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Το FIRST Global Challenge 2024 διεξήχθη στην Αθήνα από τις 26 έως τις 29 Σεπτεμβρίου με Εθνικούς Συνδιοργανωτές το MellonLab & το Υπουργείο Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης. Είκοσι χρόνια μετά τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 2004, η Αθήνα υποδέχθηκε ξανά ένα διεθνές γεγονός που ενώνει τα έθνη, αυτή τη φορά μέσα από την τεχνολογία και την καινοτομία.

Ο διαγωνισμός έφερε κοντά εθνικές ομάδες μαθητών και μέντορες από όλο τον κόσμο, προωθώντας την καινοτομία, τη συνεργασία και την ανταλλαγή γνώσεων μεταξύ νέων από διαφορετικές κουλτούρες και υπόβαθρα.

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26-29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024

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Κατά τη διάρκεια των 3 ημερών του διαγωνισμού και της Τελετής Έναρξης, η διοργάνωση προσέλκυσε πάνω από 25.000 επισκέπτες, που συμμετείχαν ενεργά στις εκδηλώσεις, αναδεικνύοντας τη σημασία της επιστήμης και της τεχνολογίας στην εκπαίδευση. Ο διαγωνισμός έφερε στην Αθήνα περισσότερους από 3.000 μαθητές και μέντορες από 193 χώρες, αναδεικνύοντας τον παγκόσμιο χαρακτήρα της διοργάνωσης και τονίζοντας τη δύναμη της συνεργασίας για την αντιμετώπιση παγκόσμιων προκλήσεων. 

Την 2η αγωνιστική ημέρα, ο Πρωθυπουργός Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης παραβρέθηκε στον διαγωνισμό, ενισχύοντας τη σημασία του γεγονότος και στέλνοντας το δικό του μήνυμα στους συμμετέχοντες και παρευρισκόμενους. 

Σημαντικό ρόλο στην επιτυχή διεξαγωγή της εκδήλωσης είχαν οι 300+ εθελοντές από περισσότερες από 60 χώρες, εκ των οποίων 100+ από την Ελλάδα, οι οποίοι υποστήριξαν την οργάνωση και την επίτευξη των στόχων της διοργάνωσης. Επιπλέον, περίπου 1.500 μαθητές από σχολεία της Αττικής είχαν την ευκαιρία να επισκεφθούν τον διαγωνισμό, να παρακολουθήσουν από κοντά τις προσπάθειες των διεθνών ομάδων και να εμπνευστούν από τα επιτεύγματα των συνομηλίκων τους.

Το FIRST Global Challenge είναι ένας διαγωνισμός ρομποτικής Ολυμπιακού τύπου, όπου μαθητικές ομάδες καλούνται να κατασκευάσουν και να προγραμματίσουν ρομπότ που θα ανταγωνιστούν σε συγκεκριμένα θεματικά πεδία. Ο διαγωνισμός επικεντρώθηκε στη βιώσιμη παραγωγή τροφίμων, ένα από τα κρισιμότερα ζητήματα της εποχής μας, και ενθάρρυνε τους μαθητές να σκεφτούν δημιουργικά για την επίλυση τέτοιων προκλήσεων.

Αντίκτυπος 2024

Φέτος, στην πατρίδα των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων – την Αθήνα – ενώσαμε τις δυνάμεις μας για το απόλυτο άθλημα της ρομποτικής, φιλοξενώντας τον μεγαλύτερο αριθμό ομάδων του FIRST Global μέχρι σήμερα — 193. Ανακαλύψτε όλα τα συναρπαστικά στοιχεία αυτής της μοναδικής χρονιάς, καθώς και στατιστικά και ιστορίες, στον Απολογισμό του 2024.

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192
Χώρες

εκπροσωπήθηκαν από 193 ομάδες, συμπεριλαμβανομένης και μιας
ομάδας προσφύγων.

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2.080+ Διαγωνιζόμενοι

επωφελήθηκαν άμεσα, ενώ ακόμη περισσότεροι συμμετείχαν από τις χώρες τους

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41% Συμμετοχή Κοριτσιών

συμπεριλαμβανομένων 52 ομάδων με πλειοψηφία ή αποκλειστικά κορίτσια

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Πάνω από
78 Λύσεις

για την ενίσχυση της βιωσιμότητας
των τροφίμων.

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Δείτε τον Απολογισμό 2024

“Η Αθήνα επηρέασε καθοριστικά την εμπειρία μου στον διαγωνισμό. Η ιστορία της πόλης, η πολιτιστική της κληρονομιά και οι εντυπωσιακοί χώροι, όπως το Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, με έκαναν να νιώσω πραγματικά ότι η ρομποτική είναι άθλημα. Η πόλη ήταν ιδανική για τη διοργάνωση, και πιστεύω πως η συνολική εμπειρία ξεπέρασε κάθε προσδοκία!”

- Εθελοντής από τις Η.Π.Α.

“Η εμπειρία μου με το FIRST Global με σημάδεψε βαθιά με τρόπους που δεν θα μπορούσα ποτέ να φανταστώ. Ήταν κάτι πολύ περισσότερο από έναν διαγωνισμό—ήταν ένα ταξίδι ζωής που μου αποκάλυψε τη δύναμη της συνεργασίας, της καινοτομίας και της αποφασιστικότητας.”

- Συμμετέχουσα, Ομάδα Μαδαγασκάρης

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Two young men in blue T-shirts and lanyards are working on a robotics project at a science competition, smiling and making peace signs. Behind them, flags of Eritrea and Lebanon are visible.
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Young participants in a robotics competition, with students wearing blue team shirts, gathered around a robot and colorful balls in an indoor arena with red seats and cameras capturing the event.
Young students working on robotics projects at a FIRST Global Challenge 2024 event, with a referee supervising and a digital timer in the background.
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Group of young students wearing robotics team shirts at a robotics competition, gathered around a table with robots and technology displays, some making heart shapes with their hands.
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Two men sitting on outdoor chairs during a discussion at dusk, with a rocky cliff in the background and bottles of water on a table nearby.
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Group of seven people standing in front of a blue backdrop with FIRST Global logos. Four young students holding an American flag, flanked by two adult men, one on each end. The students are smiling and wearing blue shirts and white jackets.
Group of young people in blue shirts holding a Spanish flag at the FIRST Global competition.
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People at an airport terminal check-in counter with a First Global sign, luggage carts, and travelers waiting.
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Χορηγοί και Υποστηρικτές

Title Sponsor

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η Lam Research, είναι ένας παγκόσμιος  προμηθευτής καινοτόμου εξοπλισμού κατασκευής δίσκων και υπηρεσιών στην βιομηχανία ημιαγωγών

Diamond Sponsors

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Organizing Partners

Mellon Lab logo featuring a stylized molecule with three black circles connected by black lines and two orange circles, with the text 'mellonlab' where 'mellon' is in black and 'lab' is in orange
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Bezos Family

Silver

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MUSK FOUNDATION

Advocate

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Official Media Sponsor

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Official Tellecomunications Sponsor

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Additional Supporters

The logo of Robotics, with a stylized robotic arm above the text.
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Logo for V-Motion, a company specializing in visual solutions.

Organizational Partners

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Official Ticketing Provider

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το FIRST Global Challenge Athens 2024 μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας στο hello@mellonlab.org