Intel® Leibniz Challenge
How do electronic circuits work? What are finite automata? And when do I implement a forward error correction? These are a few of the questions that are asked in the context of the Intel® Leibniz Challenge. The goal of the competition is to spark schoolchildren’s enthusiasm for the natural sciences and the engineering professions.
The participating schoolchildren are challenged to solve problems which were developed directly from the working world by Intel’s engineers in collaboration with the University of Hanover. In addition to get-acquainted internships and stipends, the best schoolchildren can also win valuable material prizes.
Kickoff Event at Intel’s Headquarters
To coincide with the start of the Intel® Leibniz-Challenge 2009, Intel® organized a technology-action week at its German headquarters in Feldkirchen near Munich in which 20 schoolchildren from Munich’s Michaeli high school participated. Journalists from Munich were given the opportunity to pose questions about the competition to Prof. Dr. Erich Barke, president of Leibniz Universität Hannover, and Nikolaus Lange, Intel® Germany’s director of development. The reporters also had a chance to look over the students’ shoulders while the young people tinkered with the Intel® Leibniz Challenge’s construction kits.
The winners of the competition will be announced at a press conference on June 24. Part of the Intel® Educational Initiative, the Intel® Leibniz Challenge has taken place annually since 2007.
Services
Preparation of materials for journalists; press tours through Munich, Hamburg, Hanover and Berlin; kickoff event at Intel® in Feldkirchen (invited the journalists and looked after them onsite); ongoing sell in and accurately targeted soliciting of key contacts; press conference in the context of the conferral of prizes (invitations and realization).
Timeframe
January to July 2009
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