Asian Science Camp

The Asian Science Camp (ASC) is an annual forum for pre-collegiate and college students which aims at promoting discussion and cooperation among Asian students for the betterment of science in the Asian region. The first ASC was held at Taipei in 2007, and was subsequently held at Bali (2008), Tsukuba (Japan) (2009), Mumbai (2010), Daejeon (South Korea) (2011), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) (2012). This idea of an annual camp was co-proposed by Yuan Tseh Lee and Masatoshi Koshiba at the 2005 Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau. The ASC is modeled after the Lindau meetings.[1][2][3]

Background

The idea of the Asian Science Camp[4] was co-proposed in September 2005 after the 55th Annual meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, by Professor Yuan Tseh Lee (1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) from Chinese Taipei, and Professor Masatoshi Koshiba (2002 Nobel Laureate in Physics) from Japan. The proposal expressed the aim to enlighten science talented youths through discussions and dialogues with top scholars in the world, and promoting international friendship and cooperation among best young students of the next generation in Asia. The Lindau Meetings will serve as a model. The Asian Science Camp would invite a dozen Nobel Laureates or world-distinguished scientists as speakers and devise an interesting program to attract all the participants, including plenary sessions, round table discussions, student master dialogues, a creative poster competition, social events and excursion. The working language would be English. This proposal was soon discussed in a board meeting of the Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation and was approved unanimously by the board.

The governing body of the Asian Science Camp is the International Board of Asian Science Camp (IBASC). IBASC is a not- for- profit organization, consisting of non-governmental educational institutions. The 2007 Asian Science Camp was organized by the Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation with the assistance of Academia Sinica in Taiwan. This non-government Foundation was established in 1995 to commemorate the monumental contributions of Madame Dr. Wu Chien-Shiung to physics and her lifelong love for science education. Since its inauguration in Taiwan in August 2007, the Asian Science Camp has become an International annual event in Asia.[5]

Host Countries

2019 - Shantou, China

2018 - Manado, Indonesia

2017 - Kampar, Malaysia

2016 - Bengaluru, India

2015 - Bangkok, Thailand

2014 - Singapore

2013 - Tsukuba, Japan

2012 - Jerusalem, Israel[6]

2011 - Daejeon, South Korea

2010 - Tsukuba, Japan

2009 - Mumbai, India

2008 - Bali, Indonesia

2007 - Taipei, Taiwan

First Asian Science Camp

The First Asian Science Camp was held at Taipei, Taiwan 5 August to 11 August 2007.[7] It organized by Wu Chien Shiung Foundation with assistance by Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Around 400 students[8] and five Noble Laureates[9] attended this event.

The program of the First Asian Science Camp was supported and funded by Ministry of Education, National Science Council, Academia Sinica, National Women's League of the R.O.C., Macronix International Co., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Company (Taiwan), MediaTek Inc., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Li Ching Cultural and Education Foundation.[10]

Sixth Asian Science Camp
Main article: Sixth Asian Science Camp

The Sixth Asian Science Camp hosted by Israel took place in the Hebrew University Safra Campus Jerusalem in 2012 was, by then, the largest event in terms of the number of students from when the project first began. Approximately 300 students, 5 Nobel Prize recipients, and 20 leading experts attended the event.

Tenth Asian Science Camp
Main article: Asian Science Camp 2016

Asian Science Camp 2016, was organised by jointly by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Indian Institute of Science from 21 August to 27 August 2016. The venue for the program was J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute od Science, Bangalore, India.

Speakers

The main speakers in Tenth Asian Science Camp, 2016 were:

Program Overview

The following activities were planned during the Asian Science Camp 2016.[12]

Academic Program
  • Plenary lectures by Distinguished Scientists (Distinguished Awardees from Asia and Nobel Laureates)
  • Individual lectures pertaining to different disciplines
  • Laboratory demonstrations
  • Panel discussions
  • Theme Presentations by students
  • Poster presentation by students

Sightseeing and excursions
  • Visit of historical places in Bangalore and in Mysore
  • Visit of science and technology museum
  • Cultural program

Participation

Participation in the ASC 2016 was through invitation only. The Organizing Committee sent an invitation to the contact person of each country/region to announce the ASC 2016 to high schools and universities, so as to initiate the local process to select student delegates. The last date for receiving the nominations was 30 April 2016.

There was no registration fee, and the Organizing Committee provided the living and local expenses of participants associated with ASC 2016.[13]

Around 240 students, including 200 from abroad and 40 from India participated in the camp. in addition there were 40 overseas mentor and 30 organizing committee members.[14]

Accommodation

Accommodation for the speakers was arranged at The Taj Vivanta, Yeswanthpur, Bangalore.

Accommodation for other participants was arranged at 37th Crescent Hotel, Bengaluru, Hotel Bangalore International, Crescent Road, Bengaluru and Goldfinch Hotel, Bengaluru.[15]

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