The Online Marathon "IT Park Rewind" Has Brought to Ended!

An online marathon "IT Park Rewind" was held on July 24, 2020, which covered topics such as: IT education, free platforms for obtaining qualitative education, an alternative to universities, prospects of the game development, building a successful career in the IT sphere, student IT entrepreneurship, and researching of the startup market in Uzbekistan.

A little prehistory

During the first visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Republic of India, which took place from September 30 to October 2, 2018, the Uzbek and Indian sides agreed to expand cooperation in the field of IT. The Uzbek side expressed interest in creating information technology park in Uzbekistan in cooperation with Indian information technology companies based on their best practices in software development and startup acceleration. It should be noted that IT Park was created on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to improve the startup ecosystem as well as startup projects and their implementation in our country. The opening of the first IT Park in Uzbekistan took place on July 24, 2019, due on this day, in honor of the anniversary, IT Park held an online marathon "IT Park Rewind".

The online marathon lasted 4 hours and 39 minutes and included a quite rich program. The speakers talked about whether you need a higher education to work at Google, what skills you need to build a successful career in the IT field, how these skills could be developed, as well as highlighted the topic of robotics and cyber sports in Uzbekistan, gave their opinions about startups, IT education, prospects for freelancing and much more.

 

During the 5-minute break, all participants and guests of the online marathon did a little training and performed several physical exercises under the guidance of a fitness trainer. After all, sitting for several hours without getting up is quite a difficult and harmful process.

In addition, His Excellency Abdulaziz Aljaziri, Deputy General Director and chief operating officer of Dubai Future Foundation, prepared a video with the congratulations speech to the students "One Million Uzbek Coders" and wished them all good luck.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan repeatedly spoke about the project "One Million Uzbek Coders" and from the beginning of the new academic year, this project is included into the curriculum of schools and universities.

Moreover, the best freelancers of Uzbekistan told the guests of the online marathon about freelancing, how much you can earn on freelance platforms and how, as well as what skills you need to have for this.


All in all, the online marathon was held with a bang and showed the potential in the IT sphere of our compatriots, as well as the high interest of youth in this sphere.

To view the online marathon, follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qtxfc25e4