Showcase Details

Student Showcase

The Showcase day will consist of

Student projects showcased and judged (see over 90 school projects in the Primary, Secondary and Future is STEM categories)
Engaging talks and mini-keynote speakers
Interactive Student activities
STEM Aviation displays and competition
Sponsor displays and engagement
Live media broadcast from the main stage

and of course the highly anticipated awards ceremonies with winning schools announced

Each team of maximum 4 students will have the opportunity to present to the judges and award sponsors through 2 showcase sessions with a break for morning tea.
Award presenters will select finalists and winners in their category and these will be announced after the lunch break
Student teams will have 5 minutes (maximum) with the judges to pitch their project and answer questions.
School teams will be provided with a 1.8 metre trestle table and 1.2 metre backing board for their display space. You'll be responsible for decorating your display space and will be required to display the school identity (e.g. school banner, logo, poster). There will be no electricity available and if you intend to use any virtual displays please ensure you have fully charged devices and back up. You should plan on 6 hours of battery charge.
Whilst we'll encourage students to visit other teams, your display space needs to have a student presence throughout each showcase session.

Bump in is on Monday 9th September afternnoon from 2.00pm - 6.00pm or in special circumstances from 8.00am to 8.45am Tuesday 10th September
There is no parking available at CLC, although you may be able to offload at the front car park entrance off Victoria Parade
Each team will be allocated a 1.8 metre trestle table and 1.2 metre backing board
Leave plenty of time to set up your space
Pins or velcro dots are to be used on the backing board - NO BLUE TACK OR STICKY TAPE IS TO BE USED

Leave yourself plenty of travel time as you will be joining Melbourne’s peak hour
There is no parking available at CLC, although you may be able to offload at the car park entrance on Victoria Parade
Parking restrictions apply in East Melbourne, although there are several public car parks nearby (within a 5 minute walk)
Good public transport is available including
- 1. Trams from Parliament Station down Victoria Parade, 12 & 109
  2. Trains - 200 metres from North Richmond Station

A school registration desk will be set up in the Pre-function space off Celtic Hall
On the morning of the 10th, please send a staff member from your school to the registration desk to sign in and collect your STEM MAD school pack
Ensure all students are wearing their student name tag

Please bring fully charged digital devices, we recommend a backup device also as there won’t be facilities for charging at display spaces
We recommend downloading offline copies of multimedia videos, presentations or apps as there may not be reliable wifi available
For special AV needs please contact Shelley Waldon

Judges will be looking for a description of your design process, including your research, a virtual or physical walk-through of your iterative prototyping process and product.
Project teams should be able to demonstrate elements of their working prototype for the showcase, in either physical or digital format.

(accompanying supervising adults – minimum 2 per school)

Copy of Agenda MACS STEM MAD Student Showcase 2024.docx (1).pdf

All winning schools informed of their awards at the Showcase