Foreword from Shay Walsh

FOREWORD

A message from Shay Walsh

We are delighted to be able to welcome you all here to the 59th annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week. The buzz and excitement of the live exhibition is second to none, and we’re excited to be bringing everyone back together after two sensational virtual exhibitions in 2021 and 2022. It’s great to be able to throw open the doors of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition to students from across the island of Ireland who are blazing a trail with their creative takes on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This year we will see students tackling challenges across a diverse range of areas, with the environment, health, sport science, agriculture, and new technologies just some of the key trends emerging from their project entries. Our judges whittled down over 1,700 project entries to the 550 exceptional projects that will be on show this week, and I would like to wish both the students and the judges well for the judging sessions. Your commitment and dedication to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is truly outstanding. The Exhibition is a fantastic celebration of science, technology, and curiosity. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to marvel at the ingenuity of our young people in the exhibition hall, visit the Primary Science Fair, stop by some of the 14 live science shows a day and interact with the fantastic stands of our partners and supporting organisations, for whom we are very grateful. I hope you have a wonderful time at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Thank you for joining us