Samsung Malaysia is running one of its global educational programs titled Solve for Tomorrow – a competition aimed at stimulating curiosity and cultivating interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, while inspiring students to help improve and fix issues faced by local communities through STEM’s innovative solutions.
Dato’ Roh Jae Yeol, Director of Corporate Affairs, Samsung Malaysia Electronics giving his welcoming speech at the Samsung Malaysia’s Solve For Tomorrow 2020 virtual event. |
Yoonsoo Kim, President of Samsung Malaysia Electronics said that it is important for the next generations to come to be equipped with the fundamental skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to adapt to the technological change and benefit from the new opportunities technology creates. They believe in their potential to reach new heights of innovation, and to develop society-changing solutions. And Samsung is committed to helping them achieve this through the educational programs they run like Solve for Tomorrow.
Solve for Tomorrow, a unique competition that fosters innovative thinking, creative problem-solving and teamwork, is carried out in partnership with Universiti Malaya STEM Centre. The competition is open to Form 1 and Form 2 students from participating secondary schools that Universiti Malaya STEM Centre regularly engages with to provide various STEM activities, helping them enhance their learning experience. The Solve for Tomorrow competition will kick off on October 9, 2020 and will culminate on December 8, 2020 with the announcement of winners.
Ir. Dr. Mas Sahidayana
Mohktar, Head of Universiti Malaya STEM Centre remarked, "We have to enhance Science and
Technology knowledge among our youngsters to solve unseen future problems. They
can only paint a better picture if they are equipped with the correct tools,
and the best way to ensure the mechanism is accurate is through Science and
Technology education."
Participants of the
competition are required to identify an issue faced by the community and
develop a solution based on STEM technology. They can choose to propose the
ideas focusing on any of the four themes, namely health, education, environmental
and social issues. A team of three
students will be required to send in a submission in a form of essays depicting
the problem to be solved and how STEM can be a creative solution. At the second round, 10 teams that are
shortlisted will be required to refine their ideas and showcase it through a PowerPoint
presentation.
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Meet the guest speakers at the Samsung Malaysia’s Solve for
Tomorrow Introduction Event.
( From L to R: Ir. Dr. Mas Sahidayana Mohktar, Head of Universiti Malaya STEM Centre, Lee Yan Fong, winner of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2015, Dato’ Roh Jae Yeol, Director of Corporate Affairs, Samsung Malaysia Electronics, Tan Kok Loon, winner of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2015 & Prof. Dr. Noorsaadah Abd. Rahman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Universiti Malaya) |
Three teams will be selected at the third round. They will be required to enhance their presentation with an option to create a prototype. Each team will need to submit a video recording of the presentation and the functions of the prototype. At the final stage, the three teams will battle it out to win the top prize worth up to a total of RM37,900 by impressing the judges with their innovative STEM solutions.
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The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2015 winners shared their
experiences at the virtual event to inspire future innovators. (
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Winners of the competition
will walk away with Samsung products for their respective schools and for
themselves too. The first prize winning team will receive Samsung products worth
up to RM16,900 that will be presented to the school while each student will
receive up to RM7,000 worth of Samsung products. For the second prize, the team
will receive products worth up to RM13,500 for their school while the students
will each walk away with products worth up to RM6,000. The third prize winning
team will receive products worth up to RM10,000 for their school while the students
will win products worth up to RM5,400 each. The winners will be judged based on
the relevance of issues, creativity, feasibility of ideas, application of STEM
and presentation of innovative solutions.
Yoonsoo Kim concluded that they believe the Solve for
Tomorrow competition is an ideal platform for students to be exposed to science
and technology; and harness their full potential through the use of technology.
It is also an opportunity to engage and encourage students’ curiosity in STEM
while making a difference in the society.
For more information about Solve for Tomorrow, please visit: www.samsung.com/my/solvefortomorrow
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Congrats to all the winners. Hope to join their future contest.
ReplyDeleteJason, do join and you might walk-away as the winner at the end of the day. Good luck!!!
DeleteThanks Samsung for organising such a great contest. Something for us to look forward.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Hope more youngster will create more idea to build Malaysia as a high-tech country.
DeleteGood way to motivate the students to be creative.
ReplyDeleteVivian, indeed. Hope more students able to join in future so that we could have more ideas to build our country.
DeleteAn interesting program to cultivate creativity.
ReplyDeleteDawn, agreed with you. Hope more such programmes will be organise so that the youngster could think out of the box to be creative.
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