<p><strong>Huge Impact Likely on National Development&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>The University of Guyana’s Institute of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UGIRIE) hosted its Inaugural Exhibition of Innovation at the National Library in Georgetown, Guyana on June 8th and June 9th, 2022, which saw UG’s innovators displaying various ground-breaking research projects. The Exhibition has proven that the nation’s premier University has the potential to create world-rated research projects which have the potential to become game-changers at the national, regional and international levels.</p>

<p>The UGIRIE, which was founded by Prof. Pat Francis in 2019, is working diligently to provide the necessary technical support to UG’s innovators to ensure that the projects, some of which have been in the making for many years, become extremely successful. UGIRIE is partially supported by the GGI. This year’s event reviewed over 100 inventions and innovations of which 40 were chosen for public exhibition this year.</p>

<p>UG’s Vice-Chancellor, IX, Prof. Paloma Mohamad Martin, in delivering brief remarks at the opening ceremony of the UGIRIE exhibition noted that UG’s focus is “to ensure that the applied research that was being conducted all across the University for many years is documented, piloted and scaledup for application and that research papers and inventions (innovators’ work) were patented, protected and published as relevant. ”.</p>

<p>The Department of Events, Conferences and Communication (DECC) sought to interview some of the innovators to learn more about their ground-breaking research projects and their plans to ensure the projects are put to work for the benefit of individuals in a practical sense.&nbsp;</p>

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