Young innovators video competition winners
On 26 April the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced the winners of this year’s Young Innovators video competition. They were selected from 142 entries and their creators came from 63 countries. The top three winners come from Syria, Ghana, and China.
Twenty-five-year-old Hekma Jabouli from Syria won the first prize with her short film showing a home-made smart device designed to help her sister regain mobility after shrapnel injured her spinal cord.
Twenty-seven-year-old John Wobil from Ghana took second place for his video about a new rice thresher, while digital designers Li Binglu and Cai Quinge, Chinese nationals living in Japan, came in third with their story about creating new pictograms or emojis to forge connections among remote workers.
The competition was held to mark World Intellectual Property Day.
WIPO, based in Geneva, has been working to build a more inclusive IP ecosystem by expanding access to IP for groups who have been historically under-represented, including women, smaller enterprises, and younger people, which is why the theme for this year focused on “Intellectual Property and Youth innovating for a Better Future”.