Young Engineer, Design & Technologist Competition (YEDT) 2017 - programme for day

Newcastle Discovery Museum

Thursday, 6 July 2017: Schedule

9 – 9.30am Registration and set-up for entrants

Competition entries must be set up by 10:00am

Table allocations will be made on the day of the competition

10am – 1pm Students:

- attend their exhibits while judging teams circulate

- complete peer review on other students' exhibits

- take part in Discovery Trail

Lunch at Discovery Museum Café, using voucher provided

Chair: Nick Rossiter, Hexham Rotary, Vocational Team

Welcome by Carolyn Ball, Manager, Discovery Museum

Keynote address: Jonathan Sanderson, Outreach Specialist - Digital & Maker, NUSTEM, Northumbria University

Presentation of prizes by Richard Nelson (President Hexham Rotary) and Ed Dinning (Friends Discovery Museum)

2pm Close

Photographs of the prize winners will take place from 1:45pm; therefore please allow for this when organising travel back to your school/college.

Please note: Competition entrants need to bring their project and a project summary, to be used as part of the judging process. Every project must be accompanied by a prominent display of the student's name, their age class and their project's title. The presentation of the project is important and is considered in the award of marks.