For their participation in GEN-E 2022, (Generation Europe), Europe’s largest Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Festival, organized by JA Europe in collaboration with JA Estonia from July 12 to 14 in Tallinn, the Greek youth “start up” that won the top of the two emblematic competitions of Junior Achievement Greece.
The student team “Migrogreens – Magicgreens” from the 2nd Experimental High School of Kilkis and the student team “Drug n Drop” from the Athens University of Economics and the National Technical University of Athens will compete at GEN-E 2022, where the best students, students and student “startups” from the 370,000 young people in Europe who participated in total in 2021-22, in the student program “Virtual Business 2022” (JA Company Program 2022) and the student program “JA Start Up 2022”.
In the student Pan-European Final, the Greek “Microgreens – Magicgreens” competes with 40 European teams presenting Microwonders, the smart old computer tower in which micro-vegetables/superfoods are grown at record speed using IOT technology. Kids contribute to the circular economy by repurposing old computer towers, turning them into fully automated, tasteful growing chambers for the highly nutritious micro-vegetables used for gourmet dishes in homes and restaurants.
The core group consists of students Panagiotis Karatzas, Konstantinos Koukakis, Haris Koliuskas, Alexandros Katsaronas and Maria Dourou. Responsible teachers are Eleni Sidiropoulou and Stavros Katsaronas. Volunteer/advisor of “Microgreens-Magicgreens” is Stratis Roumeliotis Distribution Business Manager of HP and Inspirational Mentor the President of EBEA Yiannis Bratakos.
In the student Pan-European Final, the Greek “Drug n Drop” competes against 20 European teams with the smart drug management bin it created so that not a single pill goes to waste. The bin analyzes with sensors the information of the medicines placed inside and achieves the production of the right amount that the market needs without the waste that pollutes the environment and deprives African countries of medicines.
The team is made up of Alexia Vassilaki and the siblings Nikolas and Yiannis Spyrellis with Stavros Lounis as the responsible teacher.
“Our teams have created very smart products, they have worked hard and they make us all proud. They represent Greece in the best way as their very high level can be seen at every stage of the competition. We thank all Greek men and women for their support and we wish the children good success from the bottom of our hearts,” said the President of JA Greece Markos Veremis.
The Audience Award
The two Greek “start ups” had an excellent performance in their first online interviews with the jury. They will meet the same committee again, this time in person, for the next interviews they will give at the booths that will be set up in Tallinn’s central Freedom Square on the morning of July 14. In the evening of the same day, the Gala Dinner will be held during which the big winners will be announced. Special prizes, the audience prize and the first 3 prizes will be awarded.
However, everyone can support the Greek teams to win the Public Choice Award by voting for them at: https://expo.gen-e.eu/expo. For a positive vote on the student group “Microgreens-Magicgreens” users can choose JA Company Program and to vote on the student group “Drug n Drop” they choose JA Start Up. From the list of countries they can choose Greece, find the team and vote until Tuesday 12 July at 19:00 Greek time.
In addition, within the framework of GEN-E, the schools that stood out in the multi-year implementation of the “Virtual Enterprise” program will be awarded in Tallinn, in a special ceremony on July 13, and will be declared “Entrepreneurial Schools 2022” receiving “The Entrepreneurial School (TES ) Award 2022”. From Greece, they will be awarded the TES Award 2022 by JA Europe, in the category of General High Schools Aristotle College of Thessaloniki and in the category of Vocational High Schools E.E.E.EK. Agios Dimitrios. On the same day, the Greek student group “Food for thought” from the Experimental High School of the University of Macedonia will be awarded, which managed to win first place in the International Student “Social Innovation Relay (SIR) Competition”.
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