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 Centre 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 UK will be taking part in this international conference. Boys and girls, aged between 11-14 years of age, are eligible to participate in the conference.
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 in 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 taking part in an underwater Harry Potter Quidditch competition.
Participants will have the opportunity to develop critical thinking, creativity and collaboration skills by being in close proximity to faculty from the world's number one university.
Certificates will be awarded to the participants on the last day of the event. The certificate will be provided by the Edgerton Centre at MIT.
Haileybury started its journey as an international franchise educational institution with 100% residential facilities in Bangladesh last October affiliated to Haileybury College UK, a school with 164 years of history.
