UGIRIE Takes ‘Exhibition of Innovations’ to Linden on July 9 and 10
– Over 40 Applied Research and Innovations to be Displayed; Open to Public Free of Cost

Ann Baker, first left, showcases one of her products to Dr. Ritesh Tularam, Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical), at the UGIRIE Exhibition of Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship in 2024.

The University of Guyana’s Institute for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UGIRIE) will be taking its Exhibition of Innovations to Linden on July 9 and 10, 2025, with over 40 innovations and applied research projects on display.

The event will be hosted at UG’s Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE) Linden branch. It is largely face-to-face, free, and open to the general public from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. Innovators will showcase their work in Climate Smart Applications, Food Science Technology, Coconut Technology, Renewable Resources, Biotechnology Applications, ICT Applications, and Academic Materials, among others.

A UG researcher showcasing how plastics and other aggregates could be used to make good quality concrete blocks at the inaugural UGIRIE Exhibition in 2022.

The highly anticipated exhibition will provide a platform for the University of Guyana’s researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and innovators to showcase their work to the general public, collaborate with other researchers, explore business opportunities, and engage with potential sponsors and financiers.

The Opening Ceremony for the event will be held on July 9 at 9:00 hrs and will be live-streamed via the University’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uniofguyana.

Director of UGIRIE, Dr Lawrence Lewis, said: “Our next stop to showcase the wonderful work of our researchers and innovators is Linden. We are excited to do this, and we know that Lindeners will be in for something special. This event provides UGIRIE with the opportunity to offer mentorship on marketing, product improvement, and quality management to both old and new entrepreneurs, innovators, and researchers.”

UGIRIE was created in 2021 as a Technology Transfer Facility (TTF) that provides a platform for researchers and innovators within the University of Guyana and allied institutions/individual researchers to share new products and services with industry. The programmes and courses offer practical approaches to establishing, accelerating, and scaling up businesses. The Institute focuses on concepts grounded in sound science and technology. This supports UG Blueprint Goals 3 and 4: to create centres of excellence to solve the grand challenges of Guyana and the region, and to create successful citizens who are fit for navigating complexity.

Additionally, the Institute was established to ensure that research is documented, scaled up, protected, and publicised. It was also set up to provide solutions to problems in industry and commerce, as well as share new information in many areas of societal development.

For more information on the innovations and about UGIRIE, kindly contact director.irie@uog.edu.gy or call +592-624-6091 / +592-600-6647, or visit the website at https://ugirie.uog.edu.gy/

The University of Guyana, through its students, faculty, and research institutes, has consistently produced path-breaking research which continues to add to the existing body of knowledge in various areas of academic research. Within the last four years alone, the world ranking of the University of Guyana has risen by over 300 points and is steadily climbing towards the upper quartile of academic institutions worldwide.

To learn more about UG’s research, please visit: https://researchandinnovation.uog.edu.gy/