The Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) will carry out, on September 29th and 30^th, the Science, Technology and Innovation Camp: TechnoCamp 2016, which objective is to foster the creation of a network integrated by scientist youths within the Park, in order to facilitate training and counselling them by experts, so Sinaloense youth count on tools to develop scientific initiatives and generating technological products subject both to intellectual property registration and the later commercialisation.

TechnoCamp focuses on promoting, using and distributing knowledge, motivating like this youths participation in regional events of scientific and technological character, with the goal of strengthening the innovation capacity and creativity of students who are in high school and university levels. Specifically, TechnoCamp centres its attention on identifying talented youths between 15 and 22 years old, Sinaloense students who have been conspicuous in knowledge contests and Olympiads within engineering and technology areas.

Registration is available online, through TechnoCamp’s website, portal where those who wish to attend will be able to assure their place. Participant coming from different points of Sinaloa state will have scholarships for transportation, as well as food and, in they are selected for Challenge 10, they will also count on lodging.

First day of activities will have as first venue the Academic Tower Culicán, which will function as place for the dissemination of knowledge, will host specialist speakers of distinct areas of knowledge: applied chemistry, artificial intelligence and high energy physics; conferences will be presented from 09:00 a. m. to 02:00 p. m.

In addition, by the afternoon will be offered a guided tour by the PIT-UAS’ facilities, so the attendees know the areas, workshops and laboratories where it is possible to develop knowledge based on an abstract concept and turn it into a tangible one.

Second day, 16 youths will be chosen and later divided in 4 teams to compete between them. Challenge 10 will consist of the selected students developing the plan of a scientific-technological solution before a given problem; in order to achieve it, they will count on material and human resources of the PIT-UAS itself, during a work day beginning at 09:00 a. m. and finishing at 07:00 p. m., with the award to the Challenge 10 winning team.

PIT-UAS is part of the Promotion for the University Innovation Programme, by which over 350 students, professionals and private initiative members were attended via specialised trainings during 2015. In this sense, although more oriented to talented youth training, the Park received the support of the National Council for Science and Technology, through the call for the Encouragement to Scientific and Technological Vocations in Mexican Children and Youths Programme, funding that has made possible the realisation of this project, together with institutional support.

Moroni Arellano (Communication and Diffusion, PIT-UAS), translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).