C2C Expo 2011
Held on 9 November at the Golden Grove Arts Centre, the 2011 C2C Expo was attended by approximately 600 students from 26 high schools.
Guest of honour and Patron of NAMIG, His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR Governor of South Australia, visited the exhibits and chatted with students about their projects, before formally presenting student representatives from each school with a plaque to commemorate their participation in the C2C programme in 2011. To view His Excellency's speech click here.
Guests included: The Hon Tom Kenyon, Minister for Employment, Higher Education, Skills, Science and Information Economy, Mr David Pisoni, Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Education, Mr Tony Zappia, Federal Member for Makin, Mayor Glen Docherty, City of Playford and Deputy Mayor Peter Jamieson, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Deputy Mayor Bernie Keane, City of Tea Tree Gully. Other invited guests included local employers, C2C industry partners and representatives from local, state and federal governments. Click to view Tony Zappia's speech on C2C in Parliament.
The Expo is the final stage of the year's C2C projects and gives students the opportunity to showcase their innovations. Teams proudly exhibited their projects in the main auditorium, explaining how they came up with the concept and what problems they encountered along the way.
The 2011 Expo also featured the pilot Holden Cruze Challenge - a build and race competition where focus is on the process required to assemble the race car in the most efficient manner. Winners of the inaugural Holden Cruze Challenge were Endeavour College. Click to view the story on the Holden Cruze Challenge in The Advertiser.
Engineers without Borders and C2C+ projects were also on display and presentations were made to Valley View Secondary School, winner of the 2011 Genesis UAV Challenge, conducted by RAAF and Lockheed Martin, and the Suburban Wetlands Acquisition and Telemetry (SWAT) Challenge, conducted by BAE Systems.
In addition to the main C2C Expo, several schools are now proudly holding their own expos to highlight their participation in the programme and inform junior students, teachers and parents. C2C schools holding individual expos in 2011 were Xavier College, Temple Christian College, Riverton & District High School, Valley View Secondary School and Craigmore High School.
Holden Cruze Challenge
Inaugural Holden Cruze Challenge at C2C Expo
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C2C Expo 2009
Video - The Story of Success and Achievement, C2C Expo 2009
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