Cameron is a year 11 student at Inverell High School, and has a particular interest in physics and engineering studies, and also studies chemistry and biology.

After attending an initial interview process with members of Inverell East Rotary Club, Cameron moved onto further interviews at Walcha where he was chosen to represent Inverell at the forum.

The National Youth Science Forum is a 12 day program for students moving into year 12 who are thinking about a career in science, engineering and technology and has been running since 1983.

Cameron will be supported by Inverell East Rotary Club when he attends the forum, and New Generations co-ordinator Michael Simpson said he was proud to have Cameron representing his club.

“I think it is really important for local kids to get their views and opinions out there on a larger scale, we picked Cameron because we believed he could really make an impression down in Canberra and get the local angle across,” Mr Simpson said.

“I am really looking forward to finding out what other people think about a range of scientific issues, especially medical uses for science,” Cameron said.

NYSF is fully residential and takes place in January at the Australian National University. The cost includes travel to and from Canberra. All activities are fully supervised by student staff and resident Rotary counsellors. The program is extremely intensive with little time for outside activities except for meeting those people already in the program.

The NYSF continues after January, first in the form of university seminars and industry site visits in March and April and afterwards as a long-term personal network of people with common aims.