Millennium Innovation Competition 2022 Revealed its Winners
The main prize of the 2022 Millennium Innovation Competition - a trip to the NASA summer camp in the USA, was won by the team "LIGGA" with the project "Radiation Research, Monitoring and Safety System".
Through the project created by the team, it is possible to control the level of radiation in rooms and buildings and determine the area of radiation spread.
Members of the winning team will travel to the USA and participate in the NASA Space Center University Summer School. The competition is sponsored by the US Embassy in Georgia.
The second place team - "Firelink" will take part in the iD Tech camp of Stanford University in the USA with the funding of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA).
Liberty Bank will send the members of the third-place team "Mad Scientist" on a study visit to the European Center for Nuclear Research in Switzerland.
The team "Atemporal" has become the chosen one of the EPAM company and its members will attend the EPAM Garage technologies camp in Poland.
The Millennium Innovation Competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. "The development of innovations and technologies in Georgia brings us even closer to the modern world and contributes to the strengthening of the new generation of inventors, engineers, and startups. One of the priorities of our government and ministry is the development of technology and natural science education" - said the Minister of Education and Science Mikheil Chkhenkeli at the award ceremony. at the ceremony.
The Millennium Innovation Competition was held for the eighth time this year, with the financial support of the US Embassy. "Since 2014, the US Embassy in Georgia has been supporting the Millennium Innovation Competition, the purpose of which is to encourage the implementation of innovative projects and ideas among young people. We are very proud of this competition and we are glad that students from Tbilisi and regional schools participate in the competition every year," said Ambassador to the USA in Georgia, Kelly Degnan.
This year, the competition had 12 finalist teams from schools in Tbilisi, Akhaltsikhe, Kutaisi, Senaki, Batumi and Gori, who developed projects in the fields of space and aviation, robotics, mobile technologies and applications, environmental protection, healthcare, energy and transport. The competition aims to encourage innovation and the creation of new technologies among high school students and increase interest in science and engineering (STEM) fields. To date, more than 2,500 students have participated in the competition.