Artsakh STEM Expo to be held in Martakert

ARMINFO
Armenia –
Alina Hovhannisyan

ArmInfo. On May 8, the Artsakh STEM Expo (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) scientific festival will be held in the city of Martakert of the  Republic of Artsakh, which main goals are raise the motivation and   interest of young people in STEM subjects, encourage to open new STEM  Educational centers in Artsakh and develop tourism. The festival will  be held under the slogan "Dreams become reality when you realize an  idea".

According to the head of the Artsakh STEM Expo program Artavazd  Boyajyan, the event will be organized in 3 stages. As part of the  first part, according to him, an exhibition will be held, which will  present products and solutions of representatives of science and  engineering.

The second part includes STEM-TALK discussions, during which leading  experts will present their success stories, share their experience,  talk about the possibilities of the field, professions, etc. In  particular, STEM- TALK speakers will be representatives of scientific  and business groups working in the field of science, technology,  engineering and mathematics, including YEREVANN Laboratory Director  Hrant Khachatryan, Deputy Head of the Artsakh Science Center Arev  Israelyan, Diego Portales University Postgraduate Tatevik Mkrtchyan  and others.

A competition program will be held within the framework of the last  list of events. According to Boyajyan, young people aged 15 to 25 who  live or work in Artsakh can take part in the competition, and they  must submit innovative ideas in STEM areas. Of the 10 pre-selected,  the jury will select the 3 most promising.  The winning teams will be  provided with mentoring support to turn the presented developments  into a startup that will further interest investors. Next year,  according to the head of the program, students from Armenia can also  apply for participation in the competition.