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INSPIRINGINSPIRING SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS www.scitech.ja-ye.org European Sci-Tech Challenge 2014 McLaren Technology Centre 1st-3rd April 2014 www.scitech.ja-ye.org 2 PROGRAMME 4 ABOUT THE SCI-TECH CHALLENGE 5 PARTNERS 7 SPEAKERS 12 JURY 16 VOLUNTEERS 30 COMPETITION GUIDELINES 32 LOGISTICS Emergency Contact Numbers: Kristina Velkovska Dias +32.474.79.11.83 Sarah Howell +44.771.886.2828 Alison Reeve +44.781.805.0680 2 3 PROGRAMME 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break McLaren Boulevard TUESDAY- 1st APRIL 15:00-16:00 Second Advisory Session McLaren Street F/G 12:30-13:30 Lunch McLaren Boulevard 16:00-17:00 Final Phase of Teamwork McLaren Street F/G 13:00-14:30 This is ExxonMobil & McLaren-Presentations (for Teachers and McLaren Juice Bar Coordinators) 17:00-17:15 Submission of Concept Papers McLaren Street F/G 13:00-15:45 Students Getting to Know Each Other & Organised Tours McLaren Street F/G 17:15 Depart McLaren for Chessington Holiday Inn 15:45-16:00 Coffee Break McLaren Boulevard 18:30-21:30 Dine & Ride at Chessington World of Adventures Chessington Park 16:00-16:30 Official Opening of Challenge 16:30-17:00 Orientation Session for Volunteers McLaren Juice Bar 16:30-18:00 First Phase of Teamwork McLaren Street F/G THURSDAY- 3rd APRIL Tours for Teachers, JA-YE and ExxonMobil Coordinators Holiday Inn 07:00-8:30 Breakfast and checkout Holiday Inn 18:00 Depart McLaren for Chessington Holiday Inn 08:30-09:00 Transfer to McLaren 19:00-20:00 Dinner Holiday Inn 20:00-00:00 Continuation of the First Phase of Teamwork (optional) Holiday Inn 09:00-10:00 Rehearsal for Stage Presentations McLaren Boulevard 10:00-11:30 Stage Presentations McLaren Boulevard 11:30-12:00 Jury Deliberation and Coffee Break McLaren Boulevard nd WEDNESDAY- 2 APRIL 12:00-12:30 Final Awards Ceremony McLaren Boulevard 07:00-08:00 Breakfast Holiday Inn 12:30-14:00 Celebration Buffet Lunch McLaren Boulevard 14:00 Departures 08:00-08:30 Transfer to McLaren 08:30-10:00 Second Phase of Teamwork McLaren Street F/G Joint JA-YE & ExxonMobil Coordinators Meeting McLaren Juice Bar 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break McLaren Boulevard 10:15-12:00 First Advisory Session McLaren Street F/G 10:15-12:00 Joint JA-YE & ExxonMobil & Teachers Meeting McLaren Juice Bar 12:00-13:00 Lunch McLaren Boulevard 13:00-14:30 Third Phase of Teamwork McLaren Street F/G 13:00-14:30 Joint JA-YE & ExxonMobil Coordinators Meeting McLaren Juice Bar 4 5 ABOUT THE SCI-TECH CHALLENGE PARTNERS The Sci-Tech Challenge is designed, in partnership JA-YE Europe (www.ja-ye.org) is Europe’s largest between JA-YE Europe and ExxonMobil, to motivate provider of entrepreneurship education programmes, students, aged 15-18, to consider Science, reaching 3.2 million students in 39 countries in 2013. Technology, Engineering and Maths Funded by businesses, institutions, foundations and (STEM)-oriented careers, raise their awareness of the importance of their STEM individuals, JA-YE brings the public and private sectors together to provide young skills and how they can be applied in enterprising ways to tackle the challenges people in primary and secondary schools and early university with experiences of tomorrow. that promote the skills, understanding and perspective that they will need to succeed in a global economy. The JA-YE Company Programme is recognised by The Sci-Tech Challenge helps raise awareness amongst students of energy related DG Enterprise of the European Commission as a ‘Best Practice in Entrepreneurship issues, showcases industry role models from ExxonMobil and provides students Education’. JA-YE Europe is the European Regional Operating Center for JA with hands-on, real world experiences in the application of STEM skills. Worldwide® During the academic year 2013-2014, the Sci-Tech Challenge programme is ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international running in nine European countries. In this academic year, more than 10,000 oil and gas company, uses technology and innovation students enrolled in the programme. The top 60 students, representatives from to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. the nine Sci-Tech Challenge countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading inventory of Poland, Romania, Russia and the UK) are meeting in the UK to work in international resources, is the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and its teams and participate in a challenge designed especially for them. The European chemical company is one of the largest in the world. Sci-Tech Challenge 2014 is hosted by Young Enterprise UK and ExxonMobil. The ExxonMobil Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) in the United States. Globally, ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Foundation provide funding to improve basic education, promote women as catalysts for development, and combat malaria and other infectious diseases in developing countries. Follow ExxonMobil on Twitter at www.twitter.com/exxonmobil 6 7 New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren