27 April 2024
On April 23-25, a live hybrid event, the student startup camp BOOST Camp, took place, opening the world of startups to students and young scientists.
The event was attended by 5 countries at the same time: Bulgaria (Varna), Norway (Tromsø), Turkey (Istanbul), Austria (Burgenland) and Ukraine (Kyiv).
Kyiv was represented by the Kyiv Academic University.
The BOOST camps were held simultaneously in each of the BOOSTalent institutions (Varna, Tromso, Istanbul, Burgenland, and Kyiv) and were broadcast live to other teams that are part of the CloudEARTHi community. Therefore, all participants from different countries, meeting in their respective institutions, could simultaneously communicate with each other via an online bridge that united all teams.
During 2.5 days of interactive workshops, participants examined their communications, customers, and business plan, using the University of Edinburgh's sustainable business framework, The Earth Centred Business Design Framework, to develop Earth-centered business plans.
Activities included:
Ukraine was represented by 5 teams:
ExactOptiRoute. The idea of a project that seeks to solve problems of optimal routing and logistics, based on advanced mathematical models and specialized software.
AgroTHERMAL. Development of geothermal heating and cooling equipment that can be used in the agricultural sector, in the fields, to help the transition to renewable energy sources, decarbonize and reduce costs.
SPOKIY.FM (SPOKIY FOR MILITARY) An application for the military, where the main idea is to create an inclusive application with artificial intelligence to help the military during the war in Ukraine to stabilize their mental and physical condition.
BusinessExp. The idea is to provide consulting services based on the integration of artificial intelligence technologies and analytical methods on business issues, enterprise optimization, business scaling, and product development.
I.N.N.O. Labs team. A service that helps startup teams in the field of high and deep technologies to confirm the sustainability of their projects using artificial intelligence technologies
The teams consisted of students from different universities: Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Institute for Renewable Energy NAS of Ukraine, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (122 Department of Computer Science), State University of Information and Communication Technologies.
Review by Veronika, SPOKIY.FM (SPOKIY FOR MILITARY) team leader:
Many thanks to all the contestants and the organizer for such a wonderful event! It was fun, interesting and informative, even though I am far from science and development, but it was great to dive back into this atmosphere of development, listen to a lot of interesting information and meet interesting young talents and the future of our country in the field of development :) Thank you also for such a warm acceptance of our app idea, time and the universe will show what can come of it, but for now I wish all the enthusiasts good luck with their startups! Thank you all for these 3 days, for your support and energy.
By attending this student startup camp BOOST Camp, students had the opportunity to participate in the selection of their educational institution to present their startup at the "Startups Showcase Day" during the annual CloudEARTHi conference, which will be held on June 27-29 in Varna, Bulgaria. Students have the opportunity to speak to a European audience and gain access to a wider customer base!
Iryna Kubareva and Maksym Marchenko, Academ.City project managers, hosted and mentored the event in Ukraine.
