Events: IAP

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November until 12 December 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The GYA was invited by the InterAcademy Partnership and the United States New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to jointly organise a side panel event at COP 28. GYA members Hiba Baroud (Vanderbilt University, United States)...

The first Science Leadership Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-SLP) will be held from 1-2 December 2022 in Leticia, Columbia. The programme, which will be held in the Spanish language, is now open for applications by early to mid-career researchers. Apply by 25 September! More Information and Application Read more about the programme aims and scope, as well as how to apply, here: Call for applications: Science Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Young Academy

The Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies 2022 was for the first time ever organised in collaboration with the InterAcademy Partnership, to strengthen connections and collaborations between the young and the established science academies the world over. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and co-organized by IAP, the Global Young Academy (GYA), NAS, RSC, the RSC College, and the NAS New Voices Program. It was a hybrid meeting,...

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

This series of five free webinars is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them. The webinars will be hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World...

In September 2021, the UN Secretary-General will convene a UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Harnessing science, technology and innovation is key to meeting the aspiration of sustainable, inclusive and resilient food systems. Thus, in support of a science- and evidence-based Summit, the UN established a Scientific Group for the UN Food Systems Summit to ensure the robustness, breadth and independence of the science that underpins the Summit and...

The Inter-Academy Partnership Science for Poverty Eradication Committee (IAP-SPEC) is organizing a three-day international conference, hosted by the  Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) from 27-29 March 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. GYA Co-Chair Tolu Oni (UK) and GYA member Nova Ahmed (Bangladesh) will speak on panels "Tackling Poverty and Inequality" and "Innovation as a Tool for Poverty and Inequality Reduction", respectively.  

Members from the GYA working group on Do-it-yourself Biology will participate in the second CILAC Forum (Latin America and Caribbean Open Science Forum) in Panama in October 2018, by organising a panel session on the “Do-it-yourself biology movement in Latin America as a driving force of innovation and entrepreneurship”. The Global Young Academy (GYA) and the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) will convene a diverse group of interdisciplinary young scientists, from across the world, to participate in the CILAC conference, and in...

Members from the GYA working group Global Health will attend the 10th World Health Summit from 14-16 October 2018 in Berlin, Germany. In addition, two GYA-nominated young medical scientists have been invited to take part in the Young Physician Leaders programme 2018, which takes place from 12-14 October in conjunction with the World Health Summit. The WHS has grown into the world’s most prominent forum for addressing global health issues. It brings together key leaders from academia, politics, civil society,...

In partnership with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) is organising a workshop on the UN SDGs. It will identify targeted, locally relevant ways in which the academies can support the implementation of the SDGs, building on their own national and regional capacity. The workshop will engage all interested members of NASAC, together with Global Young Academy and National Young Academy members in the region, and national and regional policymakers. The workshop is the fourth of...

GYA members Moritz Riede (UK), Monika Kedra (Poland), Robert Lepenies (Germany) and Teresa Stoepler (United States) will participate in a workshop on the UN SDGs which is being organised by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) in partnership with the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC). It will identify targeted, locally relevant ways in which the academies can support the implementation of the UN SDGs, building on their own national and regional capacity. The workshop will engage all interested members of EASAC, together with...

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, locally relevant ways in which the academies can support the implementation of the UN SDGs, building on their own national and regional capacity. The workshop will engage all interested members of AASSA, together with Global Young...

The annual meeting of the InterAcademy Partnership’s Science Education Programme (IAP SEP) Global Council convenes in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting, taking place on 10 April 2018, is hosted by the ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in collaboration with Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC). The GYA is a member of the SEP Council.