Events: sustainable development

The Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum will take place from 2 - 4 October 2022 in Kyoto, Japan and GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante  (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)will attend and speak at the conference. Priscilla will be a speaker...

The Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum aims to provide a new mechanism for open discussions on an informal basis, and to build a human network that would, in time, resolve the new types of problems stemming from the application of science and technology....

The ASEAN ERC is a platform aiming to stimulate greater sharing of research ideas, and allowing for a strategic interdisciplinary approach to these research ideas that address the needs of the ASEAN region. The conference is organised through strong collaboration with the Young Scientists Network-Academy...

The 2018 Evidence and Policy Summer School in Laxenburg, Austria is organised by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), in collaboration with the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) and the Global Young Academy (GYA). The...

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,...

The establishment of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was mandated in 2012 by the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), "The Future We Want". The format and organizational aspects of the Forum are outlined in...

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...

Around 800 experts from more than 70 countries are expected to participate in the second Global Bioeconomy Summit in Berlin. High-ranking representatives from politics, science, civil society and the business sector will meet from 19 - 20 April to discuss the latest bioeconomy developments. In...

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”.