This year, the award ceremony took place on the family's Technology Day, which was held in Neskaupsta\u00f0ur on October 1st. The purpose of the Technology Day is to promote the technical and scientific work carried out in the East, as well as to promote the work of the Vocational School of the East, and it was therefore appropriate to announce the winner of the competition on the Technology Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teachers in Fjar\u00f0abygg\u00f0ar's primary schools did an excellent job in helping the students implement the ideas, and in addition to them, two "mentors" were recruited to help with the project, they were Dr. Hildur Inga Sveinsd\u00f3ttir (Mat\u00eds) and Dr. Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Svana Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to decide the winner of the competition, judges from the local community who have a lot of experience from different fields were brought in. This year's judges were Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur Eide Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, human resources and safety manager of Fur Processing, Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds Helga Seljan \u00de\u00f3roddsd\u00f3ttir, president of the town council in Fjar\u00f0abygg\u00f0 and Gu\u00f0mundur Rafnkell G\u00edslason, manager of the Shipowners' Cooperative in Neskaupsta\u00f0. The task of the judges was great as about 30 solutions were received from the elementary schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of Iceland, Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson was hired to present the award and he did so at a ceremony on Technology Day. Suffice it to say that the project Seaweed plastic<\/strong> won and it was the students J\u00fal\u00edus Sigur\u00f0arson and Svanur Hafth\u00f3rsson from Nessk\u00f3li who were responsible for the project. The jury had this to say about the project: "In the opinion of the jury, there is a lot of innovation in the project and the authors have a great vision of how the project can change the world."<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second place went to the project Beach salt <\/strong>but they were \u00de\u00f3r The\u00f3dorsson and Stefan\u00eda Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Birgisd\u00f3ttir from Nessk\u00f3li. The jury had the following to say about the project: "the idea is ambitious for the use of mountain and sea, and it would be exciting to see it come to market."<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project won third place Seaweed paint<\/strong> and they were Anna Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir, \u00d3laf\u00eda Danuta Bergsd\u00f3ttir and Kolka D\u00f6gg \u00d3marsd\u00f3ttir from Eskifjar\u00f0ar School, and the jury described the project in the following way: "extremely original idea and great innovation present."<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stef\u00e1n \u00de\u00f3r Eysteinsson was project manager on behalf of Mat\u00eds. Mat\u00eds would like to express special thanks to Birgis J\u00f3nsson, the project manager from the Vocational School of East Iceland, the jury, teachers, school administrators, "mentors", the President of Iceland and all those involved in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below you can see a video from the winning project<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n