20 August 2018 – 24 August 2018 12:00 am
GYA member Theresa Obiekezie (Nigeria) will attend this course, which is sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy. Given the growing role of science and technology in international relations,…
13 August 2018 – 14 August 2018 All Day
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
GYA members Aysha Fleming (Australia) and Theresa Stoepler (USA) will participate in a workshop on the UN SDGs which is being organised by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) in partnership with the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA). It will identify targeted,…
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6 August 2018 – 8 August 2018 All Day
Pembroke College, Oxford
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) are convening a meeting of early- to mid-career African researchers, international researchers and funders at The University of Oxford. GYA Advisory Board member Kevin Marsh is organising the event. The meeting will take…
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6 August 2018 – 8 August 2018 All Day
Pembroke College, Oxford
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) are convening a meeting of early- to mid-career African researchers, international researchers and funders at The University of Oxford. GYA Advisory Board member Kevin Marsh is organising the event. The meeting will take…
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9 July 2018 – 14 July 2018 All Day
Toulouse, France, Toulouse
GYA Co-Chairs Tolu Oni (UK) and Connie Nshemereirwe (Uganda) will each moderate a panel at the one-day pre-conference event Young African Scientists in Europe (YASE) on 6 July at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is the largest interdisciplinary science meeting…
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9 July 2018 – 18 July 2018 All Day
United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York
The establishment of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was mandated in 2012 by the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), “The Future We Want”. The format and organizational aspects of the Forum are outlined in…
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9 July 2018 – 18 July 2018 All Day
United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York
The establishment of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was mandated in 2012 by the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), “The Future We Want”. The format and organizational aspects of the Forum are outlined in…
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3 July 2018 – 6 July 2018 All Day
Accra, Ghana, Accra
The GYA has nominated 5 members and 3 representatives from national young academies or academy initiatives to attend Sustainable African Cities from 3-6 July 2018 in Accra, Ghana. The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and the German…
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3 July 2018 – 5 July 2018 All Day
Maison des Océans, Paris
At their joint General Assembly in Taipei in October 2017, the members of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) took a final decision to merge the two organizations to become the International Science Council (ISC). At this founding…
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28 June 2018 – 1 July 2018 All Day
Leopoldina, Halle, Germany, Halle
SILBERSALZ is the first international science film festival of its kind, taking place from 28.06.18 until 01.07.2018 in Halle. As a combination of festival and conference, SILBERSALZ makes science accessible in a clear and vivid fashion while simultaneously serving as a platform for the exchange…
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