The sixth edition of the Knowledge Fair establishes Ceará as a promoter of science and innovation

November 3, 2022 – 18:32
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After two years in the default format, the free event returns in person with 100 hours of simultaneous content and activities

More than 30,000 people should visit the sixth edition of the Knowledge Fair: Science, Technology, Innovation and Business, which began Thursday afternoon (3), and will continue with free programming on Friday and Saturday (4 and 5), starting at 2 p.m. Until 9 pm, at the Ciara Event Center (west wing), in Fortaleza. FdC 2022 is promoted by the Government of Ceará, through the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education (Secitece) and the Instituto Centec.

After nearly two editions (2020 and 2021) were held, in accordance with health measures to combat COVID-19, the exhibition returns with more than 150 booths, spread over a display area of ​​7.5 thousand square meters, and more than 100 hours of content. The program combines lectures, workshops, and activities related to the world of startups, games, metaverse, maker of artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, social technologies, science, astronomy, education and much more.

Opening the event, Secitece President, Carlos Decimo, noted that FdC is being standardized as an environment that combines experience and training for the benefit of knowledge for all generations. It is a gallery of art and knowledge, but also a gallery of citizenship, reaffirming science and democratic values. And he advocated, it’s the science, technology and innovation journey to strengthen our ecosystem.

Representing Governor Isolda Schilla at the opening, Ceará’s Minister for Institutional Relations, Nelson Martins, also reinforced the importance of the event in the scientific, social and economic development of the state. “In practical terms, the Knowledge Fair is a goal for us to reach for development. Without a partnership, you don’t go anywhere. Here, we have universities, academies, companies and a community,” emphasized Nelson Martins, recipient of the Ariosto Holland Order, awarded by Iracema Digital to Governor Isolda Silla .

Linking knowledge to generations

FdC 22 shows the world the Ceará way of practicing science and innovation. This is how she enchanted 7-year-old student Esther Filho. She chose the position of the Museum of Image and Sound of Ceará (MIS) as her favourite. “It’s my first time at the fair, and I’m very happy. For those who love science, the fair is heaven,” said Esther, who was accompanied by her mother, teacher Alison Raquel Villaho.

In addition to the MIS, the FdC also owns the Bojogá Museum, the Paleontological Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Mangrove Museum, and the Writing Museum.

The plazas are open to the present and the future, and are also spaces that attract visitors. It is divided into: Metagames (Play, Just Dance, Arcade and VR); eSports (LOL, Free Fire, Chess, FIFA); Drones (maintenance, command and training); Bots (Robots Championship); Generalization (Ceará Faz Ciência, Ciência Itinerante, Salão do Inventor projects) and Connectivity (startups, networking and business).

In the Knowledge Arena, for example, it will be possible to conduct up to three simultaneous lectures, with national names and great specialists.

The health area is at FdC 22, with the focus on the Elmo Gallery in the Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará Pavilion. The helmet breathing aid is designed to treat people with mild or moderate COVID-19. It is the result of the association of the State of Ceará with the institutes of science and technology, universities, and the industrial and commercial sectors.

When she learned that Elmo is an entirely Ceará innovation, after more than 40,000 people have used it, student Luana Vitória Oliveira, 17, did not hide her pride. “I want to go to college in the health field. For me, it is necessary to know a creature like Elmo, which shows how the people of Ciara know how to major in science. Elmo has been instrumental in the epidemic. It shows that all the people of the Northeast know and can do by science. It is important to say so,” he wrote.

Also launched this Thursday was the Hackathon promoted by the Secretariat for Economic Development and Labor (Sedet), in partnership with the Business Incubator and Center for Technology and Innovation of Ceará State University. Work strengthens the innovation ecosystem (IncubaUece). “During the exhibition days, Hackathon participants will be able to immerse themselves in innovation and training with mentors and qualified professionals to understand how to build a startup, supported by institutions such as Uece and Sebrae. This year we have four Problems to solve were traced to the productive sector.

Ray Teixeira is a student in the Computer Networking course at the Federal University of Ceará (Queixada Campus), and he actually went through this experience to create a startup company, PlantEdu. At FdC 22 he presented the tangible result of what was previously just an idea. “Our startup was created by a mixed team, consisting of two students from the UFC, a student from the Federal Institute and a professor from the state school system. The goal of our company is to cooperate with the development of educational and professional opportunities in this field,” he justified.

At the end of the first day, the creative potential of the Ceará people was also highlighted with a lecture by Ceará representative Silvero Pereira. With a strong trajectory in Brazilian theater and telegram dramaturgy, the artist speaks of “education, art, and diversity as a mechanism for social transformation.”

More information about programming at Site.

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The opening of FdC 22 was also attended by the Minister of the Environment, Artur Bruno; Centec President, Silas Alencar; President of the Ceará Foundation for the Support of Scientific and Technological Development (Funcap), Tarcísio Pequeno; Deans Heidelbrando Soares of Uece; Francisco de O de Lima Jr. of Carrere Regional University. Roque Albuquerque from the University of International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Language Lusophony (Unilab); Wally Menezes of the Federal Institute of Ceará; Augusto Teixeixa, UFC President supporter; Thiago Pontes, representing Ricardo Ness, Dean of the Federal University of Carrere; Vice-Chancellor of the State University of Val de Acarach, Carlos Kleber; President of Iracema Digital, Ricardo Lippmann; and other managers and authorities.