IST Conference 2024 Launch Image Competition

Technical staff stand the chance of winning great prizes by showing their photography and imaging skills at the Annual IST Technical Conference hosted at Lancaster University!


So what are you waiting for? Send us your images, and help us showcase the great work that YOU and the amazing technical workforce do.


Applicants are required to submit images (photographs, scanned copies of original artwork or digital media pieces) of themselves, their colleagues at work, or the environment in which they work, in ways that best reflect this year’s Conference theme:

Technicians – Inspiring, Innovating and Creating

The images should highlight/showcase the work done by the technical workforce and it’s importance in making things happen within the workplace and the wider community. Images should be sent to office@istonline.org.uk.

Amazon VouchersPrizes, which include vouchers of the winners choice worth £150 (1st Place), £100 (2nd Place) and £50 (3rd Place), will be awarded at this years IST Technical Conference to be held at Lancaster University, on 10th September.

Attendees at the one-day in-person Conference will be treated to engaging talks from our Keynote Speakers. There will be plenty of choices of workshops/discussions, tech showcases, a career zone, and plenty of opportunities to network, so why not come and join us for the day.

Competition entries need to be submitted by email to: office@istonline.org.uk by midday, 2nd September. Files can either be emailed directly as attachments or links can be sent for download if the files are too large for email transmission. Please include your name, job role and a short description of what the image depicts.

  1. Images submitted should be high resolution JPG, PNG or PDF files between 1-10MB file size. The longest edge of the image should be at least 2500 pixels without interpolation
  2. Images must showcase the work of the technical workforce and have good composition, detail, correct focus, exposure and colour or monochrome tonal range are key. Entrants should aim to convey a message or create an impact on the viewer that emphatically endorses/highlights the ‘Technicians: Inspiring, Innovating and Creating’ theme. Any person visible within the image must have given written permission for the image to be submitted and displayed.

Our Image Competition Terms and Conditions apply.

We encourage you to send in your images to help us promote the expertise and impact of the many skilled technical teams working behind the scenes, all deserving of the chance to take centre stage.

If you would like to join us at the IST Technical Conference, tailored specifically for the technical workforce, tickets are available here.