The final judging and awarding Ceremony of the "Startup Israel 2016 Competition", was held at Conference Hall, MICT Park , Yangon on 29th August 2016, which was organized by Myanmar Computer Federation - MCF in collaboration with the Embassy of Israel in Yangon.
The ceremony was attended by U Thein Oo (Patron, MCF), U Khon Oo (President, MCF), H.E. Mr. Daniel Zonshine (ambassador of Israel to Myanmar), honourable Judges and the contestants, as well as professors, teachers and students from Computer University.
Among top 4 finalists (SER Disinfectant System- Ko Swan Htet Kyaw&Ko Win Htet), (Suzakar- Ko Ye Yint Aung), (Production Management System - Ms. Lei Yi Soe) and (Management System, Ko Zin Naing Lin Tun), the judge committee has chosen "Ms. Lei Yi Soe" as the winner of "Startup Israel 2016 Competition" with her project "Production Management System" intended to help production in garment industries.
The winner will have an opportunity to participate in one week "DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival 2016" in Israel by sponsorship of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 30 winners from around the world will meet in Israel in this startup event to be held in September. DLD will celebrate Tel Aviv as a city of Innovation, and will bring together key level figures from all fields — digital, financial, computing, telecom and more. DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival will include over 50-co events and conferences plus cultural and social events by industry leaders such as: DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference, Cities Summit Tel Aviv.
The ceremony that was also covered by number of local journalists and TV Channels, gave an excellent opportunity to young people from Myanmar, to expose their talent and express the special relation and friendship between the people of the two countries