Life-Saving Inventions: Students from the frontline region of Donetsk Oblast Win Young Inventors’ Competition

Life-Saving Inventions: Students from the frontline region of Donetsk Oblast Win Young Inventors’ Competition

Time: 11:00
Date: 22.07.2026

Participants: 

– Ben Cohenburger, American attorney;  

– Varvara Skrypnyk, co-founder and deputy director of the Ukraine Invention Convention;

– Stepan Zots, a student from Kramatorsk, inventor; 

– Yaroslava, a student from Sloviansk, inventor. 

All in person.

Topics for discussion: 

– Scientific opportunities for students in Donetsk Oblast; 

– Achievements of young Ukrainian scientists on the global stage.

Why is this important? 

The Ukraine Invention Convention is Ukraine’s first competition for young inventors modeled after NextMinds (Connecticut Invention Convention), the oldest invention program in the U.S., which has nurtured over 300,000 young inventors. Students go through seven stages — from identifying a real-world problem to creating a working prototype—and compete against peers from over 30 countries. For children growing up amid war, inventing restores what matters most: the feeling that they can change the world.

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