For the entire month, from March to April, OSMU Department of Extreme and Evidence-Based Medicine, together with partner universities (RUDN University, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Military Academy of Logistical Support "General of the Army A. V. Khrulyov"), as well as schools of Omsk and Moscow, held the 4th National Festival of Innovative Projects "Workshop of Project Proposals". This year, the festival was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the OSMU Department of Extreme and Evidence-Based Medicine. The event was attended by 185 people - schoolchildren, students, and young scientists, full of ideas and aspirations for new discoveries. The geography of the festival was impressive: the Republic of Mali (Bamako), the Republic of Chad (N'Djamena), the Republic of Kazakhstan (Karaganda, Ekibastuz, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Stepnogorsk, Petropavlovsk, Kokshetau, Shchuchinsk), the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tyumen, Tobolsk, Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, Ust-Ilimsk, Saransk, Gubinsky).
In the framework of the festival, Natalia A. ARZUMANYAN, PhD (in Physics), creator of physics-related board games, and member of the St. Petersburg Board Game Developers Guild, conducted a master class, "Board Games as a Product of Individual Projects". She shared her successful experience in implementing and commercializing her ideas.
An experienced interdisciplinary jury evaluated over 100 submissions. Finalists presented their projects to the competition experts in a hybrid format. Among the winners were Anastasia STROKINA, tenth-grader from Omsk's Gymnasium №19, Evgeniya BONDARENKO, first-year student of Omsk State Pedagogical University, and Tatyana YAKUBENKO, fifth-year student of our university,
We thank all participants for their creativity, enthusiasm, and contribution to the development of science and innovation! We also express our gratitude to the experts, organizers, and partners of the festival for their professionalism and support of talented young people. See you at the next "Workshop of Project Proposals" festivals! May your ideas change the world for the better!