In Rostov-on-Don, the acceptance of applications for the annual competition-review of inventions and technological innovations «Donskaya Assembly» has started. The event will be held from November 25 to November 27 online at the Don State Technical University (DSTU). This was reported by the press service of the university.

According to the organizers, the competition will be held for the fifth time. The event will bring together innovators, scientists, technology entrepreneurs, representatives of the largest manufacturing companies of the Rostov region on one platform. Inventors present their developments in the field of smart agriculture.

Anyone can become a participant of the competition — scientific experience, according to the organizers, is not a prerequisite. The competition itself will be held in the format of a short presentation: each inventor will have three minutes to tell the audience and the expert advice about their development.

«Over the years of its existence, the competition has become a platform where inventors get acquainted with the best regional practices for the development of start-ups, get the opportunity to join working groups of technological entrepreneurs, learn about measures to support innovation, establish new business contacts," said DSTU rector Besarion Meskhi

The press service of the university also said that the competition is the largest in the South of Russia, its prize fund will amount to more than 900 thousand rubles. The winners in the nominations «Invention of the Year», «Agrotechnology of the Year», «Student Development» and «End-to-End Technologies» will have access to the facilities of the industrial coworking space «Garazh» of DSTU and money certificates for finalizing their project to the stage of an industrial prototype.

For the young participants — winners of the «Young Inventor» nomination — the organizers also prepared valuable gifts: tablets, smartphones, action cameras.
To become a participant, you must send an application to the official website of the competition before November 20, the organizers said.
The Don Assembly competition for inventors and innovators was organized by the Don State Technical University with the support of the Government of the Rostov Region and the Innovation Agency of the Rostov Region. General partner — South-West Bank of Sberbank of Russia.

Source — https://na.ria.ru/.