World Young Scientists Summit 2024
The World Young Scientific Summit (WYSS), jointly sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and People’s Government of Zhejiang province, has been successfully held for 5 sessions, centred around the theme “Converging the World’s Talents, Creating a Better Future”. Over the past 5 years, WYSS has intensified its connections with numerous renowned international science and technology organizations. With a sustained focus on the UN SDGs, WYSS has actively leveraged the role of the science and technology community to proactively foster an open innovation ecosystem and promote young engagement in global science governance. To date, WYSS has invited a distinguished group of participants, including over 30 Nobel laureates, Turing award winners, and other world-renowned scientists for more than 100 countries and regions, 400 academicians from China and abroad, as well as over 5,600 scientists, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. It has established connections with over 200 domestic and international universities, research institutions, and international science and technology organizations.
This year WYSS has been centred around the annual theme “Youth Innovation: Fostering new Quality Productive Forces”. The event encompassed a diverse range of activities, including: Plenary Session, Parallel Sessions and Feautured Sessions, Universal Gravitation Showcase,, and Exchange Events, Overseas Events. These activities aim to establish a vibrant platform for young scientists to exchange ideas, learn from one another, realize their ambitions, and fulfil their dreams.
The WYSS has hold the “Forum on International Scientific Organization Cooperation and Exchange”, with the support of International Science Council (ISC), with the aim of enhancing the participation of young researchers, and promote their leadership, development in the fields of science policy, science diplomacy, and science communication.
ICoRSA
ICoRSA, represented by its Chair, Gianna Avellis, presented in the section “Impact Case Studies: Young Academies across Asia and the Pacific” ICoRSA vision and mission as well as the EU past and current projects of ICoRSA and the new WG on Gender Equality, receiving a well feedback from the public.
In particular the discussions were about:
- “International Engagement of Young Scientists” segment of the forum, which discussed how to Empower and Elevate the Voice of the Early-and-Mid-Career Researchers in the ISC and Global Policy Processes.
- Discussion on how to elevate the voice of early and mid-career researchers in scientific research and international collaboration. This segment also included best practices of the GYA global community of young researchers enlightening successful examples of collaboration across disciplines and region
- The segment “Impact Case Studies: Young Academies across Asia and the Pacific”, which featured presentations by young academies and young scientific group representatives from Asia and the Pacific sharing successful initiatives in a knowledge shared session with young scientists. In addition to that, representatives from non-Asia Pacific countries, such as ICoRSA, spoke about cross-regional international cooperation.