Best of Luck to SERC Students in Catalyst Invent 2020 Finals

The Catalyst annual Invent awards will take place on Thursday 8th October. Unfortunately instead of their usual awards dinner, this will be brought to you virtually. However this is not to be missed, join us online as they use the Hybrid Studio at the ICC to recreate the Awards night experience. Hosted by William Crawley they will take you on the Invent 2020 journey, showcasing our amazing 12 finalists including the 1 minute elevator pitches. Those registered will be able to vote for their favourite pitch of the evening. They will recognise companies who have shown outstanding leadership and used Innovation in response to the pandemic through our Innovator 2020 Award. They will also catch up with some Invent alumni and of course announce the Invent 2020 winners.

This year, Hannah Dunwoody, a Higher-Level Apprentice in Mechatronics at SERC, is a finalist in the competition. Hannah comments, "I had been finishing off assignments and knew the Catalyst Invent 2020 was coming up, so I thought I would make a submission as I had the time to work on my idea and develop it a bit further.  I didn’t even tell my lecturers at SERC I was going to enter, I just thought, ‘Let’s see where this goes’. Of course there was a lot of work to put in to get this far, and the competition - which included fellow SERC students, The Water Boys - was stiff, so am thrilled to be a finalist."

Along with Hannah, fellow SERC student company the Water Boys will find out if they are winners as well at the event.  Their semi-final pitch landed them an invitation to compete in the 2020 Student Final, a category created by Catalyst this year to recognise the significant number of impressive student entries. 

The event takes place on 8th October, online, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm and is free. Click here to register now in advance of the event to gain live access. 

We at SERC wish all students participating the best of luck.

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