founded SPEAKERS the McLaren team in 1963. Since 1966, when it entered its first Formula 1 race, McLaren has won 20 John Allert world championships and over 180 grands prix. Group Brand Director, McLaren Group Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013, McLaren is now globally renowned as one of sport’s most John is the Group Brand Director of McLaren - the iconic successful competitors and as one of the world’s most illustrious high-technology British Formula One racing team and supercar manufacturer. brands. Originally qualifying as a Graphic Designer in Australia, John The McLaren Group has grown to encompass much more than just racing: it has over twenty years’ experience advising leading global houses a cutting-edge electronics division that services the entire Formula 1, brands in Asia Pacific, Europe and the UK, where he has Indy Car and NASCAR grids; McLaren Applied Technologies creates cutting-edge been based for the past decade. Prior to joining McLaren, solutions for modern industry, while McLaren Automotive not only produced the John was Chief Executive of Interbrand’s UK business, and 1990s’ original supercar, the F1, but has gone on to launch the internationally sat on Interbrand’s Global Board. acclaimed 12C and McLaren P1™ high-performance cars. Throughout his career, John has been a frequent speaker, writer and lecturer on The team campaigns the 2014 FIA Formula 1 World Championship with the driver branding, and during his time at McLaren has built a reputation as one of the UK’s pairing of 2009 world champion Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen. They drive leading practitioners in digital branding and brand integrated content, pioneering the McLaren Mercedes MP4-29. Visit www.mclaren.com for more details. the acclaimed ‘Tooned’ cartoon series in 2012, in collaboration with Framestore. John’s work at McLaren has attracted recognition including a One Show Gold Pencil, British Market Research Award, British Retail Design Award and a Cristal Award for Branded Content. John is a father of three, an aspiring cyclist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 8 9 Brad W. Corson Caroline Jenner Chairman and Production Director of ExxonMobil International Limited CEO, Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe A native of Chicago, IL, he is a chemical engineering Mrs Jenner, born in Canada, began her career as an graduate of Auburn University. He joined Exxon in 1983 entrepreneur in Slovakia. After taking the role of CEO for and has served in a number of project engineering and Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe in 2001, she management assignments in California, Louisiana, Virginia, became deeply engaged in entrepreneurship education China, and Texas. policy with the European Commission, serving on expert groups and more recently on New Skills for New Jobs. In 1983, Mr. Corson began his career as a Project Engineer in the Division Gas Engineering Department of Production’s In addition, appointed as Senior Vice President Europe for Southeastern Division in New Orleans, LA. Following a JA Worldwide in 2004, she has worked on global initiatives variety of technical assignments, in 1988, he became the Sr. such as the World Economic Forum’s 2010 Report on Engineering Supervisor for the Gas Plant Surveillance group. Entrepreneurship Education. Mrs Jenner is a regular contributor, speaker and panelist. In 1991, he was named the Regulatory Affairs Supervisor with Production’sWestern Division in Thousand Oaks, CA. Later in 1992 he was named the Engineering JA-YE Europe (www.ja-ye.org) is Europe’s largest provider of entrepreneurship Supervisor for the Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) in Santa Barbara, CA. education programmes, reaching 3.2 million students in 39 countries in 2013. In 1995, he came to Houston, TX where he was named the Upstream Interchange Coordinator working in HR Organization & Employee Development. In 1997, he was named the Operations Manager with Houston Production Organization in Houston responsible for Western U.S. Production Operations. In 2000, he became the Equity Crude Sales Manager with Refining & Supply in Fairfax, VA. In 2002, he returned to Houston, TX to become the Planning Manager with ExxonMobil Development Company. In 2003, Brad was named Manager, Hong Kong Power of ExxonMobil Energy Limited, responsible for ExxonMobil’s joint venture with China Light and Power. In 2007, he relocated from Hong Kong to Houston to become Vice President of New Business Development with ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing before moving to the UK to take up his current position. 10 11 Robert Lanyon Jonathan Neale Regional Director, Public & Government Affairs for ExxonMobil’s Upstream Chief Operating Officer and Acting CEO, McLaren Racing businesses in Europe and the Caspian region Graduating from Nottingham University in 1984 with an Robert studied Modern Languages at Oxford Polytechnic in honours degree in physics, Jonathan Neale began a lengthy the UK including spells at universities in France and Austria.