According to Iran Press, the four-day event hosted 1,336 participants, while international registrations increased by nearly 100 percent compared with the previous edition. Around 3,000 people also attended the international exhibition held alongside the competitions.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Executive Secretary of the Technology Olympics 2026, Sajjad Rajabi, said the event was designed to promote high-level technological competition, increase the international visibility of participants, improve their global rankings and create opportunities for networking and cooperation.
Rajabi said the initiative was established following a 2024 Cabinet resolution tasking Pardis Technology Park and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology with organizing an event to advance the country's technological capabilities.
He outlined participation figures across the competition categories, saying that the programming contests attracted 4,799 participants, including competitors from 61 countries. The artificial intelligence competitions, covering image, text and data processing, drew 3,581 participants from 50 countries.
The cybersecurity competitions attracted 2,848 participants, including 1,847 international competitors. The program included Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges in hardware security and a speed-hacking league. The bug bounty competition also involved more than 13 platforms and organizations that made their systems available for security testing by ethical hackers, with more than 2 billion tomans in prizes allocated to winners.
In the robot battles, which featured student, heavyweight and lightweight categories, 823 participants competed, with 220 reaching the final stages. The Internet of Things competitions attracted 316 registrations, with 63 finalists, while the FPV drone simulator competition recorded 947 registrations and 114 finalists.
Rajabi also announced plans to hold drone competitions at the park's sports hall within the next two months, with organizers planning to produce a reality show based on the contests.
He said an employment station was established alongside the exhibition to connect participants with job opportunities. The initiative collected 1,300 resumes and, with the participation of 35 companies, offered 150 job openings. More than 200 meetings were held during the four-day event, with discussions continuing afterward.
The organizers also developed an international network of Technology Olympics ambassadors, comprising 13 participants from nine countries, to promote the event globally. A club for former winners was established to maintain cooperation, support innovation and connect outstanding participants with organizations and institutions.
During the closing ceremony, the organizers announced the winners in the different competition categories. Team Chekad took first place in the Internet of Things competition, followed by Rahkar Sanat and RGI.
In the speed-hacking cybersecurity league, Designable, Oblivion and Init One secured the first three positions.
In programming, Pandora won the Python league, while Pet-o-Mat topped the front-end competition. Ahura took first place in the algorithms league, and Moz-e Koodan won the DevOps category.
In artificial intelligence, Bina won the data-processing league, Irascience took first place in image processing, and Ensemble secured the top position in text processing.
The robot battles also concluded with awards in three categories. Azhdar won the lightweight division, Diako topped the heavyweight competition, and Espad secured first place in the student category.
In the FPV drone simulator league, Skylink won first place, followed by Shahid Tehrani Moghaddam and Mono.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Mehdi Saffarinia, head of Pardis Technology Park, thanked the scientific committees, organizers, supporting institutions, media organizations and participating companies for their contributions.
He also acknowledged the support of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology and praised the national broadcaster and television networks for their coverage of the event.
Saffarinia said the main value of the Technology Olympics extended beyond prizes and awards, emphasizing that its greatest achievement was bringing together talented young people and providing an opportunity for their abilities, creativity and potential to be recognized.
The Technology Olympics is aimed at strengthening technological skills, encouraging innovation and creating opportunities for cooperation between domestic and international participants.
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