The event was held by “Goethe Institute in Cairo” in association with the ministry of education. It was completely organized by STEM October students who showed their ability to organize such a colossal event. The October Students Union was responsible for preparing for the day. It was remarkably the first time for this event to be held in a school here in Egypt. The event’s day had many activities for the attendees including workshops and sessions given by Goethe trainers to the 411 Egyptian German language teachers, free time for the attendees to share experiences with themselves and their trainers, musical performances, and talks given by October students for the attendees to introduce the school.
The event was held by STEM October students and counselor. The school hosted Jonathan Burdick, Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at the University of Rochester at the time. It was a school day in STEM October as students attended their sessions normally before and after the event. On the day, Mr. Burdick had an inclusive campus tour where he got to personally see the school’s library, laboratories, and class rooms. He was also introduced to the October students’ achievements including test scores, prizes, international competitions, etc.… Throughout the day, Mr. Burdick was accompanied by two STEM October students who were accepted to the University of Rochester’s class of 2022. Besides, Mr. Burdick gave a 40-minutes talk where he gave a positive feedback on the school, introduced the University of Rochester in details, and answered many students’ questions. After the talk, Mr. Burdick was further introduced to the school’s environment by taking a look on the ongoing sessions at the class rooms and laboratories.
MLH’s Local Hack Day is a global hackathon for learning, building, and sharing. It introduces students who are passionate and curious about technology to an environment full of excitement and competition. In 2017, The event brought out more than 6,000 participants across 34 countries and 236 cities around the world. For the first time ever, the Local Hack Day was brought to the Egyptian STEM community on December 2, 2017 in STEM 6th October High School for Boys. It was under the supervision of John William, current Student Council President. The main sponsor was Al Watania Technologies. About 100 attendees from STEM community participated in the event.
For the second year, the Local Hack Day was brought again to the Egyptian STEM community on December 1st, 2018 in STEM 6th October High School for Boys. The Hack Day this time assembled workshops on “Google Assistant,” cybersecurity, embedded systems, machine learning (AI), and game development. Names from IEEE Helwan Student Branch to GDG and flutter attended the day.
The third STEM local hack day was introduced on October 26th, 2019, at the American University in Cairo, like never before. The local hack day this time was totally unique as it was designed to spark a passion for technology in the local community within 12 hours of technology talks and workshops being the only MLH’s local hack day ’19 hosted in Egypt with 1500+ attendees. The talks and workshops included different topics that are based on future and new technologies, e.g., Machine Learning, IT & Networking, Image Processing, Internet of things, and Cybersecurity. The mentioned hack day was able to build up new partnerships with IEEE American University in Cairo student branch, IEEE HTI student branch, GDG, and Cyber talents.
TEDxYouth@6OctoberSTEM is an entirely independent organized TEDx event, fully managed, administrated by STEM students. • General info A major obstacle in every STEMer’s life is finding a suitable podium that appreciates his young, fresh, mind. Here at TEDxYouth@6OctoberSTEM, we believe that each STEM student deserves an inspiring platform for worth-spreading ideas. Hence, it’s the perfect time to establish our annual event gathering High School students to benefit from the empowering ideas in difference, various fields. We target youth from the age 12 to 19, unleashing their eyes and minds to an inspiring world based on experts’ youthful ideas.