Focus: Design Thinking Skills, public speaking skills TIM (Trust and Identity Incubator Mentorship) is a new initiative which brings together ambitious young talents and subject matters experts to pioneer new ideas in the Trust and Identity Incubator[1]. TIM is a collaboration between Future Talent Programme and the GN4.3 WP5 T&I Incubator task. The program aims to deliver max 2 incubation projects per year as well as promote collaboration between NRENs and young talents in the community. TIM runs two times per year (2 cycles of 6 months) and starts in February and in August. Program outline - Young talents nominated by the NREN collaborate in (TIM) teams with a mission to solve a Trust and Identity challenge
- Competing (TIM) teams conceptualise and prototype their most innovative ideas with ongoing coaching and guidance from T&I experts
- Two prototypes will be selected for the T&I incubator by an expert panel
- During a 5-6 months internship one consolidated TIM team collaborate to develop the prototype into a product or service
What’s included - Design thinking f2f workshop including travel and accommodation for students and NREN mentor
- Practical and interactive workshops under the guidance of professional public speaking coach for all students
- 1:1 coaching on public speaking for finalists
- Conference travel package for finalists
Requirements student- This challenge is open to individual(s) who are registered on any IT & networking (related) course(s) at a university, college or learning provider and must be nominated by the operating NREN/GÉANT Project Partner
- Participants commit themselves to the full training programme.
- Participants opt for a 6 months internship in the T&I incubator, via the local NREN
- Selected participants will sign a volunteer contract in order to present at international conference
- High English language proficiency is required.
- All participants are invited to share their experiences on social media.
Requirements NREN- NREN can subscribe to max 1 topic on the TIM challenge listof 5 topics
- NREN is allowed to nominate max 1 student candidate per topic
- NRENs must commit significant amount of time of the student to the incubator (at minimum 0.8 FTE
- Time of the young talents may be claimed from the GEANT4-3 T&II project.
Timeline Cycle 1| Feb | Launch of T& I Topics for the challenge | | Mar | Registration is open until 31 March 2019 | | April-May | TIM teams are formed, expert mentors allocated | | May | TIM teams present ideas to expert mentors | | Jun | F2F Hackathon | | Jun-Dec | Product development internship | | February | Registration deadline 28 Feb 2019 | | March/April | e-workshops on proposal writing and public speaking | | March | Deadline submissions for Call for Lightning Talks, 15 March
| | May | 1:1 coaching finalists | | June | Participation in TNC 17-20 June, Tallinn, Estonia |
How to Apply (NRENs)Step 1 Register your candidate online until 28 February, with a brief description of candidate's topic. Step 2 All accepted candidates will become participants of the Future Talent Programme and will receive training. Your participants takes part in the e-workshops in March and April. Dates and Programme will be confirmed to you and your participant by email. Step 3 Participants submit their proposal to TNC Programme Committee by 15 March 2019, midnight CET. Step 4 Your participants will be notified by the TNC Programme Committee by (TBC) of the acceptance or rejection of the proposal Step 5 Selected candidates take further training and take centre stage at TNC19 | 
