(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 27. The TEKNOFEST
International Aviation, Space and technology Festival has been held
in Turkey for four years and this year, for the first time, it is
organized abroad, in fraternal Azerbaijan, CEO of Turkish Baykar
Savunma, Co-founder and Chairman of Turkish Scientific and
Technological Research Institution (TUBITAK) Haluk Bayraktar told
Trend in an
exclusive interview.
According to him, TEKNOFEST is important for familiarizing the
youth of Azerbaijan with new generation technologies and developing
the technological sphere.
'We will do our best to develop technologies in Azerbaijan, and
increase the interest of young people in this area. We have drones,
but we need personnel who will develop these technologies. Such
festivals arouse interest in people,” he said.
“Therefore, TEKNOFEST plays an important role in the development
of technologies in Turkey and Azerbaijan, the matter of training
personnel in this area,' Bayraktar added.
TEKNOFEST International Aviation, Space and Technology Festival is being held
in Azerbaijan from May 26 through May 29.
TEKNOFEST in Baku is held by the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport of Azerbaijan. At the same time, the TEKNOFEST production
office operates in Baku. The full staff of the office consists of
Azerbaijani specialists.
The event has been held annually since 2018, with the joint
organization of the Turkish Technology Team Foundation, which is
managed by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology and the
technical director of Baykar Makina, in partnership with more than
60 Turkish state institutions, universities and private
companies.
The goal is to popularize such areas as aviation, space industry
and digital economy, to encourage entrepreneurship in these areas,
to identify the knowledge and skills of young engineers through
competitions organized within the framework of the festival, as
well as to present national technologies to the general public.
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