Finalists announced for Young Persons' Lecture Competition 2025 and 20 Years of YPWLC
The UK YPLC final will be held on 8 May. The winner will compete in the 20th Young Persons' World Lecture Competition 2025.
The Young Persons' Lecture Competition is exclusively for students and professionals up to the age of 28, to deliver a short lecture on a materials, minerals, mining, packaging, clay technology or wood science-related subject. Over the past few months, our Affiliated Local Societies have held local heats, and these winners will go on to participate in the UK Final on 8 May at Armourers' Hall, London.
Amelia Tortell Milhano, Midlands
Emma Bryan, South East
Ethan Ellis, North East
Hamish Dow, Scotland
Samual Ngombe, South West & South Wales
Sethupathi Rangaraj, North West & North Wales
The winner will represent the UK at the 2025 Young Persons' World Lecture Competition (YPWLC) online final later this year in November.
In 2025, we are also celebrating the 20 year anniversary of YPWLC, which has been held every year since 2005 across different continents. Since 2020, the competition final has been held online, with participants joining from all over the world.
