Gateway Newsletter / JUL

We have spotted some future thinkers!

The day finished with a tour of the Western Sydney International site and an opportunity to explore the WSI Experience Centre, giving students a glimpse of the work currently underway to deliver our future airport.

In June, eight Western Sydney Airport team members mentored a group of year 9 students from Kingswood High School as part of the ABCN Future Thinkers program. This program aims to grow students understanding of human centred design, creative problem solving and expose them to a wide range of career opportunities available after they leave school. Students were paired with WSA team members to complete activities on each stage of the “Five D’s” of design thinking; Define, Discover, Dream, Design, and Deliver. Students were encouraged to think outside the box, challenge assumption, and form unique perspectives by imagining problems from the point of view of others. The ultimate challenge saw teams bring together what they had learnt to develop and present four prototype solutions to problems faced by an airport of the future. Ideas included mobile airport apps, virtual assistance, sustainable LED lighting, digital passports, electric and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. WSA’s Innovation Engineer, Corey Stewart says, “it was clear that not even the sky was a limit for these future thinkers!”

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