Kharkiv Polytechnic hosted the final of the unique event for Kharkiv, the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations. The best 18 projects from Lviv, Rivne, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kherson, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, as well as China and the Netherlands were competing. Eight startups which were presented by : National Technical University «KhPI», National Aerospace University «KhAI», Kherson State University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Apixmed LLC (Netherlands) became winners. Kharkiv Polytechnics with the startups K-PILOT and MineGuard won the first and second prizes of the innovation festival, as well as received awards among foreign projects and sponsors. The event was opened by Yevgen Sokol, rector of NTU «KhPI», Oleksandr Kamyshyn, Minister of strategic industry of Ukraine, and Hanna Hvozdyar, deputy minister of strategic industry. The organizers of the festival were the startup center of NTU «KhPI» «SPARK» together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Startup Fund. The event was held online and offline in the bomb shelter of Kharkiv Polytechnic.
The solemn opening of the Final of the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations was held with the participation of the rector of NTU «KhPI», professor Yevgen Sokol, who presented the «Sustainable innovation ecosystem of Kharkiv Polytechnic». He emphasized that every step in the development of innovation is a Victory.
«This is a very important event not only for NTU «KhPI» but for the whole country. Despite the war, talented young people of Ukraine are actively participating in the development of our country. It is nice to see that representatives of the Netherlands and China have joined the festival, which was originally launched as an all-Ukrainian event. The first festival was successful and became a unique opportunity for students and teachers to develop their innovative, scientific and entrepreneurial activities,» said Yevgen Sokol. He also noted the professionalism and coherence of the experts’ work, who conducted a detailed inspection and gave an objective assessment of all startups.
In addition, the participants of the event were greeted by the Minister of strategic industry of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshyn and deputy minister of strategic industry Hanna Hvozdyar.
According to the results of the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations, eight startup projects became winners. Among them:
- 1st place – startup «K-PILOT», author Yegor Chukanov (the project actively cooperates with leading drone manufacturers who are interested in integrating K pilot into their aircraft), Educational and Scientific Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies of NTU «KhPI».
- 2nd place – startup «MineGuard» (a set of drones for remote mine detection with an accuracy of 95%), developed by Marko Gimonov, Educational and Scientific Institute of Computer Modeling, Applied Physics and Mathematics of NTU «KhPI».
- 3rd place was shared by the startup projects: «Universal on-board computer «Boriviter» for nanosatellites and UAVs», developed by Oleksandr Lyubimov, National Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute» and «IZOSTERA» by Andriy Mokhnenko (heat and sound insulation material made of seaweed, solves the problem of heat and sound insulation of buildings with modern material from ecological raw materials), Kherson State University.
- Winner’s diploma from the sponsors – the team of the project «Fire Defend Carbon Ceramic Coating», author Svyatoslav Ryabinin, Educational and Scientific Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering of NTU KhPI.
- Winner’s diploma among foreign projects – startup of Chinese students «Upcycling Vintage Furniture» (reconstruction of furniture in terms of the concept of sustainable development and the use of environmentally friendly bamboo materials), Educational and Scientific Institute of Economics, Management and International Business of NTU «KhPI».
- Winner’s diploma in the category «Business» – team «APIXMED – a virtual assistant for personalized medical treatment», Maryna Korshevniuk, Apixmed LLC (Netherlands), Kyiv.
- The Diploma of Audience Choice – team «Times Traveler’s Art» (an application for classical art studying that helps art lovers and professionals who want to enjoy aesthetic pleasure and expand their knowledge, virtually experience interactive exhibitions, expositions, digital museums, etc. as opposed to classical museums) Sofia Kravchenko, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
The winners of the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations received laptops, tablets, external hard drives and souvenirs, and all the finalist teams received diplomas and incentive prizes. The event was organized by the startup center «SPARK» and the Research Department of NTU «KhPI» with the participation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. According to the organizers of the festival, it has become not only a platform for meeting future leaders in the world of innovation, but also a guarantee of new opportunities for development and cooperation.
Note:
The final of the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations, organized by the startup center «SPARK» of NTU «KhPI», took place on 29 April 2024 in the bomb shelter of Kharkiv Polytechnic. It started at the beginning of April and brought together 86 startup projects from different cities of Ukraine: Lviv, Rivne, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kherson, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, as well as from the Netherlands and China. The 18 most relevant startups from various fields reached the finals: military, medical, cultural, etc.
The All-Ukrainian festival of innovations has become a platform for the exchange of ideas and the development of student entrepreneurship in Ukraine. The main goals of the festival are: development of the university’s innovation infrastructure; economic recovery of Ukraine; popularization of science, technology and innovative technologies; promotion of the entrepreneurship environment and development of skills in developing innovative projects; increasing competitiveness in the labor market through the development of skills and integration of the enterprise model in the education system; popularization of innovators’ developments and attraction of investors to promising projects; development of social partnership and cooperation with business structures.
The organizers and co-organizers of the All-Ukrainian festival of innovations were: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ukrainian Startup Fund, LLC «Science Park of NTU «KhPI», Ukrainian Association for management development and business education, Ukrainian Association of fintech and innovative companies together with partners: startup accelerator YEP!, StartGlocal Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, China-Ukraine Joint Platform for Innovation Cooperation (Heilongjiang Huayue Oriental Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd), Ukrainian National Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation.