2024 Otis Made to Move Communities STEM Competition

Submission

Please submit a 90 second video answering these questions to meet the theme objectives: 

- What is the main challenge or issue that you are trying to solve? 

- What is your proposed AI-driven solution? 

- How can your solution help to bring inclusive mobility to the community? 

- What STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) concept have you applied to come up with this solution?

Submission Period

- August 8 – 31, 2024

- Schools will register interest in the competition through this Link. The video will need to be loaded onto a video platform such as Youtube or Vimeo and added to a entry form that will be sent out to registered schools.

Entry Form

Click here for entry form

Entry Requirements

- The students' age must be between 15 and 17 years.

- Each participating team can send up to eight (8) students 

- Limit of two entries per school.

- Teams advancing to the global competition must be able to participate in the Asia Pacific competition (online) to be held from Oct 2024 - Dec 2024.

The winning NSW school team will be announced by Otis on 16th September 2024.

This year’s Made to Move Communities challenge will explore how we can leverage AI-driven solutions to advance inclusive mobility – giving more people freedom to connect and thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world. 

• New AI capabilities are emerging at a rapid, unprecedented pace.

• AI is transforming nearly every industry, including transportation, optimizing the way we move people and goods in and around cities.

• By 2070, nearly 60% of the world will live in cities, creating an urgent need to prioritise inclusion within urban development.

What exactly does inclusive mobility mean? 

For Otis, inclusive mobility refers to the idea that everyone should have access to mobility, which can exist in the physical environment, such as access to public transportation, or in the technological space, like the ability to use a touch-screen tablet. 

• Effective mobility solutions enhance our connectivity and productivity, education, employment, medical care and social services. When our local communities practice inclusive mobility, it becomes more equitable for us all. 

Notes on the Application

- The winning NSW school team will be selected by an Otis panel to compete in the Asia Pacific challenge where, over eight weeks, your school's team will explore STEM concepts and solutions in a research project guided by Otis mentors virtually or in-person. 

- At the end of the Asia Pacific competition, the NSW winning school team will present their ideas to a panel of Otis executives for a chance to win grant funding to further STEM learning at your school. Prizes will be awarded for 1st place, 2nd place and Honorable Mention within your region.

- Awards will be presented to the teams that achieve outstanding results in the Asia Pacific competition. The teams will receive a $7,500 USD grant to invest in STEM learning at their school through participation in the competition, with potential to receive up to $20,000 USD in total, provided the team wins the Asia-Pacific regional challenge.

8 August - Webinar session to schools on how to join MTMC Challenge 

9 – 31 August - Schools to prepare & submit their entries 

16 September - Announcement of winning NSW entry by Otis Australia 

Winning team proceed to represent Australia in 8 week Asia Pacific  MTMC Challenge 

Term 4  - Commencement of Student Challenge and mentoring sessions 

By 22 Dec - Final presentation to be recorded 

April 2025 - Winner of Asia Pacific competition is announced by Otis 

Winner will go on to compete in the Global Challenge with schools from EMEA, Americas and China 

Each student team will be judged based on the three criteria listed below. Within the criteria, each judge will give a score between one and five – five being superior and one being poor. The teams with the highest total scores received from the judges will be awarded first, second and third place. 

The global leader in the manufacturing, installation and servicing of elevators and escalators, Otis moves 2.3 billion people a day and maintains approximately 2.3 million customer units worldwide – the industry's largest Service portfolio. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, Otis is 71,000 people strong, including 42,000 field professionals, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories.