2024 Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Blue Ocean Competition 2024
Here they are, the outstanding winning teams in the 2024 Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition!
Global Winners
1st Place: LifeHeat
– Liam Pope-Lau (St. Michaels University School, Canada)
2nd Place: SkyScouts
– Daniel Persky, Llyanna Mercado, Laurent Irakarama, Althea Sanchez, and Everette Alhambra (Los Altos High School, California, USA)
3rd Place: Unofficial Wear
– Lucy Mallard (Tamalpais High School, California, USA)
People’s Choice Award: Renewa Pack
– Jaslene Szeto and Golam Yasin (Dhaka Residential Model College, Bangladesh).
Regional Winners
North America
First Place – FlexShelf
Sara Jankovic, Alicia Zhu, Ishana Kumar, Daniel Pantchev (Horace Greeley High School – New York, USA)
Second Place – Shower Saver
Sasha Ovalle (Village Christian School, California, USA)
Third Place – ProtoCall
Cayden Pasion (Westview High School, California, USA)
Latin America:
First Place – EcoPET3D
Vicenzo Vecchio (Carmelo No. 1 Dr. David Bonjour High School – Uruguay)
Second Place – ComparteAlegria
Luis Diaz (International School of Panama, Panama)
Third Place – Concrete-Z
Guilherme Neves, Julie Essoudry (Colegio Bandeirantes, Brazil)
Europe:
First Place – Fusion Coliving
Nina Basta (VIII PALO – Poland)
Second Place – BugBowl
Nicklas Bach, Jonas Lentoft (Herningsholm Erhvervsskole, Denmark)
Third Place – PlayBeyondBarriers
Akos Vida and Peter Sifter (KÓRÖSI COMA SÁNDOR and Dunakeszi Miklós Gimnázium, Hungary)
Africa:
First Place – ECHO
Calvin Dube, Praise Singano, Godfrey-Junior Nembaware, Promise Mufari, and Patience Mungwari (STAR Leadership Academy, Harare, Zimbabwe)
Second Place – AdMa
Simone Kamupinya, Faith Kwedyo, Tanaka Makoni, Nokutenda Dzobo, Nicole Phiri (Harare International School Zimbabwe)
Third Place – Sensory Room Without Room
Rahma Wael, Basmala Khaled (Obour STEM School Egypt)
Middle East:
First Place – Neuroture
Rome Olivier Fajardo, Andrea Pabona, and Lana Svetlana Stankovic (The Apple International School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Second Place – EcoBuddies
Hala Ghamrawi (Al Isla High School, Lebanon)
Third Place – YouDrive
Abdul Raafay (Lahore Grammar School, Johar Town, Pakistan)
Asia & Oceania:
First Place: ExoLimb
– Guanxi Wang (The Experimental High School of Beijing – China)
Second Place – Waste Fellows
Santusht Narula, Aryan Rao Niranjan, Sanoj Nair, Adharsh Srinivasan (Raffles Institution, Singapore)
Third Place – Somnia
Raajvir Vijay (The International School Bangalore, India)
Congratulations to the schools and teachers recognized for supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in high schools
Top 5 Schools with Most Submissions
- Ward Melville High School, New York, USA
- South Brunswick High School, New Jersey, USA
- Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Florida, USA
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, Virginia, USA
- University of Toronto Schools, Canada
High School with Most Pitches in Top 100
- Dublin High School, California, USA
Teacher Champions
- Khokon Mahmud
- Allwyn Samuel Bryner
- Tendai Cleopas Magaya
- Henrik Graversen
- Eric Sera
- Sana Abdul Salam