THE WEEK OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION - SECTEI 2021 ENDED ITS ACTIVITIES BY AWARDING THE BEST INNOVATION PROJECTS

In the ‘Pedro Vicente Maldonado’ room of the Municipality of Riobamba, the closing and award ceremony of the ‘Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week - SECTEI 2021’ was held. The projects of ESPOCH, Unach and the Riobamba Superior Technological Institute were the winners and creditors of the economic awards. The eighth edition of the Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week - SECTEI 2021 came to an end with the awarding of the virtual contest “Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship Week”. This event brought together the proposals, discoveries and initiatives of higher education students from all over the country.

Ing. Jenny Basanes Ph.D. Academic Vice Chancellor of ESPOCH, highlighted the importance of this event that has been growing in scientific production, numbers of reviewers, indexes and speakers. In addition, he highlighted the role of research in social development. "It is time to generate sources of employment, motivating creativity and initiative and in this sense our young people are experts in presenting us with proposals for change," he concluded.