The event brought together more than 100,000 people and discussed AI innovations and regulations.
It ended yesterday Campus Party Brasila technology, entrepreneurship and STEM festival, which brought together, between July 9 and 14, at the Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo (SP), more than 100 thousand people in its free area and had 12 thousand campuseiros and 6 thousand students from public schools in São Paulo in the Arena.
“We are extremely pleased with the success of the 16th edition of Campus Party Brazil. This event celebrates not only innovation and technology, but also digital inclusion, something essential for the future of our country. Welcoming students from public schools in São Paulo is a significant step towards ensuring that underprivileged young people have access to the opportunities that technology can provide. Campus Party Brazil continues to be a milestone in promoting a more inclusive and technological future for all,” said Tonico Novaes, CEO of Campus Party Brazil.
All participants were able to closely follow content focused on entrepreneurship, technology, games, among others, with emphasis on the 1st Forum of the Regulatory Framework for Artificial Intelligence, which brought together civil society, academia, businesspeople and politicians to debate the use of this new technology and discuss the creation of appropriate regulations.
Co-organized by Instituto Campus Party, Cappra Institute and ITS Rio, the meeting established premises based on roundtables and discussions involving community and caravan leaders, teachers, campuseiros, AI experts, and representatives of public and private organizations. They concluded that it is necessary to anticipate future impacts and recognize the importance of the regulatory framework to ensure that technology is a transformative and beneficial force for Brazilian society.
“The implementation of a robust regulatory framework for AI will bring countless benefits to Brazilian society, including the protection of individual rights, the promotion of innovation, inclusion and the improvement of quality of life. Therefore, it is very important for civil society to participate in this process so that our country becomes the first in the world to encourage the collaborative and democratic creation of a regulatory framework”, highlights the president of the Campus Party Institute, Francesco Farruggia.
Arena
The 12,000 campuseiros who were at the Arena, the paid area of CPBR16, were able to enjoy the 20GB of internet provided by the partnership between Mega Telecom and RNP. The event had six thousand people camping in tents, who had the opportunity to participate in more than 400 lectures and activities. The highlight was the lecture “Exploring the Future of Artificial Intelligence,” which featured the participation of Marcelo Tas.
The TV Cultura host spoke about the experience of participating in an event of the size of Campus Party: “This is a face-to-face meeting of many people, with a lot of diversity, creativity and many ideas. CPBR16 is a tremendous cloud of people connecting things that were not connected before and, after this, who knows what will happen,” he highlighted.
Another talk that got the Arena going at CPBR16 was “The Power of Conversation,” which featured Fátima Pissara, CEO of Mynd. According to her, Campus Party is an essential event, as it provides access to upcoming concepts and innovations.
“CPBR16 helps young people learn more about technology, innovation and business with an eye to the future,” he added.
Over the course of six days, the Whats´Next, Petrobras and Loterias Caixa stages hosted prominent names such as Ricardo Cappra, Peter Jordan, Angélica Oliveira, Giulia Bordignon, Karina Tronkos, Gustavo Guanabara, Luisa Santos, five-time champion Gilberto Silva, Pyong Lee, among others.
Open Area
The Open Area, an open and free space for the general public, was a great success with attractions such as the Printer Chef, which brought the novelty of workshop on molecular cuisine developed by chef Cadu Alves, and the traditional Campus Play, where eSports championships and lectures took place.
In addition, the free space featured the Game Party, held in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, which featured an exhibition of old video games, showing the evolution of emulators from the game Pong, released in 1972, to current consoles. Other highlights included the robot battles organized by Robocore, which attracted more than 1,300 competitors, and the Amazon Party Exhibition, promoted by the Ministry of Culture and autotech GWM, which provided an interactive and multisensory experience within the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Another attraction in the Open Area was the Drone Arena, with piloting workshops and content focused on artificial intelligence.
Check out the results of the main CPBR16 competitions:
Printer Chef
A success in recent editions, Campus Party Brazil held Printer Chef in partnership with Printer X and EBAC. This year, the novelty was the holding of workshop developed by chef Cadu Alves. In the gastronomy section, participants competed by creating dishes using food produced on 3D printers. Once again, the capital of São Paulo hosted the national finals of the competition. Between July 10 and 12, the São Paulo qualifiers took place, with chef Rafael Santos as the overall winner. He also won the national finals on the 13th, which included the winners of the Amazon and Brasília editions.
Campus Play
The space hosted three eSports tournaments that distributed a total prize pool of R$10,000. In the Valuingthe great champion was the Pancadão team. In the tournament of Rainbow Sixthe winning team was Stellae Gaming. In the Mobile Legends tournament, the winner was Alpha 7 Esports.
Business Marathon
During the 16th edition of Campus Party Brazil, the Business Marathon and Startup 360 were held in partnership with Sebrae. The actions aim to stimulate the innovation ecosystem, entrepreneurship and the emergence of new businesses.
A total of 80 people participated in Startup360ª, where they were able to showcase their work to visitors and potential investors, as well as receive mentoring from experts.
In the business marathon, which aims to develop and train entrepreneurship projects through mentoring and workshops. There were 25 individual mentoring sessions and the winner of the marathon was the Profit Carbo solution with the platform that aggregates rural areas for carbon credit certifiers.
Hackathons
Campus Party Brasil also had three hackathonsin person and online, encompassing activities, lectures and mentoring that integrated all participants. The first of these was the “Viva Center Norte Challenge – Mapping the public’s behavior”, which aimed to understand the public’s behavior and propose innovative solutions for Viva Center Norte, using data and technologies. The winning team was Rec 081.
The second challenge was “Garagem Unilever – Garagemthon” which aimed to find new ways to positively impact the market with creative and technological solutions to the challenges proposed by Unilever. The chosen solution was Chain of Good.
Finally, the third hackathon GWM “Improving the quality of life of pregnant women through technology”, which sought to find a solution to improve the quality of life of pregnant women, facilitating motherhood with all its direct and indirect challenges. The winning team was Less is More Devs.
Upcoming editions
Campus Party will arrive in Recife in September for CPNordeste. In October, Manaus will host CP Amazonia, and in November, Campus Party will arrive in Goiás. For dates and more information about the next editions, visit the website.
*Cover photo: Courtesy of Campus Party Brasil
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