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The Challenge
Beyond 2030 Challenge is a science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer. It was established in 2020 and in 2021, Beyond 2030 Challenge expanded to become national. The competition is supported by academics and industry. In the competition, upper secondary education students in groups of one to four people develop new ideas, innovations and applications that
a) help save the environment (solutions related to climate change, sustainable development, circular economy etc.) and/or
1st place 5000 euros
2nd place 2500 euros
3rd place 1250 euros
The prizes are per team.
In addition the top10 will be awarded with superb product awards.
The competition jury consists of representatives of higher education institutions, City of Turku, Bayer and other partners. The chair of the jury is Senior Executive at TechCampus Turku and Vice Rector of the University of Turku Mika Hannula.
Jury
Vice Rector Mika Hannula (University of Turku, TechCampus Turku, chair)
Head of R&D, Drug Delivery Innovation Finland Manja Ahola (Bayer Oy)
Professor Patrik Henelius (Åbo Akademi)
Dean Juha Kontio (Turku University of Applied Sciences)
1. Registration phase
The teams of one to four members create a short description of their science project by the 18th of November. The description must include:
1) Short description of the idea
Briefly describe the idea of your science project. What sutainable development problem or challenge does your project offer a solution to? Describe the solution you came up with.
Main organisers
City of Turku and Bayer. For the part of the City of Turku, STEAM Turku is responsible for implementation.
Register now for the 2022 Beyond 2030 Challenge has ended!
Beyond 2030 Challenge – combine science and technology, save the planet and humanity
Registration for the competition has ended. All Finnish high school and vocational education students in teams of 1-4 persons can join the competition.
What?
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Who can take part in the competition?
All secondary education students in Finland are welcome to participate in the competition.
How to join?
Registration can be done, for example, under Register to join.
The most important criterion for assessing the projects is how means of science and technology have been used in the project to solve a problem related to sustainable development (ecological, social, financial or human).
Preliminary jury assessment criteria
The preliminary jury will assess the signed-up projects according to the following criteria:
Participants in the life at 1.5 degrees campaign include:
Turku Energia, Arkea, Föli, Beyond challenge 2030 science competition, Library, Turku Climate Team, Eco-support, Visit Turku, Turku Museum Centre, Forum Marinum, Turku University of Applied Sciences, TVT Asunnot Oy, LSJH, area water utilities (Turku Region Water Ltd., Turun seudun puhdistamo Oy, Turun vesihuolto), Turku Student Village Foundation, The Baltic Sea Challenge, and VASO (Right-of-occupancy housing company of Southwest Finland).
A climate campaign for the whole city
The City of Turku has set as its goal to be carbon neutral in 2029, and from then on to be climate positive, with a cooling effect on the atmosphere. The goal is a bold one, and all residents of the city are needed to achieve it. The 1.5-degree Life is a campaign that Turku hopes will encourage its residents and businesses to make climate-friendly choices. The measures are small and easy day-to-day acts, significant inventions, and everything in between.
The ambitious goal of the competition was to use means of technology and science to develop solutions that would save the planet
In Econsult's awarded work, outdoor areas and home yards are turned into carbon sinks through a comprehensive land use assessment
The science competition is organised in collaboration with higher education institutions and businesses in the area.
At the semi-final, the teams presented their inspiring ideas with succinct and well-prepared presentations.
In the semifinal, the 10 teams have 10 minutes to present their ideas for the competition and their piece of work and to answer the tricky question
The nationwide Beyond 2030 Challenge science and technology competition invites all young people to put their creativity to the test, get excited a
The City of Turku plays a pivotal role nationally as a hub for technology and science, and this role is being strengthened all the time.
The science and technology industries are of very great significance for
CADMATIC is a Finnish software company working in global market.
An intriguing bag is about to be sent to a Turku-based day care centre.
Over 800 participants had registered to the event to discuss developments and challenges in the Baltic Sea Region.
Over 800 participants had registered to the event to discuss developments and challenges in the Baltic Sea Region.
The Beyond 2030 Challenge is a competition that encourages upper secondary and vocational education students to dive into the world of science and technology. The ambitious aim of the competition, which is aimed at all upper secondary level students in Southwest Finland, is to find creative solutions to save the planet and humanity. Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by coronavirus, the registration period has been extended until 23 September. In the registration phase, the idea does not need to be complete or perfected. What counts is an open-minded and bold approach.