business potential .</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Mentorship Phase</strong></p> \n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Shortlisted teams participate in structured mentorship se ssions with domain experts to refine their product\, business model\, and go-to-market strategy.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Wildcard Social Media Campaign</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Shortlisted teams prom ote their ventures through a structured social media campaign. The best-pe rforming team from each track qualifies as a wildcard finalist based on en gagement metrics.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Round 2 &ndas h\; Product &amp\; Venture Showcase</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Teams pre sent their ventures before track-specific jury panels\, followed by a ques tion-and-answer session. The top two teams from each track advance directl y to the Grand Finale.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Grand Fi nale</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The nine finalist teams (six direct fina lists and three wildcard entries) pitch their refined venture ideas before a combined jury. Winners are selected based on innovation\, business viab ility\, sustainability\, scalability\, and overall impact.</p>\n</li>\n</u l>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Awards &amp\; Valedictory Ceremony</strong></p >\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Winners are announced\, prizes are distributed\, and the event concludes with the recognition of outstanding teams and closing rem arks. <em>(The rulebook mentions announcement of winners but does not deta il the ceremony.)</em></p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ol> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR