Present your design idea to an international committee
Present your novel idea in a simple, concise and visually appealing manner
Your work included in an accepted paper or poster, can be also submitted for the competition
Publish your work with Springer and also participate in the competition
All accepted desing ideas will be presented during the Conference
All accepted video clips will be presented during a special session
Potential contributors
The competition is open to College and University undergraduate and graduate students of all grades.
Present your design idea to an international committee
Present your novel idea in a simple, concise and visually appealing manner
Your work included in an accepted paper or poster, can be also submitted for the competition
Publish your work with Springer and also participate in the competition
All accepted desing ideas will be presented during the Conference
All accepted video clips will be presented during a special session
Potential contributors
The competition is open to College and University undergraduate and graduate students of all grades.
Selection Process and Awards
An international committee will be the jury.
- All video clip submissions accepted for the Student Design Competition will be presented during the Conference.
- Three submissions will be awarded. Each awardee will receive a plaque and a certificate.
- The GOLD student design awardee will also receive the prize of $1000 USD, the SILVER $500 USD and the BRONZE $250 USD.
- The awards will be conferred during the Conference.
Notification of acceptance of students' submissions for their video presentation during the Conference will be made by the 4th of April 2025. The award recipients will be notified by the 30th of May 2025.
Three prizes will be awarded:
GOLD - $1000 USD
SILVER - $500 USD
BRONZE - $250 USD
Submission Guidelines
Video duration:
up to 5 minutes
Abstract length:
300 words
Deadline for submission:
7 March 2025
Notification of review outcome:
4 April 2025
Deadline for author registration:
25 April 2025
The competition is open to College and University undergraduate and graduate students of all grades. In order to participate in the competition, students are invited to submit:
- an up to 5-minute video clip in MP4 format that presents their design idea, including statements and elaboration of the objective, method, innovation and outcome
- an abstract up to 300 words, summarising their design idea. The abstract can be submitted in either DOCX or PDF format, but no special formatting guidelines apply.
Students who have already submitted their work to the Conference (e.g., as a paper or as a poster) are cordially invited also to participate in the Student Design Competition.
Video Specifications
- Duration: up to 5-minutes
- Resolution: 1280 x 720 minimum with 16:9 aspect ratio
- Frame rate: 30 fps maximum
- Format: H.264 encoded MP4
- File size: 200 MB maximum
Registration Regulation
For design submissions in the Student Design Competition that have been accepted for presentation during the Conference, one of the contributing students, needs to register for the Conference, by 25 April 2025.
The Conference registration policy limiting the number of individual submissions does not apply for the participation in the Student Design Competition.