As planned, at 12:00 noon began 2108 Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka, with official opening.

The Director of Euskera of the Bilbao City Council, Jone Unzueta Crespo, the Deputy Minister of Education of the Basque Government, Maite Alonso Arana, the Director of Educational Innovation of the Basque Government, Lucía Torrealday Berrueco, and the Director General of Elhuyar, Leire Cancio Orueta, have inaugurated the 2018 science fair

The Zientzia Azoka, organized by Elhuyar, is a scientific project fair held by students aged 12 to 18. The aim is to encourage young people to love science and promote and disseminate scientific culture. On Saturday, the scientific and technological projects carried out by students throughout the course (90 projects) will be presented publicly.

It is worth noting the participation and commitment of researchers with this project, which was targeted by 256 researchers from universities and technology centers to work with students at the beginning of the course. In this sense, it is noteworthy the presence of the professional area of the researchers in the fairgrounds, so that the researchers who show the projects of the universities will be present in the area enabled for it (in the center of the square, around the central tent). The projects to be presented will be:

• UPV/EHU projects:

• Bilbaodynamics/Bilbaodynamics
• Formula Student Bizkaia / Formula Student Bizkaia
• Moto Student / Moto Student
• Fiber optic / Fiber optic •
How to connect geology, your
smartphone and asteroids in three steps / How to tie geology, your

• Deusto University projects:
  • Modular Robot “Mission on Mars”
  • REDUCTION AGAINST CURRENT FOOD WASTE/ Reduction in current food waste
  • FabAcademy, how to make (almost) anything
  • With the camera on your back
  • Digital divide
  • That we learn together, we are fantastic! EUREKA! / Learning together, we are wonderful! EUREKA!
  • SmartUrban Garden
  • Low-noise and low-carbon freight delivery for postal operators to ensure last mile connections through optimized urban and long distance transport
  • Smiwork

In addition to the full involvement of researchers and universities, this year's novelty is the organization of student projects under the United Nations 2030 Agenda, following the values of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which work, analyze and incorporate projects to promote more sustainable human development. And to strengthen it, UNESCO Etxea has a stand in the square to exhibit and show EDS:

• UNESCO Etxea: Agenda 2030: Plan for people and the planet / 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a plan for people and the planet

Fair 2018 in data

• 313 young people present 90 projects of 30 schools: girls 174 and boys 139
• The winning teams of the Exporecerca Jove and Galiciencia in Barcelona have also attended
• 66 ESO and 24 Baccalaureate groups participated
• We have 68 groups from Bizkaia, 14 from Gipuzkoa, 4 from Navarra, 2 from Araba, 1 from extracurricular and 3 from other state fairs
• The papers presented are distributed in 12 different ESD on the theme and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda

It is noteworthy the collaboration of the Science and Technology Network of the Basque Country, which works throughout the year, with the support of researchers from Ikerbasque, the UPV/EHU, the Public University of Navarra, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, the University of Deusto, the Summer University (UEU) and the Digips Institute of Technology.

The mentions to the works are of three types and the prizes will be distributed as follows:

• Courses and scholarships
• Stays and visits
• Participation in other fairs

The recipients of the appointments, Unesco Etxea, the Euskaltel Konekta Foundation, Iberdrola, ERABI, Tecnalia Technology Corporation, the alliance of technological centers IK4, Neiker-Tecnalia, CICNanogunes, the Innovation Group TZBZ, the Science Interpretation Center of the Spanish Science Fair

The Zientzia Azoka initiative organized by Elhuyar has the collaboration of the City of Bilbao, the Department of Education of the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Bizkaia Talent, the FECYT, Iberdrola, the Euskaltel Konekta and Erabi Foundation.

They have also collaborated with the Friends of Science Club of Navarra, the Association of Traders Casco Viejo and Inspira.