The five-day MIT Leading Edge International Student Conference will be held at Haileybury Bhaluka from June 11 to 15 on its campus in Bhaluka, Mymensingh.
Haileybury Bhaluka is organising the international conference in association with MIT Edgerton Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, according to a media release.
Four faculty members and six graduates from MIT are flying in to guide the participants, said the organisers.
Some 100 selected students from Bangladesh, India, and the UK will participate in this international conference. Boys and girls between 11 and 14 years of age are eligible to participate.
Haileybury Bhaluka's Founding Headmaster Simon O' Grady has said this international conference aims to expand students' comprehension of engineering and design at an innovative level, fostering the creation of impactful solutions.
"We are honoured to welcome MIT to Bangladesh. We are sincerely grateful to the faculty and graduate students travelling 8,000 miles. MIT faculties were impressed by the scale of our ambitions for Bangladesh and our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion," Simon said.
This workshop unveils the mechanics behind underwater robotics, AI-powered wheelchairs, and handheld pollution mapping devices, fostering innovation for impactful solutions.
There is also an opportunity to explore participating in an underwater Harry Potter Quidditch competition.
Participants will work closely with faculty from the world's number-one university, enabling them to develop critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills.
Certificates will be awarded to the participants on the last day of the event. The certificate will be provided by the Edgerton Center at MIT.
Haileybury started its journey as an international franchise educational institution with 100 per cent residential facilities in Bangladesh last October, affiliated with Haileybury College UK, a school with 164 years of history.
