Events: NYA

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...

GYA EC member Sandra López-Vergès (Panama) and Research Assistant for the Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Africa project, Matt Keane, will participate in a regional conference for young scientists, co-organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in a partnership with The World Academy of...

Young Academies from all over Europe met in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 23-24 March 2018. The meeting, organised by the Dutch Young Academy, was the group’s largest gathering so far with more than 35 participants representing 17 young academies and academy initiatives. The GYA was...

The Israel Young Academy hosted the Asian Young Academies Meeting in Jerusalem on 11-12 February 2018 with the theme: “Science and Society: Challenges and Prospects”. Representatives from both the GYA and from a number of National Young Academies participated. As can be expected from the...

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...

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...

Co-organised by the Global Young Academy and the Young Academy of Sweden, the Second Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies was a great chance to meet and exchange experience and discuss successful Young Academy activities. The representatives of participating National Young Academies discussed and planned future...

The 1st Regional Meeting of Asian Young Scientists, co-organised by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) and the Young Academy of Japan, took place in Tokyo, Japan. The main goal of the meeting was to create a unique opportunity for exchanging ideas, networking and developing...

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...

In 2012 the GYA co-organised the first world-wide meeting of Young Academies “Shaping the Future of Young Academies” in Amsterdam, Netherlands, together with the Dutch Young Academy. A second world-wide meeting of Young Academies will take place in November 2015.

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...