The SOFE competition involves giving a 20 minute talk on an engineering topic of your choice. The talks are viewed by a live audience of attendees and a panel of judges. The judges will question and score each contestant against a variety of criteria, with emphasis given to presentation skills, and only 10% weighting given to technical content.

· Date: Wednesday 15th March 2023

· Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm

· Location: Jacobs Manchester, 5 First Street, (In One First Street), Manchester, M15 4GU

For more information about the competition, and to view the guidelines with judging criteria, please visit: www.imeche.org/sofe

Four contestants are required to hold a heat of SOFE. The winner of the Manchester heat will win the £300 cash prize from the IMechE. The runner-up will win £200.

For your chance of winning one of the cash prizes available at your local Manchester heat, and the opportunity to represent Manchester in the North-West regional final, please provide some information on your intended presentation topic in the application form >> SOFE Application Form 2023