Apply for Visa’s Junior Inventors’ Day

Young people’s expectations have the potential to revolutionise economies. To explore these opportunities, Visa is inviting the next generation of innovators to put their ideas to the test in a human-centred design session with Visa’s brightest minds.

The Junior Inventors’ Day will be hosted at Visa’s European HQ in London in early 2024. The date of the Inventors' Day shall be announced via email to an email address provided by you at least 30 days prior to the event taking place.

If you'd like to get involved, take a look at the details below and ask your parent / legal guardian to submit your entry.


Why enter?

Be an inventor for the day

Exciting opportunity to experience what it’s like to be at the forefront of innovation, by participating in fun and engaging activities, hosted by Visa and its expert partners.

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Help shape the future

Collaborate with Visa’s brightest minds to see how your innovative ideas could make life simpler in the future.

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Work with us

The person who creates the most innovative ideas on the day will have the chance to be appointed Visa’s first ‘Junior Chief Innovation Officer’.


Kids vs Grown-Ups – the past, present and future of payments

Watch as Visa employees and their children to go head-to-head to compete on questions about the past, present, and future of payments.
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How to get involved

Those interested in taking part can send applications to [email protected] with the following information:

  • Parent / legal guardian’s name

  • Parent / legal guardian’s contact details (address, telephone and email)

  • Your name

  • Your date of birth

  • Have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to enter who also resides in the UK & Northern Ireland and consents/agrees to these terms and conditions. You must also provide evidence of this permission when either requested by Visa and/or Grayling.

Successful applicants will be selected via a random ballot at least 30 days before the event and notified with additional details closer to the time. The ballot opens on 14 November 2023 and closes on 31 January 2024. 30 winners shall be selected from the ballot to attend the Junior Inventors' Day.

Applicant criteria

Children wishing to apply must:

  • Be between 8 – 14 years old

  • Live in the UK 

  • Have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to enter (your parent or legal guardian must also live in the UK & Northern Ireland) and consent

  • Have a parent or legal guardian who consents to the terms of entry

Successful applicants will be notified and receive additional details closer to the time.

Privacy notes

Visa uses and protects personal information submitted on this website in accordance with applicable laws and Visa’s Global Privacy Notice available at https://www.visa.co.uk/legal/privacy-policy.html.

Visa uses your personal information to co-ordinate and manage your attendance at the event and to provide associated services.

Grayling Communications will process your personal information on Visa’s behalf for the purposes of the administration of your registration and of the campaign. Grayling Communications will process your personal data in accordance with their Privacy Policy Notice available here: https://grayling.com/privacy-policy/    

You represent and warrant that you are the parent or legal guardian of the child.  You, on behalf of the child as his/her parent or legal guardian, have read, understand, and agree to these Terms and Conditions on their behalf and take full responsibility for the child. 

By applying to enter, you agree to the terms of eligibility above, Visa’s and Grayling Communications’ Privacy Notices and Terms and Conditions of the Campaign.