Awards were given in the three-day marathon where young ideas competed to create a world-class entrepreneurship center in Izmir. Speaking at the awards ceremony, President Soyer said, “The Gas Factory has enlightened Izmir for 150 years. “Now, a new light is born with the ideas that come out of here”.
The “FikrimİZ Ideathon” event, organized by FikrimİZ, located in the Historical Coal Gas Factory Youth Campus of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, to plan the road map together with the youth, has come to an end. In the idea marathon, in which 1 young people competed as 3 groups between 63-17 September, Group Space won the first place, Group Layer took the second place, and Efes 4.0 won the third place. Speaking at the award ceremony, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer “The Air Gas Factory has illuminated İzmir for 150 years. Now a whole new light is born with the ideas that come out of here.”
Before the award ceremony sohbet Responding to his questions, Mayor Soyer said that young people will have a say in the future Izmir, they should insist on achieving their goals and that they will give them all kinds of support as mayor.
Creativity ecosystem
The group that came in third in the marathon received the award from Betül Sezgin, the Chairman of the Izmir Business Women's Association, and the second group received the award from Ion Academy Founding Member Ali Rıza Ersoy. The first place was awarded to the team by the President. Tunç Soyer gave. President Soyer, who is also on the jury of the marathon, said, “While opening the Historical Havagazı Youth Campus, we aimed to develop the creativity ecosystem that will be one of the most important carriers of the struggle for local development in İzmir. “FikrimİZ formation, which was established to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of our young people and to enable them to acquire a profession, and the Ideathon competition held within this framework, has been a valuable idea marathon that serves this purpose.”
"FabLab İzmir and FikrimİZ is a chance for this city"
Saying that young people with their creativity and bright ideas are at the head of those who will turn the changes in the world into opportunities for İzmir, Soyer emphasized that they are making efforts to create opportunities for them, to enable them to think freely, and to enable them to produce solutions to their decision processes and problems. Soyer concluded his words as follows: “This is the reason why we gave the Coal Gas Factory, which enlightened Izmir for 150 years, to our young people to carry our city to a better future. This campus will both keep our culture of social solidarity alive and build a bridge between Izmir and the world as Izmir's young, productive and innovative place. I believe that this event, where creative and sustainable ideas for entrepreneurship and innovation will be revealed within the scope of 'Our Idea', will also make a significant contribution to this. "
Patrick Bosteels, one of the founders of Stage-Co, who was the organizer and facilitator of the event, emphasized that FabLab Izmir and FikrimİZ at the Havagazı Youth Campus are an important opportunity for this city and called on young people to use these environments.
They worked with mentors
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerOn January 2020, FabrikaLab İzmir and My Idea, operating within the Vocational Factory of the Metropolitan Municipality, were moved to the Historical Coal Gas Factory, which was converted into a Youth Campus in 30 with the initiative of . FikrimİZ held its first event on 1-3 September 2020 with Ideathon. In the idea marathon, in which 63 young people competed as 17 groups, answers were sought to the questions of what can be done to improve the entrepreneurship and innovation capacity of the Youth Campus and FikrimİZ, as well as what can be done to develop entrepreneurship throughout İzmir and to keep the bright minds raised in İzmir in their own city. During the three-day event held at the Historic Coal Gas Factory Youth Campus, the participants attended trainings on different subjects and had the opportunity to work with mentors on projects.
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