ACE CHAMPIONSHIP
Date : 28th March 1:30 pm
Venue: Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Pallavaram
Chief Guest : Balasubramanian (Bala) Sankaranarayanan , COO of Thryve Digital
WHY ACE?
Our objective behind ACE championship:
Cancer is second second biggest killer after heart disease, estimated 9.6 million will lose their lives this year alone due to cancer. In India, the WHO data says India will have 1.16 million new cancer cases this year and more than 50 per cent of these will be diagnosed in women. All this are recorded cases, if unreported cases are taken into account the situation looks more threatening
Awareness, Timely Care and Early Detection can help us to save these precious lives, when a single life is saved it’s not only the soul but the peace of the entire family is restored.
“Celebrating Life” has been committed to purpose of Cancer and had been relentlessly pursuing this mission since its inception in 2015. ACE Championship is a unique means of blending the most powerful combo of Millennials and Technology towards this cause of Awareness, Care and Early Detection(ACE). Join us in our combat against cancer and to bring back “smiles on faces”
AGENDA
1:30 to 4:00 pm
தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்து
Lamp Lighting
Welcome address
Presidential address
Panel discussion on Cancer in India
Debate Competition
Paper presentation
Walkthrough on prototypes for Early detection
Singing competition
Cancer Survivor Testimony
Recognising org and people working towards cancer care
Award Ceremony
Vote of Thanks
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Students can create memes/posters or through any of the creative ways can run a social media campaign (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok) to debunk the below listed myths about cancer.
Students are free to choose one or more topics from below list, impact of campaign (reach of the campaign) will be the measure of success.Campaign should carry hashtag #ACE2020. Any campaign without this hash tag (#ACE2020) will not be considered for the final results
Popular misconception about cancer
(The below listed are commonly misconceived ideas on cancer, students are required to help break these general myths)
Cancer is a Death sentence – Cancer is end of life
Consumption of Sugar increases cancer
Cancer is contagious
Cellphones causes cancer
Herbal products can cure cancer
If none in my family had cancer, I will not get it
This campaign will close on March 26th 2020 at 8:00 pm
Winners will be announced in ACE Championship and prizes will be awarded
Judgement criteria
Winning entry will be decided based on the reach of the campaign (Likes, shares, retweets, etc) and the creativity of the campaign
Its a group event : max of 2 partcipants per group
Decision of the judges will be final
Number of Campaigns - No upper limit , more the number of campaigns better is the spread of awareness
Language : English/Tamil
PAPER PRESENTATION - IMPORTANCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN TODAY’S WORLD
Rules :
Essays can be written in Tamil/English not exceeding 1500 words.
All entries should reach on or before 26th March 5:00 pm
Essays should be mailed to CelebratingLifengo@gmail.com
Essays can be written in Tamil/English
Its an individual event (one participant per paper)
Max of 3 entries per college
Judgement criteria
Understanding of Palliative care
Presentation style
Authors suggestion on enabling palliative care to terminally ill patients
PROTOTYPE BUILDING
To leverage technology in effectively spreading
Cancer awareness and/or
Early detection of cancer
Students can present a prototype (wireframes or working version of products built by them) meeting this stated objective
Rules:
Ideas should be original
Team can have max of 4 participants
A college can have max of 2 teams
Prototypes can be built offline and brought on the day of event
Prototypes and team should be available at the event location by 1:00pm
Judgement criteria
Uniqueness of the idea
Relevance of idea to the topic
Presentation by the team
தொழில்நுட்ப வளர்ச்சி ஆரோக்கியத்தை மேம்படுத்துகிறதா ? அல்லது பலவீனமாக்குகிறதா ?
Rules:
Max of 4 participants per college will be allowed in the prelims.One finalist will be selected to speak on stage in the Actual debate .Participants for this event should be make themselves available by 1:00 pm in the venue on 28th
SINGING COMPETITION:
Songs from movies released from 2000 and beyond. Karaoke should be shared on or before March 25th to the mail id Celebratinglifengo@gmail.com.Max of 4 per college , based on prelims one will be selected to the final event
Participants for this event should be make themselves available by 1:00 pm in the venue on 28th
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
Overall Champion and runners will be decided based on points accumulated by college in the individual events.
College can choose to participate in all the events (recommended) or it can choose individual events
Decision of the judges are final
In case of Tie breaker, Judges will decide based on scoring criteria
For any queries reach-out to Celebratinglifengo@gmail.com or Whatsapp - 979 079 4412
Participants for this event should be make themselves available by 1:00 pm in the venue on 28th