Huawei has launched the 2023 Tech
Arena competitions in Europe at Viva Technology, one of Europe's biggest tech
summits.
Tech Arena competitions are
sponsored and designed by Huawei's worldwide labs in partnership with top
universities to give students from around the world more opportunities to
experience and learn how to solve real-world problems.
Liu Shaowei, President of Huawei's
European Research Institute, explained that the company plans to host 10 Tech
Arena competitions for over 1,000 students during the 2023–2024 school year.
These competitions will be hosted in several countries, including France, the
UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, and
Israel.
Liu also emphasized that Huawei's
sharing of the results of past Tech Arena competitions was evidence of Huawei's
determination to invest in young talent. By the end of 2022, there were more
than 5,400 students from over 52 universities who had participated in Tech
Arena. Also to date, Huawei has offered more than 3 million dollars to make
this competition platform available to global students.
"The results showed that more and more young people
truly are improving from Tech Arena; this is aligned with the company's
intention to help build stronger talent pools for local communities," Liu added.
Liu also released the themes of some
Tech Arena competitions; other competitions will reveal theirs later in the
year.
Dr. José R. Calvo, President of the
Institute of International Relations at the Royal European Academy of Doctors,
noted: "These competitions such as
Tech Arena not only prepare students for future careers in these in-demand
fields but also empower them to contribute to solving some of our most
significant global challenges."
Huawei currently operates a network
of R&D research centers in Europe, mainly staffed with local researchers.
The centers currently partner with over 300 universities and 900 research
institutes around the world for international talent cultivation and research.
By: Nana Appiah Acquaye