Press conference on the Republican contest among schoolchildren in the transport industry

Press conference on the Republican contest among schoolchildren in the transport industry was held in the Central Communications Service on July 10, 2018.

Sultan Aitzhanov, Deputy Executive Director of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Leader of the Nation; Karlygash Yessembayeva, Director of the Department on Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Yerbol Ospanov, Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Aydin Artykova, Head of the Division on Development and International Cooperation of RSE "NIIP" MJ RK, presented a detailed information about the contest.

Organizers of the contest are the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Leader of the Nation jointly with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the RSE "National Institute of Intellectual Property" of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Сo-organizers of the competition are Cranfield University (Great Britain) and Nazarbayev University. Partners of the contest are the national air carrier Air Astana and Samruk-Kazyna Trust.

Main objectives of the contest are to increase students' interest in designing vehicles, inventive activities, and to motivate school students to make a conscious choice of profession.

The winners of the competition will have the opportunity to attend an educational trip to London (United Kingdom) from 19 to 26 August 2018.

At the end of the press conference speakers called for students to be active in the innovation process and wished good luck to all participants.