The EYDC is a joint project between EPCA and PlasticsEurope, giving the opportunity to groups of young students, aged 16 to 19, to debate on chemistry related issues.
The debate is around the theme “People, Planet, Profit in the Digital age: With or without petrochemistry and plastics?”
National finals take place from April until September 2017 in the following countries:
Spanish EYDC 2017 winners The three winners of the Spanish National EYDC Final Paula Bermejo Feijoo (3rd place), Pau Altur Pastor (2nd place) and Ahlam Oulad Alí (1st place), Tarragona.
The youth debate organised at Warsaw University of Technology was the fourth of seven planned events of the European Youth Debating Competition, organised by the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) and PlasticsEurope.
The faculty of Chemistry at Warsaw University of Technology hosted young people from 11 secondary schools from all over Poland who discussed the crucial role that petrochemistry and plastics play in the digital age.
The jury deliberates the performances based on the analysis of their ability to express themselves with well-informed, logical and persuasive arguments, and how they interact with each other.
The three winners of the French National EYDC Finals. From left to right: 3rd place winner Arnav Aggarwal; 1st place winner Ari Ilsu and; 2nd place winner Nick Krüger
(from left to right) Caroline Ciuciu, EPCA CEO; 10th place winner Cecily Ward; 9th place winner Noah Windemuth - Rotteveel; 8th place winner Anne Rother; 7th place winner Arnav Aggarwal; 6th place winner Henning Locher; and Karl Foerster, Executive Director of PlasticsEurope
5th place winner Nick Krüger along with Karl Foerster, Executive Director, of PlasticsEurope; Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016) and Tom Crotty, EPCA President
4th place winner Ahlam Oulad Ali along with Karl Foerster, Executive Director, of PlasticsEurope; Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016) and Tom Crotty, EPCA President
3rd place winner Kalina Spławska along with Karl Foerster, Executive Director, of PlasticsEurope; Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016) and Tom Crotty, EPCA President
2nd place winner Daniel Ternes along with Karl Foerster, Executive Director, of PlasticsEurope; Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016) and Tom Crotty, EPCA President
1st place winner Ilsu Ari along with Karl Foerster, Executive Director, of PlasticsEurope; Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016) and Tom Crotty, EPCA President
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN (2007-2016), his wife, along with the 10 winners of the European Finals of the EYDC 2017 and Caroline Ciuciu, EPCA CEO
