6 September 2021 - 8 September 2021 All Day
The MENA Science Leadership Workshop (SLP) - "The Role of Collective Leadership for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" will take place from 6 - 8 September 2021 online. To prepare the next generation of scientists for the complexities that inter- and transdisciplinary research, this workshop...
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23 August 2021 - 25 August 2021 All Day
The Southern Africa Science Leadership Workshop "Resilience in Science Leadership during the COVID era" will take place from 23 - 25 August 2021 online. The Southern Africa Science Leadership Programme (S-ASLP) aims at developing early and mid-career researchers in the areas of thought leadership, team...
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21 August 2020 - 25 August 2020 All Day
University of Pretoria, Pretoria
The sixth Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) workshop is planned to be held in Pretoria, South Africa, at the Future Africa campus from 21 to 25 August 2020. The ASLP was launched in 2015 and has since trained over 100 fellows from 19 countries across...
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6 September 2019 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Hiddingh Hall Library, Cape Town
The World Economic Forum on Africa (link) meeting is being held in Cape Town from the 4 - 6 September 2019. In partnership with the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), the GloSYS Africa team and GYA...
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19 September 2018 - 20 September 2018 All Day
Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi
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...
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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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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21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018 All Day
Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria
The inaugural regional training workshop on science diplomacy, organised by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), The World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will be held in South Africa,...
26 March 2018 - 28 March 2018 All Day
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda
The Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering connects science, society and policy in Africa and the rest of the world – with the goal to leverage science for human development globally. The GYA, in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the African Institute for...
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16 March 2018 - 21 March 2018 All Day
Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria
The GYA Women in Science Group co-organised a 22-24 March CIFAR Women in Science Leadership Workshop titled ‘Fostering diverse and inclusive leadership in academia’, which took place as a pre-event to the 2018 Global Gathering of the Next Einstein Forum in Kigali Rwanda.
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19 July 2017 - 21 July 2017 All Day
Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg
The 3rd Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19-21 July 2017, hosted by the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) and co-organised by the Global Young Academy (GYA). The meeting was a great opportunity for representatives from NYAs...
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24 October 2016 - 26 October 2016 All Day
Mauritius, Mauritius
The 2nd Africa Young Academies Regional Conference entitled “Empowering the Next Generation of Scientists in Africa” took place from 24-26 October 2016 in Mauritius. It brought together representatives from all existing National Young Academies (NYAs) in Africa, as well as NYA Initiatives and young scientists...
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3 February 2014 - 5 February 2014 All Day
Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi
The conference on “Accelerating science for development in Africa by increasing the momentum and impact of National Young Academies” was organised by the Global Young Academy (GYA) in cooperation with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC). It brought together representatives from the NASAC member...
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20 May 2012 - 24 May 2012 All Day
Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg
With a program headlined by the South African Minister for Science and Technology, the Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine and other luminaries, the Global Young Academy (GYA) recently completed a very successful General Assembly meeting. The meeting, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, including 80 young scientists...
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