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Student Idea of the Year Awards 2016
CILT’s Eastern Section Student Idea of The Year Awards 2016 took place on the 14th April in DIT Aungier Street. The Competition has taken place annually since the early 90’s and this year was no different. These awards give recognition to college students with innovative ideas and concepts that go towards making a contribution to the Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain industry.
Ruth Lanigan, Joseph Wylie,Sarah Jane Flanagan, Richard Butler, John Paschal Keane, Peter Casey, Jessa Villasenor, Ion Rusu, Neil McDonnell, Rory Ledden, Kevin Byrne and Stephen Mullen
Ruth Lanigan
finalists took place on the after- noon of Thursday 14th April 2016 in DIT. This component of the awards featured a poster presentation to the judges, with winners being an- nounced later in the night. These presentations enabled judges to complete their scoring.
The informal part of the event then began with a mingling of the finalists and members of the pub- lic. This was followed by an address from the Chairman of the CILT East- ern Section Neil McDonnell, which opened the formal presentation of the awards. Neil referred to the high standard of entries that were received and that all nalists would be worthy winners. Paul O’Sullivan, Director and Dean of the College of Business at DIT spoke with us about the importance of education and
the further development of DIT in the area of Supply Chain. Next saw a few inspirational words and thanks from CILT’s International President Elect, Kevin Byrne.
Our special guest of the evening was ex-dragon, Peter Casey, who is originally from Derry and is the founder and executive Chairman of Claddagh Resources. He comment- ed on how important the supply chain is today and explained that it is a huge area of growth for the fu- ture. He spoke to the students on how much of an honour it was to get to this stage of the competition and went on to explain that they are all showing signs of becoming lead- ers and entrepreneurs in the future. Peter Casey then presented the awards.
CILT’s Eastern Section Student Idea of The Year Awards 2016 took place on the 14th April in DIT
Aungier Street. The Competition has taken place annually since the ear- ly 90’s and this year was no differ- ent. These awards give recognition to college students with innovative ideas and concepts that go towards making a contribution to the Logis- tics, Transport and Supply Chain in- dustry.
A wide range of entries were pro- vided by students from colleges and Universities all over Ireland. The judging panel then shortlisted these submissions down to six nalists.
In the final assessment of these awards, presentations by the six
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