Minister of Sports and Youth H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali honouring a winner during the closing ceremony of the forum at QNCC.
Doha: The Challenge and Innovation Forum (CIF) Qatar 2021, organised by the Ministry of Sports and Youth represented by the Qatar Scientific Club, under the slogan ‘With Mind, We Solve Problems’, at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) concluded on Thursday with the participation of 100 innovators from 38 countries.
During the closing ceremony of the forum, Minister of Sports and Youth H E Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali honoured the winners and participating parties, including representatives of the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), Qatar Development Bank (QDB), the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar Foundation, Qatar University, and the first generation of the Qatar Scientific Club.
He also honoured the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA), the Islamic Youth Cooperation Forum, the Kuwait Scientific Club, the Oman Makers Center, and the head of the jury, David Farooqi.
The ‘D’ team consisting of eight inventors won the first prize of QR250,000, in the collective competition—in which eight teams competed—for inventing the “secure hero” device to protect recordings and prevent espionage or penetration of phone calls.
The ‘F’ team won the second prize of QR150,000 for their invention of the ‘train me’ device, which is an intelligent system linked to an application that helps to perform exercises correctly.
The ‘A’ team finished third, securing QR100,000, for their invention of a ‘pulse’ device that helps the pregnant mother follow the heartbeat of the fetus. The decision on the funding award for the projects nominated has been postponed and will be announced later by the jury.
In the individual competition, Qatar won the most important prizes. Qatari inventors Khaled Abu Jassoum won first prize worth QR200,000 for his invention ‘Oliver’, the smart cooking robot.
Mohamed Mahdi Al Dosari came second with a prize of QR100,000 for his invention of a device for tracking birds and animals. The third prize (QR50,000) went to Kuwaiti Hussain Bumajdad for the invention of the emergency door opening device.
Dr. Ibrahim Al Maslamani ranked fourth for his invention of a fishhook, jointly with the inventor from the Kingdom of Swaziland, for her invention of a device to protect horses from respiratory diseases, and a prize of QR30,000 each. The inventor Mohamed Al Qasabi came fifth with a prize of QR20,000 for his invention of the offside performance analysis system in football.
The winning innovators were crowned with gold, silver, and bronze medals, amounting to 17 gold, 49 silver, 13 bronze, and 11 platinum categories.
In the promising innovator competition, the team of Souda Bint Zamaa Preparatory School for Girls won first place, Al Andalus Private School came second place, and the team of Qatar Secondary School for Science and Technology finished third.
IFIA President chose to honour the Qatari inventor Khaled Abu Jassoum, and the Jordanian inventor, Dr. Noha Abu Youssef, who invented the ‘oco-blink’ that can be worn to help control paralyzed muscles. Kahramaa chose to honour the Qatari inventor Saleh Safran, the creator of a gas leakage detector.
In a generous gesture, the first generation of the pioneers and founders of the Qatar Scientific Club, Eng. Mohamed Yaqoub Al Sayed, Khaled Mubarak Al Muftah, Khaled Saleh Al Yafei, Hassan Abdullah Al Abdullah, Rashid Ali Ibrahim, Issa Rabia Al Kuwari, and the international arbitrator and Dr. Adnan Ramzan Al Nuaimi were honoured.
Qatari inventor Khaled Abu Jassoum, winner in the individual competition, stated that his smart cooking robot device has been patented in eight countries so far. He stressed that winning first place in a large forum in which 100 inventors from 38 countries participated, confirms that the Qatari innovator can compete on a global level.
