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The Factory of Knowledge: the biggest educational IT event in the region of Balkans at UDG

University of Donja Gorica hosted the biggest educational IT event in the region of Balkans, organized by company Comtrade, for the sixth time this year. During two days of the event, The Factory of Knowledge has gathered more than 3.000 students who had the opportunity to go through two-days-long education and IT entertainment programs. This year, The Factory of Knowledge marked the anniversary – 160 years of birth of famous scientist, Nikola Tesla.

During the grand opening of the 6th Factory of Knowledge, the audience was addressed by host - Professor Veselin Vukotic, rector of University of Donja Gorica and the owner of Comtrade – Mr. Veselin Jevrosimovic. The Factory of Knowledge 2016 was officially opened by the Minister of science in Government of Montenegro, Mrs. Sanja Vlahovic.

Ever since the beginning of this project, the facilities of The Factory of Knowledge has visited more than 17.000 young individuals.

The Factory of Knowledge 2016 will cover different topics within IT sector, with strong accent to creative and educational contents. Participants had the chance to meet the new methods of programming, learn to develop Android applications, hear about new internet professions and terms, such as “online monetization” and “Internet of things”.

The exhibition within The Factory of Knowledge 2016 was Nikola Tesla- The man of future. Given that Nikola Tesla is seen as “the man who invented 20th century”, this exhibition had the goal to promote talent, education, determination and courage which are the pre-requisites for success not just in the field of science, but in everyday life.  The exhibition visitors, organized in cooperation with Belgrade museum of Nikola Tesla, got to see and meet the most important inventions of Nikola Tesla from the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century and how they are used today. Nikola Tesla- The man of future exhibition showed them how universal and remarkable his inventions were. Content of the invention is composed of early models of motors and transformers from the Museum of Nikola Tesla as well as illustrations of objects, machines and technologies which are composed of the inventions of this famous scientist.

Virtual reality project “Meet Tesla” was the additional part of the show. The idea maker of this project is company Digital Mind, whilst the realization of this project was supported by Direct Media. Using the most contemporary technologies the visitors had the chance to “meet” Tesla in hydropower plants of Niagara falls, in the laboratory at Colorado Springs, in the room of hotel “New Yorker”, where this scientist spent his last days of life.

 

This year’s Factory of knowledge has put strong emphasis on innovative ideas and entrepreneurial spirit among young people. In accordance to that goal, company Comtrade and The Factory of Knowledge 2016 announced the call for applications named RIGHT CLICK 2016. Results of this competition were announced at the grand opening of the Factory. The winner of this competition is Ivan Vukicevic, with the idea for development of web portal for social commitment of teams in solving the social problems. The award for the winner was Tesla TV.

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