“Dream boldly about the future, but create today and for today. Let’s make it!”, is the slogan with which the annual innovation exhibition Technorama 2024, organised by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and its partners, welcomes its participants. This year, the event will invite all developers and enthusiasts of new technologies to KTU Santaka Valley on 29 May.
Registration for the event is now open, and the organisers are inviting innovators to take part – both beginners and advanced developers are welcome.
Kiran, together with a team, developed a healthy drink mix from buckwheat and introduced it at the Technorama innovation exhibition in 2018. The innovation not only received one of the main prizes but also landed him his first job in the food industry.
The works presented by the participants of the exhibition – a reflection of the times
Since 2001, Technorama has kept pace with new technology trends, growing, expanding and changing its format through the years. Still, it has maintained its core ideas – to promote scientific advances and motivate young innovators, right up to the present day.
Each year, the exhibition showcases more than 60 innovative products from a wide range of fields from more than 170 exhibitors. Nearly 1,500 visitors come to Technorama every year.
“The exhibition and its content are interesting and relevant for everyone: for a business representative looking for innovative products that can be applied in his/her field of activity, for an investor who wants to invest in advanced technologies, or simply for a technology enthusiast who is interested in innovations,” say the organisers of KTU Technorama.
Dreaming about the future is necessary, but solutions are needed for the present
This year’s Technorama theme focuses on the current times and the challenges that are relevant to our daily lives.
The theme was inspired by the M-Lab, an interdisciplinary prototyping laboratory centre that opened at the end of last year on the KTU Student Campus, providing open access to experimental, prototyping and testing laboratories.
“The M-Lab space connects ideas and those who implement them, this synergy is a direct path to the birth of innovative products and services, and Technorama is the place where they can be presented to the general public,” says Tomas Proscevičius, Business Development Project Manager of KTU Startup Space.
A strong network of partners is key to the event’s success
Each year, Technorama is joined by a wide network of business representatives who have the unique opportunity to meet with young talents and get a closer look at the products they develop. Representatives of companies possessing different competencies and fields of expertise join the jury, provide mentoring and expert support to the developers, and set up significant financial backing.
The event’s sponsoring partners focus on a wide range of areas, from innovation in the manufacturing industry to digital solutions for communication, space and information technology.
Since the very beginning of the exhibition, the main prize of the competition has been awarded by the KTU Rector. The prize funds this year are expected to reach up to ten thousand euros.
The main partner of Technorama 2024 is the Lithuanian branch of the IT company Rocket Software. This year, the company is contributing to the event by initiating the Pitch Battle competition and setting up two cash prizes for the participants.
The Innovation Exhibition Technorama and the event’s information partner lrytas.lt will traditionally invite everyone to vote for the “Readers’ Innovation” – the idea that readers like the most, or consider the most innovative. The innovation with the highest number of readers’ votes will be awarded with special prizes from the sponsors.
The innovation exhibition Technorama 2024 will take place on 29 May at KTU Santaka Valley. Participant registration is open until 13 May.
