Events: AGM

Save the Date 2024 AGM and International Conference of Young Scientists: “Transformative and Inclusive Science for a Sustainable Future” 7-10 May 2024 in Washington, D.C., USA   The 2024 GYA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in Washington, D.C., USA, at the U.S. National...

GYA Annual General Meeting, 6-9 June 2023 International Conference of Young Scientists, 6-8 June 2023 "Technological Innovations for Discovering Solutions to the World’s Greatest Current Challenges" Annual General Meeting The 2023 GYA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda. This will be...

The 2022 GYA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held online from 13-17 June 2022, in connection with the International Conference of Young Scientists on the topic “Harmonizing Reason with Sensibility: Regenerating science for an inclusive and sustainable future”. The International Conference was hosted by the...

The 2021 GYA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and International Conference of Young Scientists was held online from 1 - 4 June. The public Conference on 2 June 2021 addressed the topic "Trust in Science".   Meeting Output and Outcomes Conference Statement: GYA Position Statement "Trust...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the GYA held its first virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2020. The International Conference of Young Scientists, on the topic "Heal the Earth: Sustainable Development Goals in a Changing World" was also held virtually four weeks after the...

The 2018 conference, focusing on the theme: 'Forever Young? Sustainable and healthy longevity through science and technology' (click link to be taken to the AGM event site) took place in Pattaya, Thailand from 7 to 11 May 2018. GYA members from over 50 countries, distinguished...

The 2016 conference theme was ‘Bridging Worlds Through Science’. The meeting took place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands from 25 to 29 May 2016, hosted by the TU Eindhoven. 95 GYA members from 33 countries, and distinguished guests representing a range of scientific, diplomatic and policy positions, attended....

The International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the annual key event of the GYA, and the main meeting in which the members can work together on the goals of this global organization. This years conference theme is ‘Innovation for Sustainable Globalization’ and provides a rallying point for outstanding young scientists from around the world to consider new mechanisms and initiatives to support innovation for sustainable development in an increasingly global world.

GYA members convene in person once a year at the Annual General Meeting. This year’s Global Young Academy 4th International Conference for Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting (21–25 May 2014) takes place in Santiago, Chile hosted by the University of Chile and Santiago de Chile and Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile. The topic is “Natural Resources in a Finite World”.

The 2013 General Assembly took place from 15-18 May 2013 at the beautiful premises of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Saale), Germany. The meeting brings together 78 GYA members from 37 countries, distinguished members of the GYA advisory board, and senior science ambassadors from around the world. The theme of the 2013 meeting is “Demography and Global Research”.

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...

The GYA General Assembly later called International Conference of Young Scientists and Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the annual key event of the GYA, and the main meeting in which the members can work together on the goals of this global organization.

In 2008 and 2009, young scientists who came together at events organised by the InterAcademy Panel for International Issues (IAP) at World Economic Forum (WEF) 'Summer Davos' meetings initiated the idea of a Global Young Academy as a forum to connect and support young, talented...