The first global Olympiad of nanotechnology is ended by introducing the top teams and granting rewards. In the innovation, business, science and technology and total scores, South Korea, Iran, Malaysia and Taiwan were ranked first, respectively.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the first global Olympiad of nanotechnology was finished by introducing the winners of competitions. The closing ceremony of the event was held April 15^th 2018 in Pardis technology park.

Saeed Sarkar, secretary of nanotechnology development headquarter explained about the abilities of nine participating teams of the competition, regarding the goal of the Olympiad to be encouraging participants to commercialize their ideas.

According to Sarkar, educational courses for participation in the area of water and environment was one of the strengths of the event, which can help the development of nanotechnology in the area of water and environment.

Following that, Sarkar described the current position of Iran in the area of nanotechnology, introducing its fourth global rank in production of science as a large step toward the development of nanotechnology in the country.

Secretary of nanotechnology development headquarter introduced the countries of Spain, South Korea, Germany, Russia, and countries of Africa and Latin America as the target markets of nanoproducts of Iran.

Helping the Extraction of Ideas from the Mental State

During this ceremony, Ali Beitollahi, manager of strategic committee of the Olympiad appreciated the work of participating teams for their five days of teamwork in the competition. Beitollahi described the projects and challenges presented in the Olympiad to be a high level, and also considered other ideas presented by teams to eliminate challenges to be significantly interesting.

He also added: teamwork is what can help the participants after the Olympiad to solve the current challenges of the world.

Nano, a Powerful Tool for Dealing with Global Challenges

Andrea Hase, representative of European Nation in this round of the Olympiad, talked about the importance of human resources and their improvement, and regarded the courses and workshops held in the Olympiad to be in the path of education of human resources. In addition, Allen Tang, professor at the national university of Taiwan, described the environment of Olympiad to be extremely friendly, in a way that he was able to make close bonds with other teams during his stay in Iran.

In another part, Maocheng Wu from the institute of physics of Sinsia Academy in Taiwan presented a lecture. According to this scholar, time required for preparedness of teams was insufficient. However, the participants showed in this short time that they prepared for such a difficult challenge.

Kung Shin, a member of the strategic committee of the first nano Olympiad and representative of South Korea, also regarded nanotechnology as a powerful tool for dealing with global challenges, which can be used to present new solutions to solve international problems. He also appreciated the efforts made by nanotechnology development headquarter for holding this Olympiad.

Olympiad, an Opportunity for Communication among Top Researchers

Sargar, one of the instructors of the Russian team, who is one of the members of Rusnano co., introduced this event to be a prominent phenomenon in the area of nanotechnology. In this regard, he affirmed: such events must be constantly carried out. According to this scholar, the friendly environment of competition is a good opportunity for communication among research groups, which can increase integration opportunities in the future.

Accurate and Regular Planning in Holding Olympiad

Professor Shin regarded the regulation of competitions to be significant, asserting: it is recommended that the next rounds of the event be participated by more teams and countries so that the participants could cooperate with each other in addition to increasing the level of competitions. He also appreciated the accurate planning of the executive committee, especially nanotechnology development headquarter, for holding the first international Olympiad of nanotechnology.

Professor Wu also mentioned: while this was the first Olympiad in nanotechnology, coordination during the competitions is admirable. Tung also regarded the holding of such events in five days to be extremely difficult, which requires extensive coordination, which seems to be easy for the executive team of the event.

We Received No Awards but We Learned a Lot

Tony Borigdoff from Germany, whose team received no special rank in the competition, stated that they greatly learned from the competition. According to this scholar, they received experiences in this challenge, which is the most important achievement of participation in the Olympiad.

Borigdoff stated that the mentioned challenges were difficult, but the fact that the topics of water and environment were selected as the top core of the challenges was admirable due to their great importance in the world. Finding friends was another interesting aspect of the competition.

Iran, Successful in the Business Section

Pouria Pardish from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, who was one of the members of nanit group of Iran and received the top rank in the commercialization and business section, stated: the level of challenges was extremely high. Some of the teams had passed the preparing stage with more facilities before the competition. However, we were able to receive the first rank in the business section.

One-member Team, Winner of the Innovation Competition

Richard Noah from South Korea can be distinguished from others since he was the only representative of South Korea. He was able to receive the first rank in the innovation section. In an interview after receiving his award, Noah stated that the level of competitions was very high and he was happy to be ranked first in the innovation section.

The first international Olympiad of nanotechnology was ended April 15^th 2018 by granting licenses to the participants in Pardis technology park.