Northern Branch PDN Paper Competition

The Northern Branch PDN Committees invite you to the regional PDN competition final

 

The PDN Competition has been arranged to provide young professionals with the opportunity to deliver a 15-minute presentation on any subject pertaining to the pipeline industry (Water, Sewerage, Gas, Oil, Tunnelling, Onshore, Offshore, Health and Safety, Land and Environment), followed by a 5-minute Q&A session from a panel of judges.

 

The panel of judges from the Pipeline Industries Guild and Industry Partners shall award marks based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance/potential benefit to the Pipeline Industry
  • Originality and professional content of material
  • Degree of personal involvement and depth of knowledge demonstrated in specified area
  • Quality and enthusiasm of presentation; excitement/engagement and time limits
  • Ability to deal with questions
  • Presentation delivery and timing

 

The winner of the competition will win the regional trophy and receive £250, a place in the national final held at The Pipeline Industries Guild Annual Conference and see their work publicised in the Guild’s “In the Pipeline” magazine.

 

This year’s joint event will be held at AtkinsRealis in Manchester.

 

Our Finalists are: 

Jacqueline Alicia Penn-Morley, Engineer, ROSEN - Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: An Overlooked Threat to Hydrogen Pipeline Integrity? 

Disha Gulati, Test Engineer, Baker Hughes - Automated Testing: Benefits of Modern Software Practices within Oil & Gas Industry

Dawood Shoaib, Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice, AtkinsRealis - Redefining Pipeline Comissioning

When
March 4th, 2026 from  2:00 PM to  5:00 PM
Location
AtkinsRealis
3 Piccadilly Pl
Manchester, M1 3BN
United Kingdom