For the third time, the Latin American country awards the ten most talented young innovators from different fields.
This third edition had the support of BBVA, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (NAUM), the Ministry of Economic Development and the National Institute of the Entrepreneur.
Opinno was once again in charge of the organization of the most prestigious technology awards ceremony in the world. In Mexico on the 18th and 19th of June, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recognized the most creative and impactful technological advances. The work of ten young pioneers and entrepreneurs who aim to face the problems that worry society and generate solutions were presented.
The winners had three minutes to present their work to audience of experts in the Santa Fe campus “Tecnológico de Monterrey”.
Therapeutic cocktails, bio plastics made from avocado stones and applications for people who leave everything to the last minute were some of the projects that were awarded the special distinction of Social Innovator and Innovator of the Year.
Rubén Morones was named Innovator of the Year and Fernando Rojas, Social Innovator. Morones, 34 and comes from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, has developed silver therapeutic cocktails and antibiotics capable of improving their current effect.
Fernando Rojas, 31 years old, has created delocalized pregnancy tracing system in real time that lowers the risks of pregnancy complications and even death.
The winners were Alejandro Cantú (28), Blanca Lorena Villareal (27), Caleb Rascón (32), Daniel Jacobo (31), Guillermo Ulises Ruiz Esparza (25), Josue Gio (28), Juan Leonardo Martínez (28) and Scott Munguía (25).
The event was about promising young people emerged in the world of innovation and getting to know their ideas and projects that have a high probability of being launched in the near future. The Under 35 Innovation awards impulse the next generation of young Mexicans with technological projects and cutting edge disruptive ideas.
