EPCA motivates youngsters to scientific career by means of a film

Brussels (ots) - Today, the European Petrochemical Association
(EPCA) publicly presents the film: "Science: Where Can It Take You?".
The two-minute-long creation shows success stories in the disciplines
of chemistry, physics and engineering. The purpose of the film is to
raise the youth's interest for the study of science, technology,
engineering and maths with a clear focus on gender equality.
Moreover, it shows that the chemical industry is a good industry to
work for offering stimulating and rewarding job opportunities. This
industry needs young, educated individuals to enable the continued
development of innovative and sustainable solutions that match the
world's evolving and ever-increasing needs. The film targets students
aged between 14 and 18, as well as their parents and teachers. It is
available for free at www.sciencewherecanittakeyou.com in English and
13 other languages.

Additional material opens view for career opportunities

At www.sciencewherecanittakeyou.com, visitors can download
additional information to the film: a guideline describing the career
possibilities in the chemical industry and a one-page flyer about
chemistry's impact and the industry's career prospects. By that,
young people, parents and teachers learn more on possible job
disciplines in the chemical sector - like research, development,
logistics/supply chain or marketing and sales. A comprehensive link
list is also available and opens straight to the relevant career- and
education-websites. This information is available in 14 languages.

EPCA and education

Since the launch of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, EPCA
has been actively involved in a number of initiatives for the
education of young people in the fields of chemistry and natural
sciences. For example, besides the making of films to be distributed
in schools and of teachers' guidelines, EPCA also organized a
students' workshop at their Annual Meeting 2011 to allow
award-winning young chemists to meet with chemical industry leaders
and familiarize with that business segment. This year EPCA will
co-organize with inGenious and Unesco a special teachers? workshop
with the same goal at their 47th Annual Meeting to take place in
Berlin from 5 to 9 October 2013.

Links

* The film "Science: Where Can It Take You?", information kit, and
related links:
http://www.sciencewherecanittakeyou.com

* Guidelines for teachers of European Schoolnet and EPCA:
http://chemistryallaboutyou.eun.org

About EPCA

EPCA (The European Petrochemical Association) is a Brussels based
international non profit association that serves a global network for
the chemical business community consisting of producers of
petrochemicals, their suppliers, customers and service providers. In
this industry segment EPCA is the platform to meet, exchange
information and transfer learning as well as think tank challenging
business as usual approaches. EPCA counts over 680 member companies
from 53 different countries that stand for an aggregate turnover of
over 4.2 trillion EUR. EPCA was founded in 1967.

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Press contact:
Cathy Demeestere
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BE-1150 Brussels
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E-Mail: cathy@epca.eu