Second edition of the Innovation Competition

The students of the Giua High School won the first edition

The novelty of RaIn are Dialogues on Innovation, stories of young entrepreneurs told to students 2015 second edition of the competition  “Tell me about Innovation” addressed to high school students of Cagliari and its Province. The contest, organised by Saras and by the association Sardinia 2050, with the sponsorship of the Regional School Authority and the support of Digital Champions Sardegna and the Ic Association, asks the students to reflect on the technological solutions that are transforming our society and describe them in a 3 minute, video, appearing directly in it or using computer graphic animation. The winners – individual competitor or a three-person group – will be able to visit one of the European centres for innovation, the Fab Lab in Barcelona. To bring among the school desks concrete examples of social or economic progress, Saras and Sardegna 2050 have created the “Innovation Dialogues”: young entrepreneurs meet students to tell them how they develop their business idea and turned it into a success story. The students from the last three years of high school can express their creativity using the video camera, Go-Pro action camera or their smartphone camera and apps (those using the smartphone will have a higher score), to make a video lasting no more than 3 minutes. The fields are many: communication, mobility, sustainability, energy, health, identity, tourism, employment, school. The videos, together with the documents enclosed listed in the call already distributed to the School boards, must be sent by 15 April to e-mail addresses concorso.rain@saras.it and sardegna2050rain@gmail.com. First prize: weekend in Barcelona, with guided visit to the Fab Lab. The second placed will win a trip to Naples to visit the Fab Lab of the City of Science, among the most creative in Italy. The third will receive a Go-Pro camera (one per student, in case of a group).