GYA Annual General Meeting and International Conference of Young Scientists, 6-9 June 2023
“Technological Innovations for Discovering Solutions to the World’s Greatest Current Challenges”
The 2023 GYA Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in Kigali, Rwanda. The 2023 AGM was held in Africa for the first time since the GYA’s 2012 AGM in South Africa. The AGM was held in connection with the International Conference of Young Scientists on the topic “Technologocal Innovations for Discovering Solutions to the World’s Greatest Current Challenges”. In interactive panels, the Conference addressed new technology and innovation to tackle grand challenges, along with the role of early- to mid-career scientists and scholars in contributing to global, national and regional solutions.
Meeting Output and Outcomes
Full AGM and Conference Report: Download Report
Conference Statement: Download joint GYA-RYAS Statement here
See the full Programme.
Pictures from the event can be viewed on the GYA Flickr page: 2023 AGM & International Conference of Young Scientists | Flickr
Partners, Funding Institutions and Sponsors
A special thank you to those GYA members and members of the Rwanda Young Academy of Sciences who helped design, organise and raise funds for the meeting, as well as to the numerous cooperating partners, funding institutions and sponsors who made this event possible: InterAcademy Partnership, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Education, Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO, East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research, World Young Scientist Summit, Springer Nature, Carnegie Mellon University Africa, University of Rwanda, African Union Development Agency, Open Research Europe, Rwanda Academy of Sciences, Rwandan Association of Women in Science and Engineering, Rwanda Convention Bureau, .
AGM Photo (8 June 2023):
