The 2025 Young Persons' Lecture Competition final will be held on Thursday 8 May at The Armourers' Hall in London. 

Participants will be asked to give a presentation (12 to 15 mins) and answer questions by a panel of judges.

To enter the Competition and take part in one of the local YPLC heats, please fill in the Entry Form below.

2025 Local heats

January

North West & North Wales

16 - MSC (Materials Society of Cumbria) | Deadline: 9 January

South West & South Wales

30 - SWMA (South Wales Materials Association) | Deadline: 15 January

February

London/South East

27 - LMS (London Materials Society) | Deadline: 14 February

North East/Midlands

19 - MIMinE (Midland Institute of Mining Engineers) | Deadline: 18 February

Midlands

20 - BMetA (Birmingham Metallurgical Association)

26 - CWMS (Coventry & Warwockshire Materials Society) | Deadline: 19 February

26 - EMMS (East Midlands Materials Society) | Deadline: 12 February

North West & North Wales

4 - NCMS (Newport & Cardiff Materials Society) | Deadline: 28 January

13 - WEMMA (West of England Metals & Materials Association) | Deadline: 31 January

Scotland

26 - MIS (Mining Institute of Scotland) & SAM (Scottish Association for Metals) | Deeadline: 19 February

March

London/South East

5 - CAMS (Cambridge & Anglian Materials Society) | Deadline: 24 February

6 - SCMMMS (Southern Counties Materials Minerals & Mining Society) | Deadline: 20 February

13 - MinSouth | Deadline: 31 January

20 - OMS (Oxford Materials Society) | Deadline: 17 March

North East

4 - SMEA (Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association) | Deadline: 21 February

5  - CIE (Cleveland Institution of Engineers) | Deadline: 26 February

North West & North Wales

5 - MMS Manchaster Metallurgical Society) | Deadline: 3 February

Entry form