Festival LED Closes in Rio With Student Innovation Awards to Fight Dropout

Overview

• The festival, which wrapped up Saturday at Rio’s Pier Mauá, ended with the Desafio LED final that split R$300,000 among five student teams.
• Organizers said the challenge drew about 3,800 to 4,000 submissions from across Brazil, and five finalists presented their ideas on stage before the awards.
• Local coverage reported a Rio-based project focused on children on the autism spectrum among the top winners.
• Across two days, sessions featured Cármen Lúcia on gender-equal upbringing, a dramatic reading by Fernanda Montenegro, and debates on screens, science, and the arts in learning.
• The free event, produced by TV Globo and Fundação Roberto Marinho with partners, used five stages and two workshop areas and builds on five years reaching 36,000 people with 12,000 project entries.