International Energy Young Professional Award

The EI's Young Professionals Network is delighted to welcome entries for the seventh EI Young Energy Professional Award. Young professionals are the next generation of energy leaders and we want to celebrate your contribution to the industry and reward your innovation, drive to deliver and passion of the younger generation of energy talent. Applications from those with less than five years in the industry are welcome.

The judging panel will be looking for:

• Career Experience statement:
  In 250-500 words, describe a project from your career, either in your professional career or through working with the local community, where you have either led the activity (as a project manager) or made a significant contribution towards its delivery (as a key team member)
• Industry Outlook statement:
  In 250-500 words, please share your views on the outlook for the energy industry by answering the following question: "What is the single biggest challenge facing the energy industry in the next 20 years?"
  The judging panel will be looking for you to demonstrate your views and feelings about an industry issue, including how you would like to see them addressed and how your future work might contribute towards finding a solution for this challenge.
• CV
• Endorsement:
  Please provide a written endorsement of up to 200 words from your employer, client or supervisor. This should include their signature and contact details for verification purposes.

Project

Industry sector *

• Academia and research
• Biofuels and waste
• Buildings
• Energy demand management and utilisation
• Energy storage
• Energy transformation, heat and power generation
• Finance or investment
• Industry or manufacturing
• Low carbon
• Natural gas and oil
• Nuclear fuels and/or decommissioning
• Policy/government
• Primary energy exploration and production
• Reclamation, recycling and recovery
• Renewable technology
• Solid fossil fuels and derived products
• Transmission and distribution
• Transport
• Other

Project title *

Nominee details

First name *

Last name *

Email address *

Phone number *

Job title *

Company *

Country *

Employer, client or supervisor details (in case you are unavailable)

First name *

Last name *

Email address *

Phone number *

Job title *

Company *

Country *

Supporting materials

Career Experience statement * In 250-500 words, describe a project from your career, either in your professional career or through working with the local community, where you have either led the activity (as a project manager) or made a significant contribution towards its delivery (as a key team member)

Industry Outlook statement * In 250-500 words, please share your views on the outlook for the energy industry by answering the following question: "What is the single biggest challenge facing the energy industry in the next 20 years?"

CV *

Endorsement * Please provide a written endorsement of up to 200 words from your employer, client or supervisor. This should include their signature and contact details for verification purposes.

Checklist

Before you submit

• If you are not the nominee, have you sought permission of the nominee to be entered to the competition?
• Have you checked that you have answered as many of the category criteria as possible in the entry statement?
• Is your entry statement within the required word count of up to 500 words?
• Have you provided evidence of the nominee's achievements? You should include as much results data, facts and figures as possible in your entry statement so that the judging panel can measure the nominee's success.
• Have you written your entry statement in an accessible manner so that it is clearly understandable for anyone without direct knowledge of the project, business or sector?