The areas of robotics, automation and AI are among the most innovative and exciting within the electrical and information technology industry. They offer numerous opportunities for young talent to actively shape the future. We are pleased that we were able to introduce some of these to the students at our LET’S TECH Day.
OVE General Secretary Peter Reichel
Vienna (OTS) – Robotics, automation and artificial intelligence instead of mathematics, German and geography: around 400 students from the lower and upper levels immersed themselves deeply in the technologies of the future at the second LET’S TECH Day on May 24th in Vienna. The winners of the LET’S TECH video competition were also announced as part of the event.
The varied hands-on stations and workshops ensured great enthusiasm among the participants at the LET’S TECH Day of the OVE Austrian Association for Electrical Engineering. There they were able to program a robot arm together, control robot balls with a tablet and experience first-hand what innovative technologies make possible. Young role models gave insight into their areas of work and were allowed to be interviewed. OVE General Secretary Peter Reichel: „The areas of robotics, automation and AI are among the most innovative and exciting within the electrical and information technology industry. They offer numerous opportunities for young talent to actively shape the future. We are pleased that we were able to introduce some of these to the students at our LET’S TECH Day.
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Anniversary for LET’S TECH video competition
The award ceremony for the LET’S TECH video competition also took place as part of the LET’S TECH Day. For the tenth time, the OVE, together with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, selected the best student and apprentice videos on a given topic. The focus of the anniversary edition was the question “How do electrical engineers shape our future?” A jury of experts chaired by OVE Vice President Wolfgang Bösch (TU Graz) selected six winning videos from the numerous creative submissions. The winner of the audience award was determined through online voting.
Seven winning videos awarded
As part of the celebratory award ceremony, Helmut Leopold (AIT) addressed the winners in a video message and discussed the role of electrical engineering in our digital society. Three young experts (ALDIS lightning expert Hannes Kohlmann, Jessica Bauer, technical project manager at Energie Burgenland, and Simon Digruber, self-employed electrical engineer) provided insight into their jobs. The winners were able to look forward to tech vouchers:
- Lower school students, 1st place:
“Sodium-ion batteries”
Daniel Würzl, BRG Kremszeile, Krems - Lower school students, 2nd place:
“AI and robots”
Maximilian Mögler, BRG Petersgasse, Graz
- High school students, 1st place:
“The Brick Wind Turbine”
Georg Kopesky, BG/BRG Keplerstraße, Graz
- High school students, 2nd place:
“Do you actually know what electrical engineers are?”
Sebastian Knosp, Matteo Scharfetter; HAK 2, Salzburg
- Apprentices, 1st place:
“A day with E-TechNiki”
Julia Degold, Rosa Berthold, Lara Peer, Noel Aguirre, Lucas Haberl, Niklas Wendner, Simon Rüdisser, Jessica Polzhofer, Niklas-Hagen Weber; LBS Bregenz 2
- Apprentices, 2nd place:
“Bee electric – How honey and electric motors fit together”
Andreas Brosenbauer, Amirhesam Bahrami, Colin Peyer, Fabian Wolf, Matthias Vasicek, Christian Gross, Raphael Luttenberger, Sarah Prenner, Erwin Brki, Murtaza Chaudry, Simon Geier, Matthias Kirch Knopf, Gabriel Tomi, Fabian Wiatrowski; Traction systems Austria
- Audience Award:
“AI – Who is really behind it?”
Marina Jakob, village electrician Mittelberger, Vorarlberg
All winning videos can be found online at www.letstech.at.
The LET’S TECH Day 2024 was supported by: GMAR Society for Measurement, Automation and Robotics, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, compact electric, Schneider Electric and Wiener Stadtwerke. Also on site as project partners were: ABB, Dinnity – Robotic Kitchen, FH Technikum Wien, ISENS – International School of Engineering and Nature Science, Pilz, PRIA – Practical Robotics Institute Austria and Siemens.
About the OVE:
The OVE Austrian Association for Electrical Engineering is a modern and independent industry platform and actively shapes the development of electrical engineering and information technology in times of digital change. The OVE connects science and research, business, energy companies and users and promotes the success of the industry with numerous further training offers. As an electrotechnical standardization organization and with its other core areas of certification and lightning research, the association officially represents Austrian interests in international committees. For more information visit our website: www.ove.at
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