The fifth robotics festival will be held in Omsk next week.

215 teams from Omsk and Novosibirsk regions and the Republic of Kazakhstan will take part in the open district robotics qualifying competitions to be held in Omsk. The winners will go to the final stage of the All-Russian Robotics Festival in Moscow.

From January 24 to January 25, the fifth Robofest Omsk Robotics Festival will be held in the regional Congress Hall. The organizers told more about the program of the festival and its participants today at the Journalist's House.

"If earlier the festival was held as part of the Omsk IT Forum, then the fifth anniversary has become an independent event. Every year, it aroused great interest, not only among residents of the Omsk region, but also from other regions, the neighboring Republic of Kazakhstan. When the first forum was held, the task was to create a platform for children who are interested in this field, to show that they are not alone, and today the festival has grown into a separate, widely anticipated event," says the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Omsk regionDenis Kushner.

Notably, Robofest Omsk is part of the federal Robotics program and a qualifying stage for the All-Russian Youth Robotics Festival, which is being held in Moscow.

This year, 550 participants will compete in 14 types of competitions. A total of 215 teams from Omsk and Novosibirsk regions and the Republic of Kazakhstan are registered.

"Participation in the festival teaches children and young people to work in a team, forms engineering thinking. In addition to the opportunities for the winners to go to the qualifying stage of the All-Russian Robotics Festival in Moscow, it will be easier for the participants of the festival to enroll in universities. OmSTU, OmGUPS and OmGPU will add from 2 to 10 points to the winners, depending on the location," said Alexander Timofeechev, President of the IT Cluster of Siberia non−profit partnership.

In addition to the competitions, interactive platforms have been organized at the Robofest, which will also feature additional education institutions related to technical creativity. The guests of the festival will have the opportunity to take part in a Quest that unites all the venues and ends with a win-win lottery.

The Technar 2020 Engineering Professions Fair will present educational institutions in Omsk that train specialists in working and engineering specialties in all fields. Combining them on one platform will make it possible to present their training programs more effectively, to acquaint students with the capabilities of technical specialists.

The Siberian Youth Robotics Festival Robofest Omsk has been held in Omsk since 2016. During this time, it was visited by more than 8 thousand people.  The organizers of the festival are the Government of the Omsk Region, the IT Cluster of Siberia with the support of the Omsk City Administration.

You can view the program on the website.

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