The Young Persons' Lecture Competition IRID 2016 invites students up to the age of 28 (or under on 1 June 2016) to deliver a short lecture of 15 minutes on a topic related to materials, minerals, mining, packaging, clay technology and wood science and engineering.

To participate in this competition 150 words synopsis should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please refer to the following process flow for YPLC.

Flow of Submission

Please find link in below for online registration.

IRID Online Registration

Judging criteria are based on:

  1. Abstract
  2. Structure of lecture
  3. Standard of presentation
  4. Visual aids and physical examples
  5. Technical content
  6. Handling questions
  7. Lecture time