Regional Event, Space Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland

12 - 15 April 2016

The Odysseus Semi – Final for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia took place in Warsaw between 12 and 15 of April.

A considerable part of the semi – final consisted of presentations of the participating entries. All teams had the chance to demonstrate their knowledge and skills during their 20 – minute presentation and to answer to the questions from the Jury members and other participants.

Apart from the actual contest the participants took part in a number of outreach activities. They watched a show about Black Holes in the Planetarium Heavens of Copernicus and made scientific experiments in the Copernicus Science Centre. They also took a tour in the SRCPAS labs and they visited the Astronomical Observatory in Ostrowik. In the Observatory the participants experienced Fireplace, puns, guitar, celtic dances lesson and got familiarized with the routine works of training and observation of the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory.

Results of the ODYSSEUS II Semi-Final, Warsaw 12 – 15 IV 2016

The top team in the Pioneers category was „KOSMICZNI_EKOLODZY”, consisting of Jakub Brach and Radosław Paluch from Świętochłowice, Poland with the project entitled „Śmietnik nad głową”.

The winner in the Exploers category was Jan Jędryszek, student in the Jagielonian University, with the project entitled „Why is the definition of life and life’s origins on Earth important in extraterrestrial research?”

A number of special awards was presented to the following contestants:

In the Pioneers category:

Encouragement Award for their studies of Mars was presented to Robert Cīrulis and Matīss Norenberg from Krote, Latvia
Award for Excellent presentation was presented to Annija Kliemane, Rojs Sergejevs, and Harijs Pēteris Broks From Skrundas, Latvia
Award for the most visionary project was presented to Jakub Danielewicz and Julia Biały From Kraków, Poland
Award for outstanding technical merit of the project was presented to Marcin Polak and Paweł Niedziela From Niedźwiada, Poland
Award for the best scientific literature review was presented to Nemiria Zilinskaite, Arnas Tamasauskas, and Juste Skeiveryte from Šiauliai, Lithuania
Award for the technical innovation of the project was presented to: Przemysław Litwin, Julia Niemczycka and Jakub Dworzański From Wrocław, Poland

In the Explorer Category:

Achievement Award for the outstanding scientific experimentation was presented to Dawid Przystupski from Wrocław, Poland
Achievement Award for the visionary project was presented to Bartłomiej Ziętek from Wrocław, Poland
Encouragement Award for the academic excellence of her work was presented to Viktorija Leimane from Tukums, Latvia

JURY

The judging committee comprised of: Prof. Barbara Popielawska, Prof. Maria Agnieszka Bzowska, Ms Ausma Bruņeniece, Prof. Stanisław Zoła, Prof. Romualda Lazauskaite, Prof. Alexey Pamyatnykh, Dr. Andris Slavinskis and Dr. Magdalena Sroczyńska – Kożuchowska.