Join us for the online Final of our Davidson Inventors Challenge (DIC) 2024, the innovation competition encouraging Y11/Y12 students to use and develop STEM skills to come up with sustainable and innovative solutions to tackle current global challenges.
After 100 school teams across the UK entered the competition this year, our shortlisted teams will be presenting the projects they have been working on over the last few months. Whilst researching UN sustainable development goals and attending a series of webinars with chemical engineering experts in their fields, the teams have been working on a specific challenge or problem. The finalist teams will showcase their innovative solutions to our online audience made up of DIC organisers and mentors, department staff, and graduates in industry, as well as other participating students.
Registration
Date: Friday, 21 June
Time: 3.00 - 5.00pm
Programme
15:00-15:30 pm Welcome and intro: Davidson Inventors Challenge, Sustainable Development Goals, and Chemical Engineering at Cambridge.
Chair: Dr Kamran Yunus, Associate Teaching Professor
- Relevance of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goals (Geoff Moggridge, Professor of Chemical Product Design, University of Cambridge)
- Professor John Davidson and Chemical Engineering at Cambridge (Chemical Engineering alumnus Peter Davidson)
15.30-16.30 pm Presentations from shortlisted teams
BREAK 16.30-16.45 pm Judging panel deliberations
16.45-17:00 pm Keynote speaker: CEB alumnus Gavin Patterson, Kahoot Chair, advisor, and investor
- An overview of an exciting career and important lessons learned from experience.
17:00 -The President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Mark Apsey, MBE and closing remarks
- A note on Chemical Engineering of the future. DIC 2024 winning team and runner-ups announcement. Award of e-certificate to winners.