• How to train your creativity.
• Development of business models, canvas.
• Brainstorming, speed thinking, design thinking.
• Economic financial study.
• Creating a business plan.
• Efficient presentation of projects, pecha kucha, elevator pitch.
• Marketing plan.
• Office Word, Excel, Power point.
• Google Tools: Drive, calendar, alert, analytics.
• Computer Programming: C ++, Mathematics, MatLab.
• Engineering simulation: ChemCad, Aspen Plus, Berkeley Madonna.
• Web and graphic design: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop.
• Graphic design: Adobe Autocad, Solidworks, Microsoft Visio.
• Sale to the public.
• Hotel and kitchen.
• Programming and coordination of activities.
• Mechanics of 2 and 4 wheel vehicles.
• DIY: Wood, paint, electricity etc.
• Sports and healthy food.
• Programming of sports routines.

Sustainable Engineering Forum Program

Within the Sustainable Development Objectives (ODS) Of the United Nations we can frame the Energy in the following objective:

Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, secure, sustainable and modern energy for all

It is worth recalling a number of figures and important data:

– One in five people still have no access to modern electricity
– About 2.6 billion people in the developing world face difficulties in accessing full-time electricity
– Three billion people depend on traditional biomass, such as wood and animal plant residues, for cooking and heating
– Energy is the main contributor to climate change, accounting for about 60% of total global greenhouse gas emissions
– Reducing carbon emissions from energy is a long-term goal related to climate
– 1.3 billion people have no access to electricity
– By 2030 there will still be 1 billion people without access
– In countries where data are available, the number of people employed in the renewable energy sectors is currently around 2.3 million. Given the current gaps in information, this is, without a doubt, a very conservative figure. Due to the sharp increase in interest in energy alternatives, the potential total number of renewable energy jobs by 2030 is 20 million jobs.

Research Areas

According to the ODS7, these are some of the areas of energy research considered during the Forum:

Energy efficiency; Internet application of things in the field of energy; The challenges of climate change; Research and new sustainable processes in renewable energies; Renewable energy targets and global and national support programs for rural and urban electrification in emerging countries; intelligent networks; Plant planning and renewable energy systems; Renovation of plants and systems; And industrial applications of: fuel cells and production of electrochemical, photovoltaic and solar thermal (CSP), wind energy, electrical storage, heat recovery and storage, thermal insulation, heat pump applications, refrigeration facilities, Development assets, electricity sales contracts, electricity grid challenges for renewable energy and electricity distribution standards and their restrictions.

Sustainable Development Objective 6: Ensure water availability and sustainable management and sanitation for all

– Since 2000, 2.6 billion people have gained access to better sources of drinking water, but 663 million still lack such access.
– At least 1.8 billion people in the world use a source of drinking water that is contaminated with fecal matter.
– Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the world’s population, and this figure is expected to increase. More than 1.7 billion people currently live in river basins where water consumption exceeds recharge.
– At present, 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
– More than 80% of the wastewater resulting from human activities is poured into rivers or the sea without pollutants being removed.
– Every day, about 1,000 children die from preventable diarrheal diseases related to water and sanitation.
– Hydroelectric power is the most important and most widely used renewable energy source and in 2011 represented 16% of the world’s total electricity production.
– Approximately 70% of the water extracted from rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for irrigation.
– 70% of deaths caused by natural disasters are due to floods and water-related disasters

Smart cities and sustainable building.
Sustainable Development Goal 11: Ensure that cities and human settlements are inclusive, secure, resilient and sustainable

– Half of humanity, 3500 million people, live in cities today.
– By 2030, almost 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas.
– 95% of urban expansion in the coming decades will occur in the developing world.
– 828 million people live in slums and the number continues to increase.
– Cities occupy only 3% of the planet, but represent between 60% and 80% of energy consumption and 75% of carbon emissions.
– Rapid urbanization is putting pressure on the supply of fresh water, wastewater, livelihoods and public health.
– But the relatively high density of cities can achieve increased efficiency and technological innovation while reducing the consumption of resources and energy.

Sustainable Development Objective 9: Build resilient infrastructures, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

– Basic infrastructure such as roads, information and communication technologies, sanitation, electricity and water remains scarce in many developing countries.
– 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation and almost 800 million access to water, many hundreds of millions of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
– Between 1 and 1.5 million people do not have access to reliable telephone services.
– Quality infrastructure is positively related to the achievement of social, economic and political objectives.
– Inadequate infrastructure leads to a lack of access to markets, jobs, information and training, creating a major barrier to doing business.
– Underdeveloped infrastructures limit access to health care and education.
– For many African countries, particularly low-income countries, infrastructure constraints affect corporate productivity by 40 per cent.
– The multiplier effect of the work of industrialization has a positive impact on society. Every job in the manufacturing industry creates another 2.2 in other sectors.
– Small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in manufacturing and industrial processing are the most critical for the early stages of industrialization and are often the greatest creators of employment. They constitute more than 90 percent of the world’s businesses and account for 50-60 percent of employment.
– In developing countries, only 30 per cent of agricultural production undergoes industrial transformation. In high-income countries, 98 percent is processed. This suggests that there are great opportunities for developing countries in agribusiness

Financing for sustainable development

– The challenge of sustainable economic growth coupled with optimization of increasingly scarce resources requires a clear response with appropriate financing instruments .

– The context of current global trends to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the funding regime under the EU’s Horizon 2020 program and the challenges of climate change after COP21 will promote new forms of funding that will facilitate The implementation of the projects in this challenge.

– Multilaterals and public or private funds that seek not only economic return but also social and environmental impact, it comes to stay impact financing .

– Measurement and collaboration, coupled with predictable good growth data, appear to be the keys around which the impact investment sector will spin during 2016. The phenomenon of social impact investment, that is to say Investing in profitable companies and at the same time generating positive impact, is booming. The starting year can be the turning point for the investment of social impact in our country, with greater growth in volume and number of actors. Since the outbreak of the economic crisis and the endless new opportunities offered by technology, more and more are being rethought that ethics and economy are inseparable and make new decisions when thinking about what to do With your money.

– In parallel, social entrepreneurs in the field of water and energy projects aimed at rural communities in emerging countries are proposing new alternatives, thus bringing the private sector to the traditional public sectors of development cooperation. But it is not enough to generate innovative and transformative ideas or work harder: you have to get financial support that allows you to continue growing.

All participants are invited to find potential partners for the upcoming calls for the European Horizon 2020 programs during the second day and to use the meeting rooms (separate from the sessions) to exchange the initial ideas of the joint proposals, to discuss developments Sets of projects and to prepare the bases of the working documents. We recommend using this tool offered by the forum as a unique opportunity to make your project run more efficiently and join the skills of potential partners and investors in our region and across Europe.

What is Horizon 2020?

The European Union concentrates much of its research and innovation activities in the Framework Program which in this edition will be called Horizon 2020 (H2020). In the period 2014-2020 and through the implementation of three pillars, it contributes to addressing the main social challenges, to promote the industrial leadership in Europe and to reinforce the excellence of its scientific base.
Horizonte 2020 integrates for the first time all phases from the generation of knowledge to the activities closest to the market: basic research, technology development, demonstration projects, manufacturing pilot lines, social innovation, technology transfer, proof of concept, standardization , Support to pre-commercial public purchases, venture capital and guarantees system.
The strategic objectives of Horizon 2020 are:

A) To create a science of excellence, which would strengthen the EU’s position on the world scientific scene.

B) Develop technologies and their applications to improve European competitiveness.

C) Research into the major issues affecting European citizens.