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Press Release08 August 2018Siemens AGSiemens Korea, Seoul

Siemens Ltd. Seoul Holds ‘5th Siemens Green School Olympiad’…Including Mars Rover Coding Session

A learning experience for ‘Industrie 4.0 era talents’ growing together with Siemens
Coding education based on ‘NASA's Mars Rover - Curiosity’ … Increasing interest in software and basic science education
Total of 120 participants, including 80 elementary school students, Siemens employees and supporter group of university students

A global powerhouse in electrical engineering and electronics leading the age of digitalization, Siemens Korea (Siemens Ltd. Seoul) held the ‘5th Siemens Green School Olympiad’ on August 8 at the Global Convention Plaza of Seoul National University. There were a total of 120 participants in the event, including 80 elementary school students, a supporter group of university students and Siemens employees.

A learning experience for ‘Industrie 4.0 era talents’ growing together with Siemens
Coding education based on ‘NASA's Mars Rover - Curiosity’ … Increasing interest in software and basic science education
Total of 120 participants, including 80 elementary school students, Siemens employees and supporter group of university students

As part of its corporate citizenship programs, Siemens Ltd. Seoul has operated ‘Siemens Green School’ visiting elementary schools and providing environment and science educational programs once every month since 2014. The ‘Siemens Green School Olympiad’ is an annual intensive course for the students who have previously participated in the Siemens Green School program.

This year’s Olympiad featured software and science education and a role-playing activity. Student participants build up a Mars rover with the educational kit ‘LEGO WeDo 2.0’, based on the case of ‘Curiosity’, NASA’s Mars rover to which Siemens PLM software was applied in the design phase. By assembling and controlling the LEGO robot, the students were able to learn coding in easy and entertaining ways and step up their interest in software. The group mission of drawing up the minimum travel distance for the robot increased their creativity, problem solving skills and teamwork.

In the afternoon session, students engaged in a role playing activity under the theme ‘Establishing an Earth-Friendly Company’. The students worked together in small groups, sharing ideas and taking different roles to create virtual eco-friendly companies for solving environmental issues faced in daily life, such as plastic usage and air pollution.

Mr. ChewKong Lum, Chairman and CEO (acting) of Siemens Ltd. Seoul, said “Creativity and integrated thinking are must factors for fostering future talents in the era of Industrie 4.0. Siemens will continue to provide diverse experience opportunities and quality education for elementary school students in Korea, thus contributing into cultivating scientific thinking and eco-friendly perspective.”

Since 2014, about 2,200 elementary school students in the fourth to sixth grades have participated in the Siemens Green School programs organized by Siemens and Kids & Future Foundation. Meanwhile, the Siemens Green School is fully financed by the ‘Ai SaRang KiKeum’ fund, a matching grant program in which the total collected fund from employees is matched by the company.

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Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, Siemens generated revenue of €86.8 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2019, the company had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Since its foundation in the 1950s, Siemens Korea (Siemens Ltd. Seoul) has taken the initiative in providing various business cooperation efforts, active investments and development based on its superior technology and global experience in order to create positive ties with Korean industries. addition, Siemens in Korea pursues corporate citizenship programs and also supports the training of talented Korean professionals within high-tech industries in cooperation with several local universities. www.siemens.co.kr.

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