Overview
- More than 1,000 secondary‑school students are presenting 550 projects at the RDS from today through Saturday.
- The exhibits were chosen from 1,974 entries across five categories spanning technology, sciences, social research, and health.
- Stripe is the new title sponsor after BT, and the opening ceremony features President Catherine Connolly alongside former winner Patrick Collison.
- Nearly a quarter of projects involve artificial intelligence, 22% address environment and climate topics, and many focus on health research.
- Eileen O’Mara of Stripe highlighted work from AI‑powered medical diagnosis to new energy ideas, while co‑founder Dr Tony Scott called the alumni‑linked sponsorship a testament to the exhibition’s impact.