HONOR, a leading global technology brand for
the youth, has partnered with Red Bull Basement to bring together the next
generation of entrepreneurial students on one platform and enable them to drive
positive social change through their technology-enabled innovative solutions.
With the initiative, HONOR aims to help university students to develop their
unique idea by providing professional mentorship, tools/capabilities, and guide
them build a solution that solves complex social problems.
To participate, currently
enrolled university students aged 18 and above have to visit the Red
Bull Basement 2020 website and upload a video of a maximum of
60 seconds that clearly and succinctly shares their idea with the public. Applications
are accepted until October 25, 2020, by 7:30 PM IST. In addition to the
shortlisted teams, HONOR will select a wildcard team globally, provide
technology and mentorship to develop the application, and represent their
innovative idea at the Global Workshop for the final phase of the
competition.
Collaborating as the
official Mobile Service and PC Partner, HONOR will provide mentoring expertise, HONOR MagicBook Series
laptops and HONOR X Series smartphones for content development and testing, and
a comprehensive Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) development kits that give
participants the ability to program apps across a broad range of
devices. HONOR will mentor the team throughout the competition and
evaluate the entries at the final Global Workshop, where a winning
team will be announced.
Red Bull Basement is an
open platform for student innovators, encouraging them to tackle social and
environmental issues with technology. The launchpad platform aims to connect
and inspire all students to challenge the status quo by coming up with ideas
that can lead to a better tomorrow. Red Bull Basement provides resources such
as mentors, workshops, networking events, and more, both online and on
participating campuses.
Receiving a progressive
response across the country, Red Bull Basement on October 16 organized a
launchpad workshop with