On thursday 18 March 2010 Famelab final competition took place!

The National Final and Prize ceremony were hosted at the Centre pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique in Rabat. The event was animated by the Moroccan 4th national channel:Arrabiâ.

The Ceremony was presided over by the Ambassador of the UK in Morocco, Mr Tim Morris and the Secretary General at the Ministry of higher education, Mr Abdelhafid Debbarh and the British Council Director Mr Adam Ladbury and was attended by many other personalities from the fields of Education and Sciences..

Candidates were all well prepared and a lot of progress was made after the two days masterclass. Presentations were very competitive.

The Winner

Adnane Qasbar was the star of the day and fought over the 1st prize. With his remarkable Charisma, and the clarity of his content, Adnane impressed both the audience and the jury with his presentation on gravity:

"Modern physics uses the theory of general relativity by Albert Enstein, "Adnane explained," the sun keeps earth on its orbit. This theory so complicated is clearly explained by the following examples (a car running fast attracts light things like papers, and when we are in a train we are in fact moving as fast as the train this is why when we jump we land exactly on the point we jumped from).  Adnane concluded " we still use Newton law of gravity because it's simple in mathematics demonstration."

Adnane Qasbar will be the Moroccan ambassador in Cheltenham in June 2010. The second and third prizes were won respectively by Hasna El Harhouri and Jamila Mae El Ainanine.

“When i first saw the note at the university informing about the FameLab i liked the idea, I always wanted to be famous and here is a laboratory which makes young people interesting in science become famous. I immediately went on youtube and tape FameLab, so I watched the last year edition and I said, this is exactly what i wonna do and I participated. So great thanks to the British Council for this opportunity, we always see that kind of casting in music, animation, sport ....This is the first time in science, so thanks British council for bringing FameLab to Morocco”. said Adnane.

Adnane Qasbar is 22 years old. He is working on his end studies project with Redal company (Veolia Envirenement Group in Rabat) in order to get his diploma of Specialized Master in Water and Sustainable Development at the faculty of sciences Ain Chock , University Hassan II Casablanca. The project is about a study of dimensioning and design of a wastewater treatment station for the SEBBAH country side region of Skhirat.

THE FINALISTS

The ten finalists chosen at the qualifying rounds that took place in January and February in Casablanca, Marrakech and Fez were equipped with new presentation and science communication skills from the two-day masterclass they attended on 27 and 28 February in Rabat. The ten finalists are:

Khaldi Hasna, Alaika oumaima, Alaoui Hafida, EL Harhouri Hasna, Mae Lainaine Jamila, Qasbar Adnane, Brahim Chami, EL Guendouzi Souraya, Roho Rajae, Charifa Salima Oumnia.

The Judges

Four leading figures from the world of science and media in Morocco gave feedback on the talks and rated them by the 3 criteria: content, clarity and charisma.

• Zhor Himmish, Moderator at the National TV and Radio Company, SNRT
• Zoubida Charouf, Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Sciences in Rabat
• Damil Noureddine, Deputy Dean, Lecturer and researcher at Hassan II Mohamedia University
• Said Anis: Lecturer at University Hassan II in Casablanca

The prizes

Besides the trip to the UK to participate in the International Grand Final in Cheltenham, the  winner was awarded a Laptop plus a digital camera and an intensive course in English supported by the Ministry of Education.

The second and third prizes, were  Laptops  and IPods. All the other candidates got mini  laptops as encouragement gifts.